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Wilderplace

Wilderplace is a puzzle-adventure game set within the Divine Garden, an idyllic creation of the gods that has plunged into chaos and conflict. You play as a shaman, tasked with restoring order through your magical abilities. Explore the maze-like environment, harness magical artifacts, and uncover mysteries as you wrangle restless spirits and evade dangerous intruders.

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Steam User 3108STEAMRecommended

a simple yet [i]revealing[/i] puzzle game w/ great narrative (and, surprisingly, tied seamlessly w/ its mechanics!) i'd say get the game w/o 2nd thought, despite these subtle flaws:
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[*] ui/ux feels like "mobile first": in a single turn, you can move onto an adjacent tile, or stay on the current tile and interact with another. in other games it'll be like, WASD to move, or hold shift during WASD to interact; some games employed left/right click to distinguish movement/action... in this game, it is tapping WASD vs holding WASD, which got wrongly interpreted quite a bit
[*] mouse cursor isn't easily visible (thx to its semi-transparent color) when going to some "dark" zone of the map --- however, you can play the game keyboard-only or controller-only, but for me lazy brat, i like to use only just a trackpad on my right hand
[*] game's map has branching paths w/ multiple entries to each sub-area, which quite suggests a metroidvania genre; however, you can only follow the standard level sequence ::sadge::
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Jul 7, 2025·28h·3·Verified

Steam User 4658STEAMRecommended

非常干净的水彩风格等角解谜小游，音乐很放松。不过深度应该不低。

Jun 7, 2025·1·Verified

Steam User 6691STEAMRecommended

Absolutely love this game.

Its a good enough puzzle game, with mechanics that start of very slow, but do get progressively trickier and become really interesting after a while, but what makes this game stand out is that it is more than just that.

Gameplay, visuals, audio and story come together effortlessly and create something that that is at the same time part compelling visual novel, confounding puzzle game and a kind of soothing deeply relaxing experience.

Jun 2, 2025·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 8859STEAMRecommended

Very enjoyable, found myself stuck a few times. I love the design and aesthetic.

Mar 11, 2025·3h·Verified

Steam User 8661STEAMRecommended

非常喜欢美术风格和设定，很精致的游戏。

Feb 17, 2025·10h·Verified

Steam User 5078STEAMRecommended

Um dos melhores e mais bonitos jogos de puzzle que já joguei, que nunca falha em reinventar conceitos de formas elegantes em quebra cebeças sensacionais.

Feb 12, 2025·9h·Verified

Steam User 6476STEAMRecommended

This is a beautiful game! I love the custom handdrawn art and animation and the magical fantasy storytelling. Very cool game concept and gameplay.

Sep 18, 2024·6h·Verified

Steam User 3749STEAMRecommended

The hand-drawn art is catchy, and the puzzles are just as original. The game slowly introduces path-finding creatures who interfere with your attempts to clean up the garden levels. As their number grows, expect to feel a sense of chaos. It makes for a very strong, unusual flavor of puzzle mechanics. To be honest, it took me quite some time to like it —it's so frustrating to have woodsmen or miners messing up your plans, to feel the usual puzzle-games [i]control[/i] seeping out of your hands. But the late game made it entirely worth it. Big thanks to the designer for delivering this daring gem.

Feb 9, 2024·17h·2·Verified

Steam User 1954STEAMRecommended

Deceptively simple puzzle game. Each of the mechanics are simple but they work together in interesting ways that makes it difficult to know how the level will shake out by the end. Starts out with incredibly simple puzzles, but quickly grows more and more interesting, and I felt like as soon as I was grasping a new concept the game threw at me they would immediately bring a new thing to play with. Interesting, if sparse story underpinning the whole game, trying to bring balance to the garden, I tried adding my own challenge to some levels trying to save the robots or woodsmen from dangers as well as balancing the garden.

The only con I can think of is that the endgame can be pretty annoying. It makes sense it should be challenging (and it was) but its designed to get out of hand very quickly, and its very difficult to recover if you dont solve things very quickly, and very hard to solve things quickly without picking one side definitively. Perhaps it can be a challenge run, but I found it rather frustrating at times, and mostly tried to leave each level as quickly as possible rather than play it out and fix things.

Sep 7, 2023·11h·3·Verified

Steam User 6611STEAMRecommended

serene vibes, good level of challenge for a casual puzzler

Aug 24, 2023·24h·Verified

Steam User 1292STEAMRecommended

Despite the minimalism in its design, this simple little puzzle game somehow manages to convey a sense of nuance about the complex nature of relationships between humans, nature, and machine. The creators really did a phenomenal job typing all the elements together to create a very memorable experience.

Aug 7, 2023·15h·6·Verified

Steam User 5439STEAMRecommended

A neat little game so far, it's good. Get yunked on.

Aug 4, 2023·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 6478STEAMRecommended

Wilderplace is soooo lovely. art is gorgeous, sounds are satisfying, dialogue with the many characters is charming. the overall vibe is wonderful and unlocking mechanics is tied to the theme, which feels wonderful to discover. The puzzle mechanics gradually build on each other. Occasionally I get very stuck, but for the most part the puzzles are manageable, as someone who does not play many puzzle games at all. It is all very entrancing.

