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| Sale | Look Outside X Welcome to Elderfield The outside world is a place of wonder, mystery, and oddities in Welcome to Elderfield, yet in Look Outside you will want to explore the indoor areas from the ceiling to the basement the most. Face entities in both worlds in this bundle, two pieces for your horror collection. Welcome to Elderfield A cozy horror RPG where the abnormal is normal, the townsfolk are odd, the eldritch beings watch o… | — | |
| Major update | Out Now! 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕤… The dawn has settled over the town of Elderfield, and you feel a calling towards the farm, the mines, the mall — the whole town of Elderfield is pulling you into a false sense of security. Spend your days in content paranoia as your productivity levels up, it’s time to play the full release of Welcome to Elderfi… | — | |
| Esports | Watch Live! Watch our livestream here: | — | |
| Game update | Hotfix Fixed the player starting in the wrong area (and without character customization) · Fixed an issue which caused looping dialogue when interacting with NPCs via mouse, or when holding the space bar | — | |
| In-game event | Demo Updated! v0.11.17 v0.11.17 is a big update to the Demo, so buckle up for this goliath changelog! Additions · Added localization for Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Russian. These can be set via the "Language" option on the first page of the options menu. · Added 5 new hairstyles to the game · Added a new "Social" menu for tracking friendship level and liked/disliked gifts for NPCs (this will not… | — | |
| Community | Steam Deck Verified & BIG Fall Showcase Tune into the Best Indie Games Showcase – fall edition – on September 1st, 2026 at 3pm UTC! Find their YouTube Channel here Welcome to Elderfield will be showcasing, which is why we want our Residents to be able to watch the broadcast and show it some support. Set an alarm so you can run home from the mall, mines, sewers, catacombs, wherever you were hanging out in our wonderful town! Fall is t… | — | |
| Community | Launch Giveaway! I was in the old woods today and heard weird voices… they spoke to me of the release on September 10th and also mentioned something about a… giveaway? I ran home before I heard anything else… To celebrate the launch of Welcome to Elderfield on September 10th, we are running a giveaway from August 27th 2pm UTC – September 10th 2pm UTC! X3 winners will receive: 🐁 A Custom Elderfield 800 x 300mm… | — | |
| Community | Developer Q&A Residents, we are calling a Town Hall meeting. Developer Chris Cote will be answering your burning pre-launch questions from August 24th 3pm UTC to August 31st 3pm UTC. Join our Discord where there will be a special Q&A channel set up just for this! Pssst. There's still plenty of time to play our Demo... | — | |
| Community | How To Play At the start of your new life in Elderfield and want some guidance? Or knee-deep in the mines and want a refresher on the tasks that seem oh so far away now... Watch this 'How To Play' Trailer narrated by the one and only Chris Cote, developer of Welcome To Elderfield! It'll be sure to show you the ropes of how your time in Elderfield can get pretty fun... and mysterious... and disturbing... oh… | — | |
| Community | Art Competition Winners! Our winners are here! It was incredibly difficult to pick, but with the help of Welcome To Elderfield’s developer, Chris, we managed to select five entries that will be getting prizes. All entrants received a new custom Elderfield desktop wallpaper for their contribution – make sure you check your emails to collect it if you entered! Residents, feast your eyes on THESE: In no particular order…… | — | |
| Community | Release Date Trailer Something has wandered onto your farm... And they come bearing a message: Welcome to Elderfield launches September 10th! Check out this brand new trailer, showing off both the romanceable aspects of the game, as well as the combat. Love, or fight - the choice is yours! | — | |
| Community | Release Date Reveal BREAKING NEWS! Welcome To Elderfield is launching on September 10th 2026 📰 There’s no time to wait for the next harvest, you must prepare yourselves immediately and mark your calendars. This is a release you will want to stay up all night for… mind the creatures under your bed! Only a month until you will have the full game at your fingertips… An official release date trailer is coming next we… | — | |
| Community | Join Our Art Competition The die has been cast and has landed… lucky! We are running an Elderfield Art Competition 🦑 Draw, paint, or craft one of your favourite locations, characters, or enemies from Welcome To Elderfield, and submit your art to this Google Form! 📆 The submission period will last from 20th July 3pm UTC to August 10th 3pm UTC Three weeks of pure creations stretch out before you – which of our lucky re… | — | |
| Community | New(er) Trailer! Dear Residents! I hope you enjoyed Convergence Showcase and heed the warning in our new trailer… If you didn’t manage to catch it in the broadcast, you can watch it below 📺 Make sure you play the updated Demo soon! 🦑 | — | |
| Community | Convergence Showcase We urge Elderfield residents to watch the public safety announcement that will be featured in this showcase. For yourself, your pets and the ghouls that live in your walls, tune in and watch this broadcast. 📅 16th July at 18:30 UTC Watch live on the Convergence Showcase YouTube or Twitch channel 🦑 | — | |
| Community | Thank You Residents! Your hard work and community input have not gone unnoticed! Thank you to everyone who entered our 'play the demo' giveaway! We will be drawing winners soon and contacting them via email, so keep an eye on your inbox if you entered 🦑 Don't stop yet! If you know people who are yet to discover the wiles of Elderfield, encourage them to check out our demo and wishlist today! | — | |
| Steam news | Elderfield is in Steam Next Fest It’s that time of year when the farm needs all the hands it can get (tentacles don’t count). What better way to spend your Steam Next Fest than diving into the intricacies of Elderfield’s updated Demo? This is THE update you don’t want to miss. ➡️Want to know what changed? Read our Steam post all about it. Our Steam Gift Card Giveaway ends 18th June! Enter HERE before it’s too late - all you ha… | — | |
