Steam app 926990 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 18:06 UTC
Live the life of a wild wolf in a realistic ecological simulation set in Yellowstone National Park.
719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
87 months, July 2019 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 438 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition was released on 22 Jul, 2025.
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148 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Nov 2025 to Sep 2026 · times in UTC
We’re in Yellowstone this week, mixing business with pleasure (perhaps more focus on the latter than the former). We’re revisiting our favorite areas — the game maps, of course — and hiking to spots in those areas that we have not explored…
loboLocoWhat first drew us to the Katmai Coast as the location for a WolfQuest Game expansion? It was research conducted by Ellen Dymit, a wildlife biologist and doctoral student who has been studying the diet of wolves along the coast (and who…
loboLocov3.0.1m - RELEASED 24 AUGUST 2026BUGS FIXED:Game freezes for several seconds when a summer pup dies.Bull bison carcass reinflates some when being consumed.
Patch notesv3.0.1l - RELEASED 18 AUGUST 2026IMPROVEMENTSTweaked several instances of water appearance in Slough Creek.Food Abundance: Prevent two years in a row on Poor.Made foxes stay farther away from a carcass when defeated, so packmates will stop…
loboLocoThe state of Alaska is big -- very big. And so is Katmai National Park and Preserve, the location for the upcoming Katmai game expansion. Katmai is almost twice as big (16,500 square kilometers) as Yellowstone National Park (about 9,000…
loboLocov3.0.1l - BETA 1NOTE: Game saves ARE backward compatible with the last released patch, so if you switch back to that versions, you can continue playing a save from this beta.Multiplayer games are also backward-compatible with the last…
Patch notesSince announcing the upcoming Katmai Coast game expansion two weeks ago, we've seen a lot of discussion and received a lot of questions about it! In today's devblog I'll address a few of those. First: Many people are using the term "sea…
loboLocoWe've created a "Complete the Set" bundle for our two wolf customization packs and three game maps. Get 20% if you buy them all -- or if you've already purchased some of them, get 20% off if you buy the rest of them!
loboLocoSeven years ago, we released WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition into Early Access -- and one year ago, we exited Early Access and released the game officially! To celebrate this double anniversary, the game is on sale -- 34% off! If you've got…
loboLocoThe coast of Katmai National Park in southwest Alaska is a remote, wild, and beautiful place -- and it's the setting for a major WolfQuest game expansion! Isolated from the interior of the park by the Alaskan Range, the coast is devoid of…
loboLocov3.0.1k - RELEASED 9 JULY 2026BUG FIXED:Game stalls when starting or joining multiplayer games in certain maps.
Patch notesv3.0.1j - RELEASED 9 JULY 2026NEW: Variable Prey and Food AbundanceWhen enabled in Game Settings: Gameplay tab, prey populations will fluctuate from year to year. (Enable it in Main Menu for new games. Load a saved game and enable it, and…
loboLocoFor nearly twenty years now, enthusiastic players have shared ideas and suggestions on how improve WolfQuest. And that hasn't stopped with the release of the Saga! We appreciate all of them -- and it's also helpful to see what patterns…
loboLocov3.0.1j - PUBLIC BETANOTE: Game saves ARE backward compatible with the last released patch, so if you switch back to that version, you can continue playing a save from this beta.But multiplayer games are NOT backward-compatible with the…
Patch notesv3.0.1i - RELEASED 10 JUNE 2026BUGS FIXED:MacOS: Graphics: Grass and Distant Shadows not working.Slough Creek: Lighting discrepancy on water behind beaver pond near Gravel Fan.Tower Fall: A dead tree den has dirt den icon in scent view.
