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Castaway

Canari Games · 2024-08-16

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 16, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 16, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 16, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Aug 16, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 16, 2024 (Xbox One), Aug 16, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Retrieve your weapons, face bosses to save your dog in a retro adventure focused on 3 dungeons. Finish the Story mode to unlock the Survivor mode: a 50-floor "Death Tower". You'll enjoy classic mechanics, charming visual style, and an enchanting soundtrack.

75%
positive of 286 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 74% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 14,612 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 286 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99
Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days · $5.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
787820242026Week of 2024-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$2.392024-08-162026-09-132024-08-16 — best price $7.992024-09-27 — best price $6.392024-10-07 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $6.392024-12-04 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-02-17 — best price $5.992025-02-25 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-04-25 — best price $5.592025-05-05 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $5.192025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-07-30 — best price $4.792025-08-06 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $4.392025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-11-20 — best price $4.392025-11-30 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-02-16 — best price $3.592026-02-23 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $3.192026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-04-13 — best price $2.792026-04-20 — best price $7.992026-05-25 — best price $2.792026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $2.392026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-07-13 — best price $2.792026-07-20 — best price $7.992026-08-24 — best price $2.792026-08-31 — best price $7.992026-09-13 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
94.9%
earned "Headache"
56.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-02-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3767%33
PS5 (PlayStation)28424%32
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1468%32
Switch (Nintendo)600%0
PS4 (PlayStation)4617%32

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

Player tags

2DDogAnimeRetro1990'sActionSci-fiSurvivalTop-DownController

Census log

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

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