
Early Access
Yes, but updates are hit or miss. Last updated 9 days ago, with about one update every 3 months.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
You don't command the heroes — you bait them. Wayward Crown is a kingdom-management sim where every adventurer has their own greed, glory, and fear. Place bounties, build a town, balance the gold, and watch your realm run itself.
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i18n (localization) & sound assets & image assets are generated by ai
Oct 13, 2026 · Patch note
The Turning Sky Update (opens in new tab)
The Turning Sky Update: day and night, weather, the legion, new places to spend an evening, and sharper art Hello, rulers! The last update made the kingdom easier to read. This one puts a sky over it. A day now turns from dawn to night, weather comes and goes, and both touch the fight a little. Around that: four new monsters that march as a line, six new bu…
Oct 10, 2026 · Patch note
The Living Kingdom Update: path spells, skill trees, a kingdom you can read at a (opens in new tab)
The Living Kingdom Update: path spells, skill trees, a kingdom you can read at a glance, and all-new art Hello, rulers! The last update gave the demo a kingdom to run. This one makes that kingdom easier to read and a lot more alive. Each castle path now has royal spells of its own and a speciality to pick at castle level 3. Hero skills are a tree, and some…
Oct 2, 2026 · Patch note
A Whole New Look for Wayward Crown (opens in new tab)
A Whole New Look for Wayward Crown Hello, rulers! This is the biggest demo update so far. Every picture in the game has been made anew, heroes and monsters now walk smoothly in eight directions, and the update brings new research, inn upgrades that matter, and a long list of balance fixes and quality-of-life improvements. Here is what changed. A brand-new l…
May 17, 2026 · Patch note
Demo update - 1 (opens in new tab)
Auto-detect Steam language Previously, if you ever opened the language picker in settings, the game would lock that choice in forever and stop following your Steam client's language. The language dropdown now has an "Auto (Steam)" option at the top — pick it and the game tracks whatever language your Steam client is in, switching immediately without a resta…
Wayward Crown last posted a patch note 9 days ago (Oct 13, 2026: The Turning Sky Update (opens in new tab)).
It got about one update every 3 months over the last year and is rarely updated (12/100). 2 of the last 12 months had at least one update day. Not enough of a cadence to call it regular.
No. It shipped a build or patch note within the last 90 days, though updates are hit or miss.
Wayward Crown: 4 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 50 days. The chart shows the last 12 months, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds.
| Month | Updates |
|---|---|
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 3 |