| Game update | v0.11.3 Some last-minute fixes before Next Fest kicks off! If you experience any bugs, please post them in the Discussions forum, and I will fix any stragglers as they come up. CHANGELOG · Large placeable objects now fade out when the player moves behind them (Fruit Trees, Water Wheel, Windmill, Wind Turbine) · Fixed Treasure Tentacles vanishing on map change instead of sticking around for the full day… | — | |
| Esports | Watch Our Livesteam! You can watch our livestream here! | — | |
| Community | Demo Update & New Trailer I was walking in the mall the other day and found a note on the floor. I think it said something like this… If you’re reading this, it’s your sign to play more Elderfield, yes, even more than you already do. The Demo has been updated, and there is a TON of new features! This is a complete revamp of your favourite town 🎃 There have been some hefty additions and changes across gameplay, visuals,… | — | |
| In-game event | v0.11.2 The demo has been dormant for a while now, but this update brings it functionally in-line with the current state of the game's development. This means all QoL, fixes, early-game changes, and system reworks that the current build of the full game has. This will now feel more like playing the early areas of the game as it will be when it is finished. This also adds a small bit of new content, nam… | — | |
| Community | Play The Demo To Win! Residents! There are no dull days in Eldefield. It’s time for you to pick up your farming tools, fishing rod, pickaxe, and spatula, ignore the sinking feeling in your stomach, and get out there! I’ve heard the mall is bustling with interesting creatures at the moment… or maybe those were the rats… Enter our Steam Gift Card Giveaway HERE and play the Welcome To Elderfield Demo! This giveaway wil… | — | |
| Community | NEW TRAILER For Welcome To Elderfield Residents! A new trailer is here for you to peruse 🔮 We hope you enjoyed the Wishlisted Indie Game Showcase and had the chance to show Welcome To Elderfield some love in the chat! Once you’ve watched the new trailer, head on over to Discord to chat with your fellow residents about it! To keep up to date with Welcome to Elderfield, follow the buttons below. | — | |
| Community | Welcome To Elderfield is going to be in Wishlisted! Watch On YouTube and Twitch at 1PM PT and chat about Welcome To Elderfield live! 👁️ Wishlisted is a games showcase that aims to bridge the gap between visionary indie developers and the players who love them, and with over 100+ games being shown, we are so excited that Welcome To Elderfield will be one of them. Nothing is usual in the secluded town of Elderfield. The townsfolk are odd, strange… | — | |
| Game update | v0.6.7a CHANGELOG · Fixed Molly not appearing in the workshop after her task · Added a failsafe to reduce the frequency of invisible crop sprites | — | |
| Game update | v0.6.7 CHANGELOG · Reworked all monster drop tables · Added several new forge recipes for equipment that uses monster drops · Added several new cooking recipes for food that uses monster drops · Added 3 new items to the Prep Table and Drying Rack · Added one new seed to Crawford's shop · Reworked the way that villager schedules are determined, which should create more variety and randomness · Tanner a… | — | |
| Game update | v0.6.6 CHANGELOG · The action choice menu now always appears relative to the player's screen position · Fixed using the wardrobe on high zoom settings · Added more stats to the Status menu, such as Hit Rate etc. · Element names are now colored in the Status menu to match the color of damage numbers from attacks of that element, hopefully making it easier to understand what you are being hit by. · Fixe… | — | |
| In-game event | Features, Fixes & More The Steam demo hasn't been updated for a bit while some testing was in progress, but now I am ready to dump everything all at once! This new update features the following : · Changed the way turning in place works for keyboard/gamepad users. Tapping a directional key will no longer turn the player in place. Instead, holding Control, LT or RT will lock the player in place, and the movement keys… | — | |
| Community | Welcome to Elderfield Will Be Featured in Scream Fest 2025 👁️ Today we would like to make residents of Elderfield aware of a particular event. The dice roll lands on a six…lucky! Good news - Welcome to Elderfield will be featured in Scream Fest 2025! There's a chill in the air, pumpkin spice is in full swing, and the nights are getting darker - and that means Scream Fest is back, celebrating all sorts of spooky and spoopy Halloween games. This fright-fill… | — | |
| Game update | Bug Fixes & Patreon Content PATRONS CHANGELOG · Added more than 100 new decoration items. These can all be found randomly at the Furniture Shop · The furniture shop now stocks more decorations at once each day (up from 6 to 10) · Added a news broadcast for the Harvest Festival day. · Fixed the Fishing Contest appearing in the calendar too early · Fixed the calendar not displaying during certain months · Fixed some spawnin… | — | |
| In-game event | Run Button & New Status Menu For a while now, a "run button" feature has been frequently requested. At first, I was reluctant to add something like this, as the game is meant to be challenging and I don't want to add features just to make the combat more forgiving (that's what the difficulty settings are intended for). However, I do want players to feel like they have as much agency as possible, and getting stuck in a comb… | — | |
| Community | A New Publisher has Rolled into Town… The Local Joggers Club has gained a new member. We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be collaborating with UK-based publisher Kwalee to publish Welcome to Elderfield! Nothing is usual in the secluded town of Elderfield. The townsfolk are odd, strange beings shift about in the dark and the local news reports seem more mysterious by the day. This is where you were born, and rarely do those born… | — | |
| In-game event | Goats and Tentacles This update adds seasons to the Patrons version of the game, however it also adds a number of new features to the free demo. NON-PATRONS CHANGELOG: · Completely reworked the game intro by adding an animated intro cutscene, and new tutorial scenario which introduces a brand new storyline (to be expanded on later). I’d recommend everyone start a new save file just to take a look at this sequence,… | — |
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