Is it worth wishlisting?
Updated · Trollheim Wiki Editorial Team
Wishlist it if the pitch is already your kind of game and you can wait. TROLLHEIM: GNOMES is a co-op PvE survival crafting game about 10-centimeter gnomes in a Nordic forest, solo offline or with up to 7 friends. Early Access is planned for later in 2026. No price and no day are posted. A wishlist is the action the studio asked for, and it costs nothing.
Who it is for
Wishlist if you like building a small home in a huge place, and if climbing a single pine sounds like the game rather than the commute. The store page is open about cold, hunger, blueberries, twigs, arrows, instruments, moss and low light. The diary adds a Revel, trolls, faeries and a decay called Rotinn. Story is worth ten minutes before you decide the tone is too dark or not dark enough. It is not a boss ladder. Bosses says so.
Wishlist if your group can actually meet the cap in a useful way. Eight players is the maximum, not a requirement. Two friends and a strong host PC is a better picture than seven people on minimum spec. Co-op and system requirements are the practical test. An RTX 2070-class GPU and 16 GB of RAM are the posted floor. If you would need a new PC, the wishlist is still free, and the PC is the real decision.
Who should skip it
Skip the wishlist if you need a finished 1.0, a console build, a Steam Deck badge, a gamepad, or another language. None of those are on the store page. Platforms and languages are short. Skip it if you want PvP or a class roster. Both are absent. Classes and factions explains the missing picker.
Skip judging the whole game by the playtest if the missing befriend button is your dealbreaker. That button is supposed to return for Early Access. Do join the playtest if you want to know whether the climb is fun on your hardware. Playtest vs Early Access is the fair way to score the two builds. The test was described as closing the week after 12 November 2026, so it may be gone when you read this. The wishlist still works after it closes.
Money
Price is unpublished and the free flag is off. A wishlist does not charge the card. A key seller does. Refuse that. Codes will not reveal a coupon. There is not one.
Verdict: Wishlist if Nordic co-op survival at gnome scale is enough and Early Access does not scare you. Do not wishlist if you need a console, a pad, a date or a finished story. Spend the playtest on a shelter if the test is still open, and spend nothing else.
FAQ
Does wishlisting change the launch?
It tells you when the page updates, and the studio asked for it while they build toward Early Access. It does not reserve a discount. No discount has been announced.
Should I wishlist if my PC is under the minimum?
You can, so you hear about a future spec change. Do not request the playtest on a machine under 16 GB of RAM and expect a fair look at the game.
Is it worth it compared with other survival games?
No score is published, and there are no player reviews on a Coming soon page. Compare the pitch, not a Metacritic number. The pitch is small gnomes, a vertical forest, and beings who might live with you.
What if I hate the playtest?
Leave, send feedback, and take the wishlist off if the climb itself was the problem. Keep it if the problem was a cut the studio already named.
Sources: Steam store page, Steam news 14 October 2026, Steam news 12 November 2026