- Wildmender X Talespinner Bundle - 6 August 2026
Hi Wildmenders!It's been a while, but we wanted to post a bundle we have with a newly releasing game - Talespinner.Whimsy and mystery await you in this bundle, perfect for completing your folklore collection! These worlds are vast, and there is much to uncover…WildmenderA desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world? TalespinnerEnter a captivating realm woven with the tapestry of Japanese mythology in Talespinner, a deck-building roguelike adventure. As the storyteller, you will guide your chosen hero through an ever-changing narrative shaped by your decisions and deck construction. Already own Talespinner or Wildmender?You can still complete your bundle and get…
- Leap into Wildmender with 30% off in the Summer Sale! - 27 June 2024
Hug frogs, cultivate beautiful flora, and discover a world of spirits. Now at 30% off for the Steam Summer Sale! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599330/Wildmender/ Explore the vast desert, alone or with friends. Collect plants and bring them back to your garden to thrive. Craft new tools and use them to shape the earth, and channel water to your plants. Delve into the mysteries of a fallen civilization and discover their magic. It’s up to you to save the world, one seed at a time. Not sure if Wildmender is the game for you? Check out our accolades trailer to see why you should head out on your own desert adventure 👇 Be quick before this sale acts like a tree and leaves on July 11th! Join our Discord server for more exclusive content and follow us on social media at @wildmendergame on Twitter or @wildmenderofficial on Facebook and Instagram for more updates 💬
- Wildmender Giveaway for World Refugee Day 🌏 - 20 June 2024
Over 120 million people are currently displaced worldwide, each with unique stories of resilience and hope. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to helping those affected by humanitarian crises - including the climate crisis. They provide vital assistance and support to people as they strive to rebuild their lives around the world. Each year on World Refugee Day (June 20th), the IRC focuses on sharing the powerful, personal stories of those they help. This year, the IRC's campaign theme is “the stories behind the numbers,” highlighting our shared humanity and the connections that bind us all. We want to support and spread awareness of the IRC’s humanitarian mission by running a very special giveaway for World Refugee Day. The 5 lucky winners of the giveaway will each receive a free copy of Wildmender on the platform of their choice! To en…
- Take Part in the Surviving and Thriving Garden Challenge 🌺 - 27 May 2024
We don’t want you to just survive. We want you to… THRIVE 🌺 To celebrate Wildmender featuring in the Open World Survival Crafting Fest this week, we’re running the Surviving and Thriving Garden Challenge! The 3 lucky winners will each receive an exclusive Wildmender wearable blanket, notebook, and mug. In order to take part, you’ll need to take a screenshot of your garden and share it with is. The criteria for this garden challenge is that your garden needs to be optimised for survival, so here are a few things you’ll want to include in your garden screenshot to show us your survival skills: Sources of food Sources of water Sources of building materials Shelter(s) Crafting table(s) Defensive buildings Fortifications Storage Animal helpers On top of that, we want to see a garden that is thriving, rather than one that is all function over form. You’ll need to make sure your oasis isn’t j…
- Wildmender Featured in Open World Survival Crafting Fest ⚒️ - 27 May 2024
Forget about survival of the fittest! It’s time for… Survival of the floweriest 🌺 We’re thrilled to announce that Wildmender has been selected to feature in Open World Survival Crafting Fest. To celebrate, we’re offering a whopping 30% discount for the entire event! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599330/Wildmender/ So what exactly is Open World Survival Crafting Fest? And why is Wildmender part of it? Open World Survival Crafting Fest is a time to celebrate all of those games where you start with nothing and gradually, through hard work and excellent survival skills, end up with…potentially also nothing! If you’re able to survive for long enough though, you may find yourself with a beautifully decorated base. Be warned though, the threat of losing it all will always loom over you, so never let your guard down! While Wildmender is not one of the more intense or cutthroat survival e…
- Wildmender is in Farming Fest 🌱 - 29 April 2024
