Wanderstop (PC) Review

After co-designing both The Stanley Parable (2013) and The Beginner’s Guide (2015) in the span of two years, Davey Wreden found himself stuck in an emotional rut. Eventually, as he explained in an interview with PC Gamer, he set his sights on creating something “simple and peaceful”: a cozy game. This being said, when Karla Zimonja, co-creator of Gone Home and Tacoma, and Daniel Rosenfeld, a.k.a. C418, probably best known for being the original composer for Minecraft, joined forces with Wreden, the latter decided to shape the narrative of said cozy game around depression and burnout.

In 2021, during the Annapurna Showcase, the recently troubled Annapurna Interactive announced that they will be publishing Wreden, Zimonja and Rosenfeld’s game, who, in the years since, have rallied together to form a new studio by the name of Ivy Road. Besides the fact that it would involve tea somehow, the team, who, at the time of writing, has grown to include 17 full-time members, remained cagey... Read more