A Cozy Horror Farm RPG of Crops, Neighbours and Old Gods
Welcome to Elderfield Guide
Welcome to Elderfield is a cozy horror farm RPG from developer Chris Cote, published by Kwalee. It released on 10 September 2026 as a finished game rather than in Early Access, priced at $17.99 on Windows and shipping with 51 Steam achievements. The store description calls it a place where the abnormal is normal, the townsfolk are odd and the eldritch beings watch over you.
- Released
- Sep 10, 2026
- Platforms
- Windows (Steam)
- Steam achievements
- 51
Sep 10, 2026
Release date
Full release on Steam, not Early Access
$17.99
Price
US Steam price with no launch discount
51
Achievements
Steam achievements shipping with the release
9
Relationship characters
Alice, Blorph, Celeste, Edwin, Ellie, Josh, Molly, Sam and Tanner
Media
Trailer and screenshots for Welcome to Elderfield — click any shot to enlarge.
Header art and screenshots are store-provided official assets (© Chris Cote / Kwalee), shown for identification.
The Steam store page hosts five official videos: a Launch Trailer, a Gameplay Trailer, a Release Date Trailer, a Next Fest Trailer and a video listed as V2.
Start here
A few pages cover almost everything a new Welcome to Elderfield player asks in the first hour.
Start the Walkthrough →- 1
Welcome to Elderfield Walkthrough
The full quest route across Town, the Farm, the Mall, the Old Woods, the Catacombs and the Deep Woods.
- 2
Tips and Survival
Moon Events, sleep and bathing resets, the stat list, and the developer's rule to stock food and retreat.
- 3
Best Weapons
Forge recipes, material chains, upgrade gems and the strongest documented blades and staffs.
Welcome to Elderfield guides
Every Welcome to Elderfield page by section — 13 in total, each compiled from its listed sources.
Characters
3 pagesSurviving
3 pagesLatest updates
Newest and refreshed pages in this section.
- Welcome to Elderfield Best Weapons — Forge Recipes and Top GearGuide
- Welcome to Elderfield Character Creation — Options, Difficulty and LimitsGuide
- Welcome to Elderfield Demo Walkthrough — What the Demo CoveredGuide
- Welcome to Elderfield Best Food — Cooking Recipes and HP Restore ValuesGuide
- Welcome to Elderfield Gift Guide — Every Villager Preference and Friendship ValueGuide
- Welcome to Elderfield Best God — All 7 Old Gods, Bonuses and Forge RecipesGuide
FAQ
Answers use only sourced facts; unverified items are marked.
- What is Welcome to Elderfield?
- A cozy horror farm RPG from Chris Cote and Kwalee, released on 10 September 2026 for Windows at $17.99. The Steam page describes hand-drawn horror-manga inspired art and a dark lofi soundtrack by Dated alongside farming, fishing, cooking, home decoration, relationships and turn-based combat against Lovecraftian horrors.
- Which platforms is Welcome to Elderfield on?
- Windows only. The Steam store API reports windows true with macOS and Linux false, and no console store listing appears in any official source, so PS5, Xbox and Switch release dates are not documented yet.
- Is Welcome to Elderfield early access?
- No. Steam lists it as a completed release rather than an Early Access title. An older February 2025 developer post described a plan for late 2026 that might have been Early Access with most content finished, but the September 2026 launch came out as the full version.
- How does difficulty work in Welcome to Elderfield?
- You pick a difficulty at the start and can decrease it later from the player's bed. The store page frames cozy difficulty as a more laid-back life of harvest and discovery, and the Old Gods route as the option for players who crave a challenge. The developer also confirms there is no time-based difficulty scaling, so progress is gated by supplies and gear rather than days passed.
Ready to start Welcome to Elderfield?
Read the beginner guide first, then pick the platform that fits how you play.
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