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Fancy Fish Games · 2020-04-17

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AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 08, 2018 (Linux), Aug 08, 2018 (Mac), Feb 10, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 11, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Feb 11, 2021 (Xbox One)

As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?

22
playing now
94%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (170 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 100 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 41k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,030 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2024-05-27) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 62 of 91 observed days · $11.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
838320182026Week of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5192026-09-15 00:00 — 30 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 30 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 31 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 25 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 23 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 30 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 24 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 20 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 28 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 51 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 32 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 26 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 31 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 26 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11417Aug 2018Aug 2026Aug 2018 — avg 17 · peak 36Nov 2018 — avg 19 · peak 40Feb 2019 — avg 32 · peak 62May 2019 — avg 22 · peak 47Aug 2019 — avg 29 · peak 53Nov 2019 — avg 20 · peak 42Feb 2020 — avg 24 · peak 43May 2020 — avg 86 · peak 217Aug 2020 — avg 36 · peak 70Nov 2020 — avg 28 · peak 66Feb 2021 — avg 62 · peak 119May 2021 — avg 39 · peak 123Aug 2021 — avg 45 · peak 92Nov 2021 — avg 36 · peak 73Feb 2022 — avg 41 · peak 75May 2022 — avg 28 · peak 54Aug 2022 — avg 40 · peak 93Nov 2022 — avg 29 · peak 66Feb 2023 — avg 29 · peak 53May 2023 — avg 35 · peak 73Aug 2023 — avg 29 · peak 59Nov 2023 — avg 28 · peak 58Feb 2024 — avg 26 · peak 56May 2024 — avg 27 · peak 105Aug 2024 — avg 29 · peak 63Nov 2024 — avg 29 · peak 65Feb 2025 — avg 29 · peak 69May 2025 — avg 23 · peak 50Aug 2025 — avg 20 · peak 39Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 22 · peak 42May 2026 — avg 21 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 38
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.742018-08-092026-10-142018-08-09 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $13.492020-09-07 — best price $9.892021-03-16 — best price $14.992021-08-10 — best price $11.242021-11-29 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $9.892022-06-01 — best price $8.992022-08-01 — best price $7.492022-11-22 — best price $7.492023-01-02 — best price $14.992023-03-20 — best price $7.492023-06-07 — best price $8.992023-08-18 — best price $8.992023-09-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-02-14 — best price $7.492024-04-10 — best price $7.492024-06-17 — best price $14.992024-07-25 — best price $14.992024-09-16 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-12 — best price $5.092025-02-17 — best price $5.092025-04-17 — best price $14.992025-06-05 — best price $5.092025-08-12 — best price $14.992025-10-08 — best price $14.992026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $5.092026-05-19 — best price $5.392026-08-12 — best price $5.392026-09-02 — best price $5.392026-09-12 — best price $5.392026-09-22 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $5.392026-10-12 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.6%
earned "Shelter"
44.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-09-25, latest 2023-04-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)5,4241%56
Steam (Steam)2,1073%90
PS4 (PlayStation)32611%57
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCasualMiningDragonsBuildingSurvivalOpen WorldStory RichExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

Players also track

MiscreatedSavage LandsRising WorldCitadel: Forged with FireAncestors: The Humankind OdysseyForce of NatureCHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Similarity via IGDB.

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