Alone in the Ozarks

FREE BETA: full release coming to Steam

Alone in the Ozarks is free while it's in beta, and the full release is coming to Steam. Everyone who plays during the beta becomes a Founder: you get the Founder title and a gold Founder pin. Early testers who played before launch also got the Founder's Set (an Oak & Gold sword, shield, armor and helm that can't be traded or lost on death). They're all stored with your save and on your online account, so they carry over to the full release.

A hollow deep in the Ozarks. One cabin, one wolf, and the long nights.

You've got a cabin, a patch of dirt, and a wolf you name yourself. During the day you plant, water, chop, mine and trade in town. At night the raccoons, opossums and armadillos come for your garden, and the coyotes come for you.

Features - Farm by day. Grow crops, fish the creek, cook recipes and sell at the crate. - Survive the night. Fight off critters with your sword and shield, and keep your wolf close. Watch out for the boss nights. - Build your homestead. Walls, floors, paths, lanterns, furniture and decor. Every piece can be rotated. - Explore the Ozarks. The town, the forest, cave puzzles with bosses and reward chests, the river caves and the Gowrow's Gullet. - Make friends in town. Townsfolk with stories, quests from the Task Board, and friendships that grow and fade. - Level up. Skills, stats, better gear from the Traveling Merchant, and achievements. - Plays on your phone. Touch controls (D-pad or joystick) and big menu buttons. It's built for phones held sideways.

Online play and PvP

Choose Play online on the title screen to make an account and join the shared Ozarks world with your friends: - Party up, visit friends' farms and play together. - PvP is opt-in and only happens in marked zones (like the Badlands and the Gullet). The farm and town are safe. - Weekly PvP and Delve leaderboards, bounties and titles.

Solo play works fully offline in your browser. You don't need an account.

Controls

	Keyboard / mouse	Phone
Walk	WASD / arrow keys	D-pad or joystick
Use / attack	Space or left click (hold to keep swinging)	USE
Block	L / Shift / right mouse (hold)	BLOCK
Tools	0–4, Q for the next tool	Tool button
Eat / heal / seeds	F / H / G	EAT / HEAL / SEED
Craft / build	C / B	CRAFT / BUILD
Menu / pause	P or Esc	MENU
Controls list	/ or F1	? Controls

Privacy

• Offline: your save stays in your browser (localStorage). Nothing is sent anywhere.
• Online: the game server stores your account name, a hashed password (it never keeps the plain password) and your save data, so you can keep playing on any device. It also stores a Founder flag for beta players.
• No ads and no tracking. No analytics, and nothing is sold or shared.

Support the game

If you're enjoying it, the Tip the developer button (on the title screen, in Settings, or here on itch) helps a lot. Follow this page to hear about updates.

What's new (v60.5, Free Beta)

• Clearer dungeon puzzles: torches, levers and pressure plates are bigger and easier to spot. Pressure plates are now square stone plates that sink when pressed, and the ones you still need to use sparkle.
• Gowrow's Gullet: every tunnel is now at least 3 tiles wide, with nothing blocking the way.
• Sinkholes: each one is now a single natural pit with a crumbling rim, roots and grass hanging over the edge.
• Carcasses: animals you take down now leave a properly drawn body with fur, shading and a shadow. Snakes, birds, spiders and turtles each get their own shape.
• Shops close at night: the stores lock up after dark and open again in the morning. The Rusty Spur and Maudie's boarding house stay open.
• Free Beta + Founder rewards: everyone who plays the beta gets the Founder title and a gold Founder pin; early testers who played before launch also got the Founder's Set. You can switch the pin off in Settings.
• New look: rock outcrops, stepping stones at creek crossings, varied trees with shadows, clearer cliff edges, and smoother animal animations (snakes now slither).
• Shopkeepers: the folks behind the counters now look like real townsfolk, with their own outfits and a little life to them.
• Longer days: 5-minute days and 2-minute nights, with clearer visuals (brighter nights, lighter shadows and fog).
• Support links: "Follow for updates" and "Tip the developer" on the title screen and in Settings.
• Party help: if you're playing offline, the Party tab now explains how to sign in.
• Fixes and polish across caves, shops, saving and the menus.

Join the community on Discord: https://discord.gg/QGxUnYmn6v