Download version 0.2.0
macOS
Apple silicon and Intel · 64 MB
Download for MacFirst launch: right-click the app and choose Open (it isn't notarised by Apple yet).
Windows
64-bit · 42 MB
Download for WindowsUnzip, then run Emberwild.exe. If SmartScreen
warns, choose More info > Run anyway (it isn't signed yet).
Released 2026-11-05. Music that follows what's happening (calm days, night, storms, danger, the Old Stag), birds and crickets, crackling fires, sound effects for everything you do, and growls, roars and bellows from the wildlife. Volume sliders in the pause menu. Servers need 0.2.0 too (protocol 13). The game tells you on its title screen when a newer version is out. All releases and checksums.
What it is
- Gather, craft and cook; keep warm, fed and dry.
- Hunt deer, boar and rabbits; fish the lake.
- Build a home from floors, walls and roofs that snap together.
- Wolves move in, and every seventh night the moon turns red.
- Weather that matters: storms, blizzards and hard winters.
- A bear, a barrow, and the Old Stag at the standing stones.
- Play alone, or host a server for friends on your own machine.
- A guided tutorial with Old Tam the hermit.
Playing with friends
Choose Host Game on the title screen, and friends choose Join Game
with your address (UDP port 24242). Everyone needs the same version. A spare
computer can run a dedicated server from the same download:
Emberwild --headless -- --server.