Hello everyone,
The 2025 Steam Awards have begun! Nominations are open, and we’re hoping you’ll consider nominating Whiskerwood in the Outstanding Visual Style category. The competition this year is incredible, and there are so many great games that deserve recognition in this category. But your nomination can help spread the word about Whiskerwood and introduce new players to everything it has to offer.
Since release on November 6th, we’ve put out ten patches sourced from all of your feedback with much more on the way.
Whiskerwood’s style grew from the shape of its world. Each colony rises in stacked tiers of wood, stone, and greenery, a vertical patchwork built by mice who carve into cliffs while extending platforms over the sea. The result is a settlement that feels assembled piece by piece.
Seeing the different settlements people have built has been one of the most unexpected pleasures of working on Whiskerwood. Some players push straight into heavy industry, turning every cliff face into a maze of platforms and machinery that climbs upward in dense layers.
Others create small coastal towns with quiet terraces, gardens tucked between rooftops, and just enough production to keep the colony alive.
What has surprised me most is how consistently these places feel like Whiskerwood while still reflecting the person who built them. The same constraints, the same terrain, the same systems, yet entirely different expressions of what a mouse colony can become. It has been a privilege watching those ideas take shape.
All this to say, we’d love to have your nomination this year for the Outstanding Visual Style Award If you’re so inclined, just click the “Nominate” button that’s part of this post to submit your nomination. No matter the result, we are grateful for every single vote, and for the ongoing support you’ve shown for our team as we continue working on Whiskerwood
Thank you!
– Daniel Dressler, Lead Programmer, Minakata Dynamics