Shovels at the ready, because we’re taking part in Farming Fest from April 29th to May 6th! Farming Fest is all about green thumbs and growing big, bold and beautiful crops. The plants that you'll find in the desert of Wildmender and their uses are seemingly endless. Snack on the fruit of a Rainbloom Cactus for some much-needed hydration or harvest your Thorntail to make a healing poultice. In Wildmender, your survival depends on the garden you grow and the fruits of your labour. In short, you could say Wildmender is pretty seed-sational 🌱 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599330/Wildmender/ From the humble Dunegrass to the mighty Oak, Wildmender is all about growing your own way. Discover a barren land with ancient seeds from a time long forgotten. Revitalise a world full of flora waiting to be nurtured to its full potential. Credit: Header image made by our Discord community member…
- Rainforest Alliance Giveaway 🐸 - 26 April 2024
What do the Earth and the Rainforest Alliance have in common? They both ROCK 🌍 In the spirit of Earth Day, the Rainforest Alliance is giving away 5 codes for free copies of Wildmender! Simply sign-up to their newsletter for a chance to win a code on a platform of your choice. The giveaway will run from April 26th to May 5th, so get ready to hug some frogs, plant some seeds, and save the world! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599330/Wildmender/ Rainforest Alliance x Wildmender empowers gamers to be more aware of the environment, reduce their impact on nature and be more proactive in how they nurture the planet. Want to know how you can support the Rainforest Alliance in their mission to create a world where people and nature thrive in harmony? You can sign-up to their newsletter for major news updates, follow them on Instagram for beautiful photo updates, or follow them on TikTok fo…
- Wildmender is Coming to Earth Appreciation Festival 🌍 - 22 April 2024
Transforming the world is no easy task 🌺 Grab your shovel, get your seeds, and prepare to transform the barren desert into a lush green paradise full of plants, little creatures, and a whole lot of spirit! We’re thrilled to announce that, thanks to its eco-friendly and environmentally conscious message, Wildmender has been selected for the Earth Appreciation Festival 🌍 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599330/Wildmender/ But what exactly is the Earth Appreciation Festival? To celebrate Earth Day each year, game development studio Mechanistry brings together a host of spectacular indie games that spotlight both the dark and light side of today's environmental challenges. Some of the games selected focus on post-apocalyptic themes and tackle issues such as pollution, overpopulation, rapid climate change, and lack of sustainability. Others, such as Wildmender, carry a strong message ab…
- Wildmender April 19, 2024 Patch Notes - 19 April 2024
Hi Wildmenders! We’ve done a round of spring cleaning for you, sweeping out some annoying bugs. Build 210a has just been released on Steam, XBox, and PS5, with the following: Changed To aid finding your invisible friends, pinning a quest instance will now highlight the associated icon on the map if one exists. A decaying Umbrella Mushroom now drops 2 Umbrella Fans on destruction instead of 1 The “Disable Cutscene Motion” setting now prevents the camera from moving when you rest in a Lean-To Fixed Fixed moving an item in storage sometimes swapping with a different item in your inventory instead. Fixed starting a new game on a new install using an incorrect “Spoilage Speed” difficulty setting (and showing as Custom difficulty) Fixed several edge cases where small plants could still lose health from water loss while being sustained by humidity. Fixed leaf transparency rendering incorrectly…
- Wildmender is Officially Steam Deck Verified 🐸 - 15 March 2024
“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket” - Chinese proverb But do you know what’s even better than a pretend garden in your pocket? Carrying a real garden in your pocket 🐸 We’re thrilled to announce that Wildmender is now officially Steam Deck Verified, which means you can carry your blossoming garden around with you wherever you go 🌺 But what does being Steam Deck Verified mean? When a game is submitted for testing on the Steam Deck, it can be assigned one of three different badges depending on how it performs. The Unsupported badge means that the game does not run properly on the Steam Deck and the Playable badge means that the game can be played on the Steam Deck, but the player may need to make some manual adjustments to the game for it to function correctly. The Verified badge is only awarded to games that operate well on the Steam Deck without the need for the player to m…
