It was created for the Apple II platform and is considered one of the first microcomputer-based role-playing video games.

In the game, the player explores the Kingdom of Draconia with a party of unnamed adventurers, seeking a magical weapon from the Sanctuary of the White Mage to overthrow the Great Necromancer.

During their exploration, players will enter abandoned ruins, battling monsters and hostile citizens and collecting gold to pay their mercenaries and purchase additional resources from villages, including food and upgraded weapons and armor.

After it was finished, it was packaged with Clardy's earlier game, Dungeon Campaign, for commercial release by Synergistic Software.

[3]: 42–43 Vince Erato incorporated the adventuring and resource management mechanics of Wilderness Campaign into the electronic board game Dark Tower.