The Wandering Village

Stray Fawn Studio·Released Jul 17, 2025·Single player

Platforms: Xbox Series XPS4PCPS5Xbox OneSwitch
Genres: SimulationStrategyIndie

Critic75/100

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The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game with survival and rogue-like elements. Build a village on the back of a giant, wandering creature, farm crops and forage resources to keep your villagers alive and form a symbiotic relationship with your giant host to survive together in a hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world.

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2 reviews

year:2025 2022

Push Square

Jade Sayers·Jul 18, 2025

Critic80/100

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With beautiful Studio Ghibli-esque aesthetics, The Wandering Village is a city building sim with real soul. Beneath it all, there is a really beautiful metaphor at play with a wider message regarding the relationship between a civilisation and its environment.

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Nintendo Life

Ken Talbot·Jul 14, 2025

Critic70/100

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The Wandering Village is a worthy addition to the city-builder genre. It's a mostly undemanding hybrid that mixes sim management with a touch of pet care. A slight experience, with an uninspired and slow-moving story, but it still manages to charm in its own quiet way.

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