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Project Castaway cover art

Project Castaway

Mardonpol Inc. · 2026-03-17

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 23, 2024 (Linux), Sep 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.

29
playing now
65%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 37k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,851 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

96172026-08-11 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 52 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 45 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 56 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 68 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 96 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 58 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 44 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 56 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 46 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 22 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 55 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 52 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 88 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 39 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 59 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 27 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 25 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 59 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.992024-09-232026-08-012024-09-23 — best price $19.992024-10-30 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-03 — best price $19.992025-03-12 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-06-04 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-31 — best price $19.992025-09-13 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $19.992025-12-15 — best price $19.992026-02-03 — best price $19.992026-03-23 — best price $19.992026-05-07 — best price $19.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-01 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
22.7%
earned "Tree, Meet Axe"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)850%59

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

Player tags

RPGActionCasualSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureRealisticOpen World

Census log

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

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