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The Wild Eight

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App ID 526160
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher HypeTrain Digital
Franchise HypeTrain Digital
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 31351429
Last Record Update 28 September 2025 – 04:26:52 UTC ()
Release Date 3 October 2019 – 18:06:17 UTC ()
😌 66.73%
8k reviews
6
In-Game
+2
🌲 Survival 🌎 Open World Survival Craft 🌍 Open World 🤫 Mystery 🤝 Co-op

The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

Additional Information

Developer Eight Points
metacritic_name The Wild Eight
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher HypeTrain Digital
Store Release Date 3 October 2019 – 18:06:30 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/hypetraindigital/
https://x.com/HypeTrainDgt
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWS11f046PFQ5T4iLbM462g/
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), RPG (3), Simulation (28)
Steam Release Date 3 October 2019 – 18:06:17 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 12 June 2025 – 13:34:37 UTC () (1749735277)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 8 September 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4301491
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 2 September 2016 – 17:48:49 UTC (), in changelist #2232927

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes

Tags

🌲 Survival 🌎 Open World Survival Craft 🕹️ Multiplayer 🌍 Open World 🤫 Mystery 🤝 Co-op 🗺️ Adventure 🔧 Crafting 👥 Online Co-Op 🧱 Sandbox 🌱 Indie 🎲 RPG 💥 Action 👤 Singleplayer 🌫 Atmospheric 🖥️ Simulation 🎒 Survival Horror 😓 Difficult 💡 Strategy 😱 Horror

Categories

Single-player Online Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Remote Play on TV Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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User File System

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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/TheWildEight *.byte
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