Wilderings: The Lost Spring Reveals a World-Healing Fever Dream at IGN Live
A new cinematic trailer, gameplay explainer, and Steam Next Fest demo reveal how Abi and her Hantu companions combine combat, traversal, and creature abilities to restore a broken world
Publisher Kabam and Herobeat, developer of the BAFTA-winning and Game Award-nominated title Endling - Extinction is Forever, today revealed a new look at Wilderings: The Lost Spring during IGN Live, debuting a new cinematic trailer that spotlights the game’s dreamlike tone, expressive action, and the bond between Abi, her companion Rif, and the mysterious Hântu creatures who help her fight, move, and restore life to a broken world. Players can explore that world for themselves today with a public Steam demo available now, ahead of the game’s appearance in Steam Next Fest.
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A BROKEN WORLD THAT FIGHTS BACK
Blending story-driven spectacle with fast-paced action, the new trailer offers another glimpse into the strange beauty and emotional pull of Wilderings: The Lost Spring. Players follow Abi and Rif through a fractured world where nature has been scarred and creatures have been displaced, every battle is tied to the larger goal of bringing life back.
Combat, traversal, and Hântu abilities are deeply intertwined, shaping both how players explore the world and how they overcome its dangers. Wilderings: The Lost Spring is a game about movement, survival, and restoration, where healing the world is not just a theme but part of the journey.
SEE ABI AND THE HANTU IN ACTION
Alongside the trailer reveal, a new exclusive gameplay explainer video introduces Wilderings’ core systems, breaking down combat, movement, skill trees, the game hub, and how Abi combines her abilities with those of her Hântu companions.
In Wilderings: The Lost Spring, Hântu function like a living loadout. The creatures players collect become Abi’s abilities, combat tools, traversal options, and progression paths, letting players shape how they fight, move, and survive through the world.
Watch the 8-min+ Gameplay Overview Video:
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All of this and more is available now in the public Steam demo, which will also be featured as part of Steam Next Fest.
Steam Next Fest Demo Features:
Explore two vibrant biomes shaped by damage, mystery, and renewal
Meet and collect Hantu, native creatures with active abilities, status effects, and passive bonuses.
Combine Abi’s skills with Hântu abilities to create different approaches to combat, and movement.
Fight through fast-paced third-person combat, combining melee, ranged attacks, traversal, and creature-powered abilities
Move through the world with traversal tools, including gliders, wall runs, and grapples.
Begin restoring the world, as healing damaged places brings back life, creatures, and new possibilities.
Base-building system, grow plants and fruits to level up your Hântu and unlock permanent buffs.