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A WOODLAND FABLE · SOLO & CO-OP

Prey

A small rabbit.
An enormous wood.

Forage beneath the canopy. Keep out of the wolves’ reach.
Bring a little warmth back to a forgotten village.

Enter the woods

An early playable demo for Mac, Windows and Linux.

YOUR PATH IN

Come as you are.

Development build

Free development demo. Friends should use the same build. Progress may reset between updates.

LEAVE A LIGHT ON

The woods are better
with company.

One friend keeps the world. Everyone finds their place in it.

  1. 01

    Start your world

    Open Multiplayer → Host your world, then enable hosting.

  2. 02

    Send an invite

    Copy your invite and share it with your friends.

  3. 03

    Step into the same woods

    Open the link, choose Open Prey, and join. The host needs to keep the game running.

Before you set out

Installing the demo

Mac: unzip, drag Prey to Applications, then open it. This early build is not notarized. If macOS blocks it, use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway after trying to open it.

Windows: extract the entire ZIP to a permanent folder and run Prey.exe. It is an unsigned development build. If Windows asks, review the warning before choosing to run it.

Linux: extract the archive and run Prey.x86_64. If your desktop asks, allow the file to run as a program. A recent 64-bit desktop with an OpenGL 3.3 capable driver is needed.

Launch once from the place you’ll keep the game. Windows and Linux then register Prey invite links for your user.

The invite didn’t open the game

Your browser may ask permission to open Prey. If nothing happens, launch the installed game once and try again. You can always use Copy invite, then paste it into Multiplayer → Add server.

Invites give access to a private world: share them with the friends you want to play with. The host can reset access from Multiplayer → Host your world → Advanced.

Learning the controls

WASD move · Shift sneak · Space hop · hold E forage / interact · left click to attack.

1 / 2 / 3 weapons · I backpack · F eat · M map · Esc menu.

What’s in this build?

A procedural forest, stealth, foraging, bushcraft, village repairs, farming, early weapon combat and private co-op worlds. The game is being built with AI and human direction. It’s a work in progress, with no music or voices yet.

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