can you play the game single player?

[rubish 1]

and if you can is the game actually fun are there kingdom wars with lots of npcs like it talks about in the store page or would single player just be mostly killing things and doing quests

and will it work differently then how the multiplayer probably would with everything being on a real time clock or decaying or something?

[Flotch]

This game is pretty barren on NPCs or scripting. The main draw or appeal is the multiplayer aspect, as players are the only thing in the world besides static merchants, town guards, wild animals, and monsters. Single-player will be a very empty, lonely experience.

Your gameplay will consist of building whatever you feel like, farming crops, raising animals, fighting things in the world...that's about it. Most players seem to spend a lot of time grinding skills, like in an MMO. Different servers have different mods and multipliers to XP and crafting speeds, for different experiences. Be warned, the unmodded game is mostly just watching bars slowly fill, I don't recommend it.

The world slowly progresses through seasons over a couple of real life months, complete with snow in winter and leaves in the fall, seasonal harvests of certain crops, etc. I think if you host your own server and close it when you're done playing, this process would be paused, but you could fast-forward it with commands.

Buildings slowly decay unless they are on a "deed", which in the context of Wurm Unlimited is pretty much "wherever you want and as much land as you want". Large servers might monetize deed upkeep on large properties, but if you run a server or are playing on a friend's, it can just be free and unlimited.

[rubish 1]

aw well thanks for the information unfortunately i wouldnt wanna play with anyone so ill just look for something else :( thanks for answering though :D

[Punnikin]

Wurm Unlimited can be played solo with very little actual setup. Learning the game can be daunting alone, though. My suggestion would be watch tutorials, play a bit on public player-run servers to learn the ropes, and this will help you understand how to set up your own offline server properly as well as how to play. Honestly though, if you are patient you can have fun either alone or on a server.