Open now · By request
Varren's Expanse playtest
by Wonder Forge, Inc.
Explore the wilderness using mice and badger legionnaires, rabbit scouts, and squirrel skirmishers. Every round builds your strength, every round brings new challenges, every round is a fresh expanse!
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Aug 18, 2026
- Planned release
- 2027
- Developer
- Wonder Forge, Inc.
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English
How to join the Varren's Expanse playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Varren's Expanse playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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How AI is used
AI has been used to generate 3D models based off of human-created concept art.
The developer's own words, from Steam.
About Varren's Expanse
Build your force. Lose your mind. Come back stronger.
Explore and conquer the vast wilderness of the Expanse! Guide an expedition from humble beginnings to becoming a vast empire. Every round is in a new part of the Expanse, with new foes and discoveries. Find treasures and glory, discover foes ancient and new, overcome challenges and escape traps.
Mice, Badgers, Rabbits, and Squirrels
Control a cast of heroic animals, carving their civilization out of the wilderness. Send mouse and badger legionnaires, guided by rabbit scouts and squirrel skirmishers, to face down coyotes, moles, boars, and ancient, terrible foes.
Grow in Power, Round Over Round
Expand your forces, unlock new buildings and soldiers, and refine your tactics with every round in this roguelite strategy game. Every round, win or lose, gives you progress towards improving your beasts' strength in battle and skill at building empires.
From the game's Steam page.