- Enter the Spring Season with 25% off! - 14 March 2024
Spring is a time of growth and rebirth, so what better way to celebrate than by revitalising the barren deserts of Wildmender? Grab your copy in the Spring Sale and enjoy a hefty 25% discount, but hurry. The sale ends on March 21st, so this incredible discount is available for one week only! Wildmender is a survival gardening game about bringing a deserted world back to life. Explore the vast desert, alone or with up to three friends in online multiplayer. Collect plants and bring them back to your garden to thrive. Craft new tools and use them to shape the earth, and channel water to your plants. Delve into the mysteries of a fallen civilization and discover their magic. Befriend animals, spirits, and seek out the gods to help you defend the land from the vicious wraiths who seek to corrupt it. It’s up to you to save the world, one seed at a time. https://store.steampowered.com/app/159…
- Wildmender March 11, 2024 Patch Notes - 11 March 2024
Hi Wildmenders! We’ve got another patch for you with some bugfixes and performance improvements, as well as a couple of difficulty adjustments. Thanks so much for all your feedback! Build 209a has just been released on Steam, XBox, and PS5, with the following: Changed When a structure is destroyed or deconstructed, it now drops a larger fraction of the materials used Adjusted how Dust Storm spawns are randomized to make them more consistent over time (the mean time between them remains about 7 days, but extremely short or long intervals are no longer possible) Adjusted water evaporation in partially-sheltered areas and around sunrise/sunset to be closer to how the game behaved at release Reduced the collateral damage dealt by a certain unique wraith’s footsteps Increased the spoilage reduction provided by Preservation Baskets (from 50% to 25% spoilage speed) Removed the ability to open…
- Leap into March with Another Garden Challenge 🐸 - 26 February 2024
What better way to spring into March than with a special leap year competition! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599330/Wildmender/ The theme this month is simple - the more frogs, the better! Frame them, play peekaboo, or have all your frogs in a row. The developers will select the 3 froggin' best screenshots and the lucky winners will each receive a Wildmender wearable blanket! You have from Monday, February 26th, until Friday, March 15th, to submit a screenshot of your garden through this GLEAM link. And that’s it! We’ll let you hop onto it. *Terms and conditions apply. However, the eligibility for the Competition is only for those who are 18 years and above of age as of the date of entry. To enter the Competition you must be a resident of North America and Europe (excluding Russia and Ukraine). This Competition is not open to all residents Worldwide. We may ask you to submit proo…
- Robobeat Slides into Dinos vs. Robots - 26 February 2024
What do you call a dinosaur that spits fire? A velocirapper. We are excited to announce that Robobeat is taking part in Steam's Dinos vs. Robots event! Our demo will be publicly available between Monday, February 26th to Monday, March 4th for you all to groove to. Our demo has been updated to showcase our new look and, more importantly, to include... CUSTOM MUSIC 🎶 So you can march to the beat of your own drum and play with whichever songs you like! So why are we featuring in this event? In rhythm shooter Robobeat, you'll play as Ace - a bounty hunter on a mission to capture robot-gone-rogue Frazzer in his ever-shifting lair. Wall run, slide, and shoot to the beat, blast through robot armies, and track down your target. Every character in Robobeat - from Ace to Frazzer - is a robot in some form. Could Ace take down a dinosaur? We’ll never know. https://store.steampowered.com/app/145676…
- Leap into March with Another Garden Challenge 🐸 - 26 February 2024
What better way to spring into March than with a special leap year competition! The theme this month is simple - the more frogs, the better! Frame them, play peekaboo, or have all your frogs in a row. The developers will select the 3 froggin' best screenshots and the lucky winners will each receive a Wildmender wearable blanket! You have from Monday, February 26th, until Friday, March 15th, to submit a screenshot of your garden through this GLEAM link. And that’s it! We’ll let you hop onto it. *Terms and conditions apply. However, the eligibility for the Competition is only for those who are 18 years and above of age as of the date of entry. To enter the Competition you must be a resident of North America and Europe (excluding Russia and Ukraine). This Competition is not open to all residents Worldwide. We may ask you to submit proof of your eligibility to the Competition. The Competiti…