May 13, 2023·9h·3·Verified

Steam User 0415STEAMRecommended

A very entertaining and very well designed puzzle game! Silly and relaxing, but certainly not easy. Don't let this one slip under your radar if you love puzzles but you're getting a little tired of the sokoban grind!

Apr 25, 2023·6h·Verified

Steam User 7113STEAMRecommended

Really good and peacefull game. It's exploring a simple game mecanic but go as deep as possible with it. The art and sound design is so unique and personal. I am very curious for next projects !

Apr 16, 2023·6h·1·Verified

Steam User 4724STEAMRecommended

Extremely relaxing puzzle game. The atmosphere is spot on. Minimalist design, simple concept, relaxing music.

Jan 6, 2023·2·Verified

Steam User 2479STEAMRecommended

needs more attention !

Nov 23, 2022·4h·1·Verified

Steam User 2060STEAMRecommended

The hand drawn art style felt good the whole time I played and I got surprisingly drawn into the simple but not simplistic story. As a puzzle game the levels definitely start off easy, but as mechanics get introduced it quickly gets complex, though still never excessively hard. I also appreciate how often a new ability or mechanic recontextualizes elements that I've already seen and really contributes to the feeling of a rich world.

Oct 20, 2022·12h·1·Verified

Steam User 7522STEAMRecommended

Disclaimer: I was involved in beta testing this game.

My favorite thing about this game is the use of NPC players to create the puzzles. In a way it harkens back to Arcarde games such as Pacman where the predicability of the NPCs leads to ideals movements. Here though, the limited AI is a feature, not a reflection of limited technology. This pairs well with the turn based nature of the game, giving players who enjoy testing their read-depth the time to work out what will happen next.

Using NPCs as the puzzle pieces creates problems as well. While the NPCs are introduced to help you learn how they move, as the game progresses it's gets hard to keep track of the different features of each NPC resulting in hard to predict situations. I suspect fandom could/will present a solution for this problem with a wiki that lays out how the different NPCs work. I would have found this very helpful in overcoming the learning curve of some of the later levels.

Early on in playing I tried to use the mouse controls and found them to be too slow. Moving to keyboard and tweaking some of the settings really helped the game play for me.

Overall, I enjoyed playing Wilderplace a lot. The art gives the game an independent feel while the production level shows this is more than "just a hobby project". The music fits well and evolves with the game. And while the game plays as a series of puzzles, the story that unfolds in those puzzles is clear and complementary to the puzzles themselves.

Oct 17, 2022·28h·2·Verified

Steam User 1251STEAMRecommended

I'm enjoying my time with Wilderplace so far. However, Boulder Trail V is large difficulty spike for me. I don't know if I'm smart enough to complete this level much less the game.

Oct 15, 2022·37h·Verified

Steam User 5215STEAMRecommended

beautiful puzzle game with with great tunes and story. made me lol.

Oct 15, 2022·6h·3·Verified

Steam User 9007STEAMRecommended

Wilderplace is a wonderfully vibrant and mystical puzzle game. The hypnotic music and mysterious characters carry you throughout the game. Wilderplace starts out easy, but does not shy away from challenging level designs and you will leave each level behind feeling a sense of purpose and connection to this spiritual world. It's a lovely game and great break from traditional narratives. I definitely recommend this game for those who are looking for an atmospheric, mystical, and challenging puzzle game.

Oct 8, 2022·19h·1·Verified

Steam User 6473STEAMRecommended

It's a great puzzle game that makes you feel soo satisfied after (almost) every solution.
I imagine artstyle can be a hit or miss for some (I love it but it was a little hard to read initially) and controls takes a little to time get used to; but puzzles are great.

Oct 8, 2022·17h·4·Verified

Steam User 0282STEAMRecommended

good puzzle! very captivating! forgot my dog outside and burnt my ramen!

note: its not easy to burn ramen all of the water has to completely evaporate from the pot but I now know that it is indeed a very real possibility. It was only until i could smell the burning ramen and hear the dog yelping outside that I realized I needed to take immediate action idk how much time passed but it was a good minute

Sep 17, 2022·9h·4·Verified

Steam User 9710STEAMRecommended

The art is beautiful, puzzles are challenging, and the theme is whimsically fun.

Sep 16, 2022·5h·3·Verified

Steam User 1953STEAMRecommended

Disclaimer: I did get an opportunity to play Wilderplace in beta & provide feedback before launch.

Overall, I think Wilderplace is a lovingly crafted, polished indie title that's definitely worth your time. The art style, music, and interacting with the story through various gameplay mechanics is very enjoyable.

Games I've played before and felt similarly about are FEZ and A Short Hike. Wilderplace is give-or-take longer than the games listed but all are largely atmospheric and immersive in their worlds.

Sep 16, 2022·9h·5·Verified

Steam User 0124STEAMRecommended

This game is great! A puzzle game with actual unique puzzle mechanics, good difficulty curve, simple but not cheap art style, and a narrative that I actually want to pay attention to. How are people sleeping on this game?!?

Sep 14, 2022·2h·5·Verified

Steam User 8898STEAMRecommended

Things I like:
- Very pretty art and colors
- Great music
- Cute story and nicely written dialogue, makes me interested to play through all the levels
- It's challenging enough that you have to put in some effort. Don't expect to get through it without some thinking