Wilderless

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Wilderless is a single player open world role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Protopop and was released on January 9, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

A HUGE PROCEDURALLY GENERATED OPEN WORLD No enemies. No quests. Just miles of beautiful, natural, untamed wilderness to explore and relax in. Enjoy a world of quiet moments and stunning views, with golden sunsets behind sky-high mountains, flower filled rolling green hills, and frost covered tundra and frozen lakes. Features Explore a gorgeous, vast open world wilderness A true Open World.…

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78%

Audience ScoreBased on 69 reviews

graphics5 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

Beautiful, cozy, and relaxing open-world with impressive procedural generation and scenery, fostering a stress-free, chill exploration experience.
Wide variety of animal transformations and the ability to ride animals, boats, and explore diverse biomes provide unique gameplay features and creative freedom.
Responsive and active solo developer with ongoing updates; the game offers solid foundations and lots of customization options for world generation and visual settings.

Controls and camera are clunky, janky, and poorly optimized for keyboard and mouse, with UI designed mainly for touchscreens causing frustration on PC.
Game is very bare-bones in early access with no clear objectives, story, or meaningful interactions; dungeons and combat features are incomplete or pointless.
Performance issues exist including frame rate drops, glitches like floating props and loading bugs, and inconsistent saving of settings, which detract from overall experience.

graphics
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features an adorable and visually appealing art style that many players appreciate, though graphics performance is inconsistent and often problematic even on capable hardware. Users note janky animations, unstable framerates, and confusing graphical settings that impact smooth gameplay. While the visuals show promise, technical issues and control-related bugs detract from the overall experience.
- “Wilderless delivers an adorable art style in a small download.”
- “Gorgeous graphics, I bought it on Android too!”
- “I felt that the graphics in the world were well done.”
- “The game runs poorly on my RTX 3060 even on low graphics settings.”
- “My problems in playing: controls are too clunky, UI needs some organization, framerate too low for what should be a simple game, shadows on terrain with no explanation as to why, FPS gets worse if you turn down graphics.”
- “It seemed like there were still a few graphic things to work out.”
music
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
57%
43%
The music is consistently praised for being relaxing, well-crafted, and fitting the game's vibe, especially impressive given it's made by a single creator. Reviewers appreciate the variety and harmonious integration with the art style, enhancing the overall atmosphere of the game.
- “Thumbs up for amazing work by a single creator and good use of music in the game.”
- “The music is wonderful and I hope development continues because the game has enough foundations to become a great adventure game if a few small features are added and refined.”
- “There are a lot more options than I expected and the vibe of the music and art style are really good!”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The game currently lacks a story, NPCs, quests, towns, or enemies, focusing instead on beautiful natural scenery. Players appreciate the visuals but express a desire for more narrative elements and gameplay features like quests and combat.
- “You wonder what kind of quests or town building programming they will build into this most beautiful scenery I have ever seen in my forty five years of playing, right back to the Tandy Radio Shack 256k machines!”
- “It's so cute and I love this game, I wish there were quests and ways to fight upon in the game.”
- “Allow me a moment, if you will, to tell you a story.”
- “There are no NPCs, no story, no towns or cities—just trees, grass, occasional sharp spiky mountains, and half the maps are underwater.”
- “Know that there are no enemies yet, nor is there a story.”
- “No story?”
gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is currently limited and lacks clear purpose, with activities like collecting items and dungeon exploration feeling largely ornamental. The mechanics are under-explained, and RPG elements such as weapons and magic exist but serve no real function yet. Players suggest focusing on making exploration more rewarding and meaningful rather than adding traditional RPG combat prematurely.
- “For some reason this game has weapons, magic, and various features for RPG gameplay (even though these features have no purpose right now), it does say in EA they plan to add combat and such, but I feel like they are missing the point.”
- “Multiple biomes, some dungeon exploration, although as of now it is all just for exposition, as there is not much of what would be called gameplay.”
- “I felt that it could stand more explanation about how the mechanics in the game work instead of expecting us to figure them all out for ourselves.”
- “For some reason this game has weapons, magic, and various features for RPG gameplay (even though these features have no purpose right now). It does say in early access they plan to add combat and such, but I feel like they are missing the point.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is noted as funny during progression, but some users felt it lacked guidance and direction, which detracted from the overall comedic experience.
- “Funny when we move ahead”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers extensive customization options and clearly warns players about system-intensive settings, helping manage performance expectations. However, performance remains inconsistent, with memory leaks indicating a need for better optimization, especially given the procedural generation complexity.
- “To the credit of the developer, when you choose graphic settings, it gives a clear visual indicator if your selection is system intensive, warning about potential visual quality or performance issues regardless of your rig.”
- “The game could use some memory usage optimization to reduce memory leaks, but considering the procedural generation, this is not uncommon.”
- “Performance is a mixed bag, but there are many options to customize the game more extensively than most games to help improve it.”
- “The game could do with some memory usage optimization to limit the memory leaks it suffers, but given the procedural generation, this is not uncommon.”
- “Performance is very much a mixed bag, but to fix that, there are loads of different options to customize the game in more aspects than any game I can think of.”
- “To the credit of the developer, the game warns you with an obvious visual indicator when chosen graphic settings are system intensive, but visual quality or performance issues may still occur regardless of your rig.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game offers a beautiful and relaxing casual exploration experience but is hampered by frequent glitches, particularly with fast travel, affecting overall stability.
- “Glitches: fast travel is the worst, but glitches are everywhere...”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users appreciate the game's unique concept and stunning art, highlighting its wholesome and emotionally uplifting atmosphere that sets it apart from other games.
- “Really love my experience with it, it's a unique concept and the art is really amazing, there's a good wholesome vibe about it that I haven't found in other games!”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding in the game is criticized for being tedious, as players must scroll through items individually rather than selecting them from a convenient list, which slows down the process.
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere is enchanting, featuring charming and thoughtfully designed creatures that enhance the overall experience.
- “The atmosphere is enchanting and the creatures that come up to you are adorable and well thought out.”