Patch notesv3.0.1h - PUBLIC BETANote: Game saves and multiplayer games are backward-compatible with the last patch, v3.0.1g.BETA 2BUGS FIXED:* Multitudinous bugs with pup behavior due to missing animations.BETA 1NEW* Game Settings: Audio: Added toggle…
Patch notesA couple of weeks ago, I posted a request on Steam and on the WolfQuest Discord to help me with a magazine article I'm writing. I asked for anecdotes and accounts about how WolfQuest has affected our players. And people delivered – big…
loboLocov3.0.1g - RELEASED 30 APRIL 2026IMPROVEMENTS:"Woofing at Pups" and "Target Packmate!" notifications are now Common Notifications (and so will not display when Common Notifications are hidden in Game Settings).Refinements to wolf jumping IK…
Patch notesTo celebrate Earth Day, WolfQuest is ON SALE -- 34% off!If you've got WolfQuest on your wish list, this is a rare opportunity to save a few bucks. Or gift it to a friend! Act fast, this sale will last only one week. It ends on 29 April at 1…
loboLocov3.0.1g - PUBLIC BETANOTE: Game saves ARE backward compatible with the last released patch (v3.0.1f), so if you switch back to that version, new saves will be hidden until this patch is officially released. Multiplayer games are also…
Patch notesWe are writing an article about WolfQuest and want to include some anecdotes about how the game has affected players. If you have any such stories, we'd love to hear them! Anecdotes can range from simple (the game once inspired you to do a…
loboLocoPatch v3.0.1f - Released 13 April 2026BUG FIXED:Wolves collared as yearlings lose the collar when they turn age two.
Patch notesv3.0.1e - RELEASED 9 APRIL 2026CHANGESVery old game saves (from before February 2021) can no longer be loaded (and are not displayed in the Load Saved Game panel), due to a vulnerability in that old code which would allow a malicious actor…
loboLocoSo much of what we know about Yellowstone wolves is from the radio collars that biologists put on them. Every winter, Yellowstone biologists go out and collar some wolves. (It's easier to spot wolves against the snow, without the cover of…
loboLocov3.0.1e - PUBLIC BETANOTE: Game saves are backward compatible with the last released patch, so if you switch back to that version, new saves will be hidden until this patch is officially released. Multiplayer games are NOT…
Patch notesThe WolfQuest server will be offline for awhile tonight for upgrades. It will go offline at 2am Eastern Standard Time (U.S) / 7am UTC. We expect the upgrade to take 1-3 hours. The server should be back online at 5am EST / 10am UTC at the…
loboLocoNow that the Tower Fall DLC map has been out for a month, let's take a peek at some of the behind-the-scenes stories about a few elements of the map. With over 30 collectible objects across the existing maps, it's getting increasingly hard…
loboLocov3.0.1d - RELEASED 24 FEBRUARY 2026IMPROVEMENTS:* Minor improvements to registration process for players under age 13.
Patch notesv3.0.1c - RELEASED 19 FEBRUARY 2026IMPROVEMENTS:Wolf eyes: Added small movements for naturalism (yearling and older). Wolf eyes: Added pupil dilation based on general lighting level. Refined some NPC pathfinding around a few dens.IK…
Patch notesv3.0.1c - PUBLIC BETANOTE: Game saves ARE backward compatible with the last released version, so if you switch back to that version, you can continue playing any saves made in this beta. Multiplayer games are also backward-compatible with…
Patch notesIn case you missed it: We released the Tower Fall DLC map two weeks ago! We love seeing all the comments and screenshots about the new map on Discord and Steam. We also love hearing how much folks like the Tower Fall achievement icons. As…
loboLocov3.0.1b - RELEASED 7 FEBRUARY 2026TOWER FALL IMPROVEMENTS:Made prey animals respect the same map barriers as the player-wolf.If player's territory extends to the edge of the map, they can now unlock the Move Along! achievement by chasing a…
Patch notesWolfQuest is in today's Daily Deal on Steam!Get the game for 34% off. If you've got WolfQuest on your wish list, here is your chance to save a few bucks. Or gift it to a friend! Act fast, this sale will last only one week. It ends on 11…
loboLocov3.0.1b - PUBLIC BETANOTE: Game saves ARE backward compatible with the last released version, so if you switch back to that version, you can continue playing any saves made in this beta. Multiplayer games are also backward-compatible with…
Patch notesv3.0.1a - RELEASED 1 FEBRUARY 2026BUGS FIXED:* Wolves don't create tracks in deep snow.* Wrong language for Loaf at Rendezvous Site completion text in Spanish.
