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Pre-alpha · Free demo openStudy the wild.
Study the wild.
Earn its trust.
Wildbound is a single-player creature research and survival game for PC by Dennon Developments. Study wildlife, tame animals through trust, and breed new lineages in a living wilderness.
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Three ways to Wildbound
Here is what you can do today and what opens later.
Playable now
Free demo
The whole game for two hours of play, nothing cut. If it is for you, buy it and carry on in the same world.
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Buy early access or support development with a membership. Every membership tier includes the game; keep it after three paid months. See the store for current prices and availability.
The game
Wildbound at a glance
Creature taming, breeding and wilderness survival for Windows PCs.
- Developer
- Dennon Developments — Kody Dennon and Terry Forrester
- Platform
- Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit)
- Game mode
- Single-player, with up to two bonded companions
- Development stage
- Pre-alpha
- Controls
- Mouse and keyboard or Xbox controller
- Free demo
- Open now: two hours of the full game
Read the taming and breeding guide, explore the living world, or check Windows requirements and installation.
How it plays
Creature research, taming and survival
Observe
Every animal has needs, a territory and a temperament. Watch from cover with binoculars, learn what it eats and when it moves, and fill your field guide with what you have actually seen.
Earn trust
There is no capture ball. Animals bond through patience: the right food, the right moment, no sudden fright. Up to two bonded companions travel with you into the field.
Breed new lines
Genes blend into the body you see: size, colour, horns, living light. Pair animals at camp and follow a lineage across generations.
Survive the wild
Weather, water and predators are real. Rain fills rivers, floods spread, and a hungry pack does not care that you came to study it. Build a camp, keep it powered, and make it home.
A living world
The valley runs whether you watch or not
Herds move with the grass, predators follow them, a chipmunk dam turns a meadow into a pond, and a storm can flood last night’s camp.
Pack moved north after the flood. Follow the herons, not the wolves.
Ancient Woodlands
Old-growth forest with moss-deep floors and spring-fed streams, where Glowing Chipmunks build and repair their dams.
Windcarved Highlands
Ridges and cliff shelves above the valley, home to Sky Ibex and the wind that shapes them.
Tidal Marshes
Reed beds and shallow water that rise and fall, stalked by Marsh Herons; watch where you wade.
The Rainforest
A layered canopy of fig towers and liana bridges where primate troops live, feed and glide.
In the starting valley: Lumen Wolf · Glowing Chipmunk · Dusk Ape · Lumen Spidermonkey · Glass Salamander · Marsh Heron · Sky Ibex · Stoneback · Bristlekin · The Walker.
Honest status
What playtesters can play today
Wildbound is early. This list is what is in the current build (playtest-20261023); everything else is on the roadmap and not promised as done.
- A seeded valley with the Ancient Woodlands, Windcarved Highlands, Tidal Marshes and the layered Rainforest
- Physical water: rivers, groundwater, tides, rain feeding the water, floods, and chipmunk dams that flood, breach and erode
- One world weather system: clear, overcast, mist, rain and storm, with real wetness and shelter
- Animals with needs, habitats, territories, predation and visible attacks, across five anatomy families
- Taming by trust, bonding and breeding with gene-blended bodies and living light
- A held field tablet, a parchment journal with sketches and a hand-drawn map
- A starter camp with a comms tower, a power grid, Rust-style building with stability, and supply orders
- Field equipment (binoculars, flare pistol, machete, hatchet, shovel, flashlight and more) and two research scooters
From the field
Latest news and devlogs
October 24, 2026 · Devlog
Devlog 3: the walker, an open dev menu and the free demo
What's in the October 23 builds: the radial walker as a real species, gliding primates, the creature pool, the dev menu on Test, the free demo and store, a self-updating launcher, and the known rough edges.
October 23, 2026 · Devlog
Devlog 2: the launcher, licences and small updates
Activate once and play offline, three PCs, and updates that download only what changed.
October 23, 2026 · Devlog
Devlog 1: where Wildbound stands
The idea, pre-alpha 0.1.0, a month of foundations, the field book menu, and what is coming next.
Newsletter
Follow Wildbound’s development
Devlogs, new builds and playtest openings, a few times a month.
Questions
Frequently asked
- What kind of game is Wildbound?
- A single-player creature research and survival game. You explore a living wilderness, study and tame its animals through trust, breed new lineages, and build a camp to survive. There is no compulsory story: you choose what to research and where to go.
- What platforms is it on?
- Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) PCs. It plays with mouse and keyboard or an Xbox controller.
- Is there a free demo?
- Yes. The free Windows demo gives you two hours of the full game. Your world and save carry over when you buy the game or join as a member. Install it through the Wildbound launcher.
- Do I need to be online to play?
- Only once, to activate your PC through the launcher. After that the game plays offline for good; updates need the internet.
- How many PCs can I play on?
- Three at once. You can free a PC slot yourself from your account or the launcher.
- What stage of development is Wildbound in?
- Wildbound is in pre-alpha, with early access purchases available through this website. It is still being developed; read the current playable features, roadmap and patch notes before buying.
- What is the membership?
- A monthly or yearly way to support development. Every tier includes the game, and after three paid months you keep it for good. Higher tiers add test builds and a say in what gets built.
- What is the refund policy?
- Refunds within 14 days of purchase with under 2 hours played are automatic from your account page. Anything else, contact support and we will look at it.
- Who makes Wildbound?
- Wildbound at wildbound.dev is made by Dennon Developments: Kody Dennon and Terry Forrester. It is a single-player creature research and survival game for Windows PCs.
- How do taming and breeding work?
- Study an animal, learn what it eats and earn its trust through patient encounters. Up to two bonded companions can travel with you. At camp, breeding passes traits such as size, colour, horns and living light into new lineages.
- Does Wildbound have multiplayer or co-op?
- Wildbound is a single-player game. The current game is designed around exploring and researching the wilderness on your own, with up to two bonded animal companions.