macOS
Apple silicon & Intel
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A WOODLAND FABLE · SOLO & CO-OP
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.
An early playable demo for Mac, Windows and Linux.
A FRIEND IS WAITING
There’s company in the woods.
Open Prey to add your friend’s world and join.
Not installed yet? Download below, open the game once, then come back to this link.
YOUR PATH IN
Come as you are.
Development build
Windows
64-bit PC
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Linux
64-bit desktop
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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.
- 01
Start your world
Open Multiplayer → Host your world, then enable hosting.
- 02
Send an invite
Copy your invite and share it with your friends.
- 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 toggle run · Ctrl toggle sneak · Space hop · hold E forage or tend fields · E interact · left click to attack (click again to chain the sword combo, hold to charge a heavy strike).
1 / 2 / 3 weapons · I backpack/crafting · C skills · F eat · R choose crop · M map · J quests · Esc menu.
What’s in this build?
A persistent procedural forest, foxes/wolves/wolverines/bears, stealth, combat, nine skills, bushcraft through copper crafting, leather armour, cooking, three crops, village restoration, furnished homes and private co-op worlds. The game is being built with AI and human direction. Villagers speak, the woods have sound and music, and every predator has a telegraphed power move. It’s a work in progress.