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Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Survive with friends as tiny forest people, tame insects and build a settlement among enormous trees.
Online co-op for up to 10 players, with crossplay.
- 10 online
- Crossplay
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op10 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- YesPC, PlayStation, XboxFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
You leave an underground home and enter a forest where puddles block your path and insects can overpower you. You collect materials, make weapons and armour, and learn how to survive changing weather. Tamed creatures help you travel and fight, while wings and a grappling hook open new routes. Your camp can sit on the forest floor or high in a Great Tree, and your tree settlement can move between worlds.
Up to ten players can explore, gather and build together. A guild can share a tree encampment, giving your group a place to store supplies and improve its equipment. You can work on separate jobs and meet for a dangerous trip or a creature fight. Building gives you quieter stretches between storms and battles. Stronger gear and useful companions give your group reasons to return and reach further into the forest.
How it feels
Kind of game
One lasting world your group settles. You gather, build and push into dangerous places together.
- Now and then
- Fear
- Calm and coziness
- Story
- Working in sync
- Jumping and climbing
- Getting better
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
Rated on our own feel scale. 6 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
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- Exploring, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress
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- Time to hang out, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Fighting
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- Ongoing world
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- Time to hang out, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Fighting
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All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
This exact full base edition has a mandatory paid purchase offer. Subscription and trial alternatives do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 2567
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
12 pages
steamcommunity.comOfficial support page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Planning ahead.
- Online co-op: The pinned developer FAQ confirms ten-player cooperative servers.
- Most players online: The developer gives ten players for public or password protected sessions. Its other launch-era information is superseded by later announcements.
- Planning ahead: Enemies have different weapon weaknesses, and storms and cold require shelter or suitable equipment.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Release status, Release date, Genres, About, Jumping and climbing, Free base co-op.
- Steam app ID: The product is Smalland: Survive the Wilds, app 768200.
- Release status: The released base game has a paid purchase offer.
- Release date: The store distinguishes the full release on 2024-02-15 from Early Access on 2023-03-29.
- Genres: The maker describes survival, crafting and exploring a new land.
- About: Tiny Smallfolk survive insects, hunger and changing weather among giant everyday surroundings.
- Jumping and climbing: The maker describes climbing trees, gliding and grappling between branches.
- Free base co-op: This exact full base edition has a mandatory paid purchase offer. Subscription and trial alternatives do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms.
- Platforms: Steam confirms the released Windows build.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
store.playstation.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Most players online, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The buyable product explicitly lists PS5.
- Most players online: The PS5 product supports up to ten online players.
- Free base co-op: This exact full base edition has a mandatory paid purchase offer. Subscription and trial alternatives do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
xbox.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Most players online, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The buyable product explicitly lists Xbox Series X and S.
- Most players online: Online co-op is listed for two to ten.
- Free base co-op: This exact full base edition has a mandatory paid purchase offer. Subscription and trial alternatives do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
nintendo.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Most players online, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The released native Switch 2 version is dated 2026-05-14.
- Most players online: Nintendo lists one to ten online and one player on a single system.
- Free base co-op: The exact current Nintendo full base game has an available paid purchase offer. The trial, existing-owner Upgrade Pack and platform guest sharing are separate. No current checkout amount is published here. This is the native Switch 2 Standard Edition.
gamespress.comOfficial news, read 24 October 2026
Backs Crossplay, Crossplay between, Working in sync.
- Crossplay: Maximum Entertainment announced implemented crossplay on 2025-05-23.
- Crossplay between: The maker names Windows stores, PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. Switch 2 was later announced with full crossplay, but launch reports conflict, so this group records the independently confirmed original platforms.
- Working in sync: Guild members share construction and can revive each other without compulsory specialist roles.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 24 October 2026
Backs Crossplay.
- Crossplay: The maker announced crossplay on 2025-05-23 and added its option to user-created servers on 2025-05-28.
unboxedreviews.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Kind of game, Sessions, Fear, Tension and danger, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress.
- Kind of game: Unboxed Reviews, 2026-10-04, describes a persistent group survival world.
- Sessions: Unboxed Reviews, 2026-10-04, describes ongoing guild settlements and dedicated servers.
- Fear: Unboxed Reviews, 2026-10-04, describes very dark nights and threatening creatures. This is occasional unease rather than horror.
- Tension and danger: Unboxed Reviews, 2026-10-04, describes regular danger from creatures, water and storms.
- Building and creating: Unboxed Reviews, 2026-10-04, describes sustained settlement construction with stronger materials.
- Unlocks and progress: Unboxed Reviews, 2026-10-04, describes better equipment and companions opening dangerous areas.
godisageek.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Exploring, Story, Fighting, Getting better.
- Exploring: God is a Geek, 2024-02-28, describes free exploration across extensive biomes.
- Story: God is a Geek, 2024-02-28, describes optional lore and NPCs supporting survival.
- Fighting: God is a Geek, 2024-02-28, describes regular creature fights with blocking and ranged weapons.
- Getting better: God is a Geek, 2024-02-28, describes simple attack patterns and learning to block.
psu.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Calm and coziness, Time to hang out.
- Calm and coziness: PlayStation Universe, 2024-02-21, describes low intensity exploring and building between survival demands.
- Time to hang out: PlayStation Universe, 2024-02-21, describes low-intensity gathering and exploration from a solo playthrough. Room for unrelated conversation in a group is an editorial inference from that pacing, not a reported co-op conversation.