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Woodland Empire
Also known as Woodland Empire, steam:1419150, we
Woodland Empire is an anti-citybuilder; a natural take on the typical city building game. Instead of building roads and power lines, you'll control the wind, rain and sunlight to help your forest grow. Employ the help of woodland creatures to manage, upgrade and grow your empire.
Last update
18 May 2026
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Update history
Browse past updates and patch notes for this game.
20 updates
July 2022
- Final Sale Before Release!I just wanted to give a heads up that I'll be releasing in the next month or so and wanted to give early adopters one last chance at a sale price before leaving Early Access. I'll always have the demo available (even af…
- Hey everyone! I am putting out the most recent update! I've been working on some re-tooling in order to make more scenarios, but in the meantime I have added some customization options and other features: Customization…Patch notes
June 2022
- Fix Breaking bug for new gamesHi folks, I have pushed out a fix a regression preventing new games from map images. I'll likely need to make a change to how those are done in the future, but they should be good now. Thanks, Nick
- Desert preview phase two!I've added a few more desert species, both flora and fauna: Mexican Goldpoppy Barrel Cactus Foxtail Agave Gila Monster Diamondback rattlensake Lot more to come! I'll be working on some neat scenarios next, as well as a…
May 2022
- Sneak peek at the new desert biome!You'll now see the option to change your biome when creating a new game. This will be the desert biome, where the game will play a little differently. This is a bit of a beta test, as not all of the desert animals and p…
March 2022
- Crashing build has been fixedThe crash bug has hopefully been fixed! Thanks for your patience Nick
- Rollback due to crash issuesHello everyone, I have temporarily rolled back the user map feature for a few days. There were issues causing crashes with most players that I need to figure out. I'll re-release it after I have validated the crashes ar…
February 2022
- Custom Maps Update!I'm pleased to provide a small update that allows you to include your own custom heightmaps! You can now import a jpg/jpeg file to use in your games. I'm continuing to work on some new features that will fill out the ga…
- Minor update for February - Bears!I hope everyone is having a relaxing time in Woodland Empire. After a break, I'm back at some regular updates that will be coming in the next few weeks as I work down the development roadmap. This update includes bears,…
December 2021
- Progress update - Additional time controlsHi Woodlanders! I have a small update that allows you to control the speed of the seasons as well as the speed of the day/night cycle. Increasing the season speed will also increase the maturity rate of plants in your f…
- Small patch notes: December 19Fixed an animation issue with wolves Other minor UI tweaks Added achievement for Wildfire scenario
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Achievements
Community progression
Top picks from 13 Steam achievements, sorted by player unlock rates.
- Johnny AppleseedPlanted a tree86.9%
- Hand of QuiateotMade it rain85.7%
- Kickin' grassPlanted some grass84.0%
- My furry friendCreated a Squirrel83.1%
- OrnithologistCreated a Cardinal77.7%
- Full of hot airMade the wind blow76.8%