Patch notesv3.0.1 - RELEASED 31 JANUARY 2026TOWER FALL IMPROVEMENTS:Made toy guitar and ice cream cone carryable while swimming.Improved colliders in the Tower Fall waterfall gorge to prevent teleporting to the clifftops.Refined area where skulls will…
Patch notesv3.0.1 - PUBLIC BETANOTE: Game saves ARE backward compatible with the last released version, so if you switch back to that version, you can continue playing any saves made in this beta. Multiplayer games are also backward-compatible with…
Patch notesTower Fall has arrived! The new DLC game map is now available in the latest game update, v3.0, released today!Yes, we have finally released WolfQuest version 3, WolfQuest 3 -- a mere nine years after we announced Tower Fall back in January…
loboLocov2.0.5d - RELEASED 2 JANUARY 2026IMPROVEMENTS:* Increased chances for four-star diversity wolves.BUGS FIXED:* Pups sometimes freeze for seconds after player interrupts them while they eat.
Patch notesYellowstone is a big place. The vast majority of it truly is untrammeled wilderness, which holds its mysteries pretty tightly. One of those mysteries surrounds Canada Lynx. Parts of Yellowstone are excellent habitat for lynx -- but do any…
loboLocoNOTE: Both game saves and multiplayer games are backward-compatible with the last patch, v2.0.5c, so you can switch back and forth between that patch and this beta without a problem.IMPROVEMENTS:* Increased chances for four-star diversity…
Patch notesv2.0.5c - RELEASED 19 DECEMBER 2025IMPROVEMENTS:* Family Tree: Hide litters which have no pups and no mate. BUGS FIXED:* Autosaves are not per-map.* Family Snapshot triggered erroneously when loading a "Save to play later" dispersal save.*…
Patch notesv2.0.5b - RELEASED 18 DECEMBER 2025BUGS FIXED:* Ironwolf game-saves can get broken due to error in code, causing subsequent problems. * When loading a game in which a packmate recently dispersed, a family snapshot notification is triggered…
Patch notesv2.0.5a - RELEASED 18 DECEMBER 2025IMPROVEMENTS:* Modest increase of yearlings and 2-yr-old pups dispersing.* Localization: Added support for female gender references to player-wolf in Russian. * Localizations: More improvements to some…
Patch notesNOTE: Game saves ARE backward compatible with the last released patch, so if you switch back to that versions, you can continue playing a save from this beta.Multiplayer games are also backward-compatible with the last released patch, so…
Patch notesv2.0.5 - RELEASED 12 DECEMBER 2025NEW:Game text is localized (translated) into nine languages: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, and Spanish. The game should select the…
loboLocoAfter a lot of work by a lot of people, we've got v2.0.5 -- the localization update -- in public beta! This adds nine languages to the game: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian)…
loboLocov2.0.5 - PUBLIC BETANOTE: Game saves ARE backward compatible with the last released patch, so if you switch back to that version, you can continue playing a save from this beta. BUT multiplayer games are NOT backward-compatible with the…
Patch notesWolfQuest: Anniversary Edition is 34% off on Steam as part of Steam's Animal Fest! If you've got WolfQuest on your wish list, here is your chance to save a few bucks. Or gift it to a friend! Lots of other great animal-focused games are on…
loboLoco2.0.4b - RELEASED 3 NOVEMBER 2025(Oops, forgot to publish this last week!)NEW:* New object of interest at Eduweb tent in Slough Creek.IMPROVEMENTS:* Refactored wolf eating AI, to improve code quality and refine some eating behaviors.…
Patch notesEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| WolfQuest Anniversary - Tower Fall | WindowsmacOS | 28 Jan 2026 |
| WolfQuest Anniversary - Hellroaring Mountain | WindowsmacOS | 11 Apr 2024 |
| WolfQuest Anniversary - Lost River | WindowsmacOS | 15 Dec 2022 |
| WolfQuest Anniversary - Building Character Pack | WindowsmacOS | 12 May 2022 |
| WolfQuest: Anniversary - Yellowstone Wolf Coat Pack | WindowsmacOS | 04 Mar 2021 |
| WolfQuest Original Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 10 Dec 2019 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | WolfQuestAE.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | WolfQuestAE.app | macos | ||
| Launch | WolfQuestAE.x86_64 | linux 64 |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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