Direct answer
The Welcome to Elderfield Demo is a free, separate Steam app described as an alpha vertical slice. It includes parts of the town, farm and ranch, the Mall dungeon, and samples of foraging, mining, fishing, social play, and combat. It is not the full game and should not be used to estimate the final map or complete feature count.
This answer uses the September 5, 2026 research snapshot and treats the Steam store, developer announcements, and directly observed footage as the strongest evidence. Search snippets and unsupported tables are not treated as proof. Where the full game, public Demo, and Patreon alpha expose different content, the page names that boundary instead of blending the builds together.
What the research confirms
Steam App 3195680 identifies the Demo, while App 3195440 identifies the full release. Official updates reached at least Demo v0.11.17 in the research snapshot and changed systems such as Social tracking, Loadouts, visual options, and several fixes. Fishing is present, so older claims that the Demo contains no fishing are rejected by stronger evidence.
Confirmed here means either an official source states the point directly or two independent sources agree on the same observable behavior. It does not mean every related number, location, or unlock condition is known. Exact values stay out of the confirmed section unless the collected material supports them at the same version level.
How to use this information
Download the Demo from its own Steam page and read the latest official update notes before following an old walkthrough. Use it to learn the production loop, relationship interface, exploration, and turn-based combat rather than to complete a final-game checklist. If an old objective or menu does not match, check whether the guide predates v0.11.17.
Use the confirmed sequence first and check the in-game wording before committing rare materials or long sessions. Interface labels and broad mechanics are more stable than balance values, rewards, and exact routes during development. A step marked Pending verification (待确认) is a research lead, not a guaranteed instruction for the current build.
Demo, Alpha, and launch boundaries
The developer recommended starting fresh for the fuller opening because town content, news, the job board, and seasonal flow changed, but did not issue a blanket command to delete every save. Older pre-May 2025 saves may have additional compatibility limits. Estimates that the Demo represents one sixth or about fifteen percent of the game remain rough, single-source descriptions.
Welcome to Elderfield has a public Steam Demo, older itch and Patreon builds, and an unreleased full game in this research snapshot. A detail can be authentic and still be obsolete or unavailable in another channel. This page therefore preserves build labels and avoids turning historical footage into a launch-version promise.
Pending verification (待确认)
A fixed completion time, exact percentage of the final game, complete area list, full save-migration process, and every final-release carryover are Pending verification (待确认). The Stone Tower's accessibility also depends on the build represented by a source. Treat the Demo as a changing preview, not a stable miniature of the launch version.
Pending verification (待确认) means the collected sources did not reach the required confidence threshold. It may be supported by one guide, one developer comment, or footage whose build cannot be identified, but it lacks a matching current source. These points are retained because players search for them, while their uncertainty remains visible.
