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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99Subscribe now Essential Hardware Dune: Awakening PC Gaming Show Recommended reading City Builder Synergy's full release has more challenges like tricky soil, illness, and death, which will all slowly tear down your paradise This Final Fantasy Tactics-like RPG from former Octopath and Destiny devs lets you do the best thing a videogame can: Make a town look cooler while you rebuild it Necesse looks like top-down Terraria, and that's the magic combination to get my attention for its 1.0 release date reveal Laid-back camper sim Outbound cozies up with more than just van-life, it's got the full crafting and exploration game package City Builder Inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Oxygen Not Included, adorable side-scrolling city-builder Ratopia burrows out of early access Paralives finally has a release date so I can finally go wild on its delightfully tactile building and endlessly cozy vibes City Builder Generation Exile, a turn-based city builder about managing a generation ship, releases a demo tomorrow—but it already has the best narrative choice of any game this year The game where you build a symbiotic village on the back of a giant monster is finally done Jonathan Bolding 20 July 2025 The Wandering Village hits 1.0 with a beautiful animated trailer. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Delightful city building game The Wandering Village has hit its 1.0 release and celebrated with a delightful animated trailer about life in a toxic world where you're safest at home in your village—which happens to be built on a mesa atop the back of a gigantic six-legged monster named Onbu. "We can’t believe it’s been 5 years since we first started working on the game," said developer Stray Fawn. Over the past three years of early access development, Stray Fawn has added oceans and ruined cities for Onbu to travel through, improved the system of research and how you manage your villagers, added trading, Onbu parasites, new resources, and new buildings. They've also added controller support and, just this year, a full story mode that takes you on a journey across the ruined, poisoned world that Onbu and your villagers dwell in. Related Articles Synergy's full release has more challenges like tricky soil, illness, and death, which will all slowly tear down your paradise This Final Fantasy Tactics-like RPG from former Octopath and Destiny devs lets you do the best thing a videogame can: Make a town look cooler while you rebuild it Necesse looks like top-down Terraria, and that's the magic combination to get my attention for its 1.0 release date reveal PC Gamer's Chris Livingston was ecstatic about The Wandering Village when he played some of it just before its 2022 early access release. "I'm not sure what my speed record is for falling in love in a videogame, but the moment I laid eyes on Onbu in The Wandering Village my fate was sealed," he said. "Onbu is the massive, six-legged megasaur who handles the wandering in this village-building sim, and I'm in charge of the village, which sits on the huge plateau that makes up Onbu's back. I immediately love this gentle, lumbering giant, and all I want to do is make sure Onbu loves me back." Which sounds like Chris will probably go for the "be good friends with Onbu" path through The Wandering Village. I'm told there are also "worship Onbu like a god" and "treat Onbu like a resource to be exploited, you horrible little parasite" ways to play. I'm not sure how anyone could be mean to Onbu, though. Seems hard. Stray Fawn says that the first update post-release will be a 1.1 "Quality of Life/UX" update, followed by a 1.2 "Onbu Update" that will "tweak and add some more things related to your interactions and relationship with Onbu." The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You can find The Wandering Village on Steam and on thewanderingvillage.com. 2025 games: This year's upcoming releases Best PC games: Our all-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPS games: Finest gunplay Best RPGs: Grand adventures Best co-op games: Better together Jonathan Bolding Social Links Navigation Contributor Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun. You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. 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