- The Story of Wildmender - 23 February 2024
Over four years have passed since the inception of the game jam that ignited the spark for Wildmender. The journey from then till now has been a tapestry woven with trials and triumphs. During those early days, Muse Games’ studio space was a bustling hub, as they were diligently wrapping up the final touches on the projects, Guns of Icarus and Hamsterdam. And then COVID hit. This is the story of Wildmender. Header image by Beastmama Join our Discord server for more exclusive content and follow us on social media at @wildmendergame on Twitter or @wildmenderofficial on Facebook and Instagram for more updates 💬
- Botanica Wildmendaria - Volume II 🌿 - 20 February 2024
“Day 15. I’m getting tired now. But I must press on, each day I am finding out more and more about this place and its glorious history.” Through hard work, three new pages of Botanica Wildmendaria have been traced over and deciphered. What secrets do they hold? Moon Glory Vine “These plants are so beautiful. It’s a shame they break in my hand.” A shade-loving vine that can enrich poor soils and grow bountiful, delicate flowers. It thrives near large trees and requires a significant supply of water. There are several hybrids, each with unique, magical properties. Despite originating from the Canyons, Stryge took a particular liking to them, making strains of her own in the Salt Flats. Sunburst Shrub “I’m not normally a fan of nuts, but the seeds these shrubs produce are delectable.” A hardy and adaptable shrub. Their bright leaves and nutty seeds provide welcome nutrition and are easily…
- Enjoy 25% Off Wildmender NOW! - 19 February 2024
Not yet started your Wildmender journey? Why not head out into the desert now with our biggest ever sale - 25%! But hurry, this mouthwatering discount is only available for one week. Wildmender is a survival gardening game about bringing a deserted world back to life. Explore the vast desert, alone or with up to three friends in online multiplayer. Collect plants and bring them back to your garden to thrive. Craft new tools and use them to shape the earth, and channel water to your plants. Delve into the mysteries of a fallen civilization and discover their magic. Befriend animals, spirits, and seek out the gods to help you defend the land from the vicious wraiths who seek to corrupt it. It’s up to you to save the world, one seed at a time. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599330/Wildmender/ Thanks to all of the performance improvements, bug fixes, and balance changes we've made base…
- Chinese New Year Garden Competition 🐉 - 9 February 2024
What's the difference between a pangolin building a shelter and this year's Chinese zodiac animal? One's dragging wood and the other's a Wood Dragon. 🐉 We challenge you to make another stunning garden to celebrate Chinese New Year. Up to the task? The theme is simple - make it red! While dragons may not be in Wildmender, we’re sure you can think of other ways to get that festive feel (psst, lamps!) Three winners will each receive an exclusive (and incredibly cute) Pimm plush from our game Hamsterdam (eagle-eyed players may recognize him!) This competition runs from Friday, February 9th to Friday, February 23rd. To enter, submit a screenshot of your garden using this GLEAM link! Anyone can enter, so what are you waiting for? Get designing. 恭喜发财！ Header image by Crazyoutlaws21 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599330/Wildmender/ Join our Discord server for more exclusive content and fo…
- Wildmender February 7, 2024 Release Notes - 7 February 2024
Hi Wildmenders! We’re getting the new year rolling with a patch focused on performance! Build 207a has just been released on all platforms (Steam, XBox, and Playstation). This patch also includes a large number of bug fixes and a little help in some confusing quests. Many of these improvements are focused on improving Wildmender’s playability on the Steam Deck. If you’re a Deck player, please give it a try and let us know how it feels! Changes: Removed automatic teleportation when players are stuck in terrain. Use chat command /unstuck if you find yourself stuck and unable to escape terrain. Added a map marker for uncollected Shards of the Guide Spirit during the first major quest sequence. Fixes: Fixed an error that could cause buried item drop points to not respawn when a storm spawned. Fixed the poison fog in the Canyons interrupting the Sigil Gate menu (XBox/PS5) Fixed plants someti…
