The Game Census
Raft cover art

Raft

Redbeet Interactive · Axolot Games · 2022-06-20

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: May 23, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 04, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Dec 04, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

Raft is an Adventure, Indie and Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and Very Positive (93% of 378479 reviews).

4,876
playing now
93%
positive of 380k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69
twitch viewers (latest)
8.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (163 ratings)
133
Nexus mods (241k downloads)
4.16★
PlayStation Store rating (6,555 ratings)
27h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4,876 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Raft is a survival and sandbox video game developed by Redbeet Interactive and published by Axolot Games. Set on Earth in an endless ocean caused by climate change, players are placed on a small raft circled by sharks, and they must manage their hunger and thirst to survive. Using a hook, players can reel in debris floating in the ocean and use these materials to expand their raft into an expansive base, forge tools, make amenities to aid in survival, and create navigational equipment. By crafting a radio receiver, players can explore a series of story islands with a narrative about freeing survivors from imprisonment by a corrupt military general.

Trailer

Raft trailer thumbnail

Raft - Launch Trailer

≈931,526 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,876 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16,450 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,056/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,752 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 7.6M–17M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 379,827 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$16.74-33%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2024-05-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22k22k20182026Week of 2018-05-01: 2,400 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 453 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,494 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 658 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,087 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 650 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,355 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,669 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,994 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7,386 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 378 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4,301 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,860 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,587 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,566 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,852 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3,204 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3,925 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,442 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,728 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6,691 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6,254 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7,046 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7,949 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4,758 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,542 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3,343 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3,526 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5,235 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 354 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5,054 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 348 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,435 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,557 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,431 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4,236 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4,278 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5,421 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,670 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,092 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,961 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3,002 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10,443 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 838 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10,986 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 934 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6,556 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 493 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3,394 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,757 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22,212 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 482 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5,148 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 428 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6,905 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 641 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3,365 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,954 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,840 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,671 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3,189 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5,379 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 498 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,288 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,718 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,631 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,950 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 300 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,315 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,380 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,269 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,898 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 328 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,186 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4,224 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 586 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,877 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,488 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,459 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,921 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,985 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,014 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,465 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3,476 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,376 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,079 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 348 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,990 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,969 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,231 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,899 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,950 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,531 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,111 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,627 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,381 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,740 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,946 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,515 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,806 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,691 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,811 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,193 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,502 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,334 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 66 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

20k2.9k2026-09-15 11:00 — 5,437 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 6,061 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3,238 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 6,445 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 8,079 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,249 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 3,614 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 6,790 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,160 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 6,847 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 7,806 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2,905 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 4,121 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 14,325 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 7,422 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 7,990 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 14,557 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 5,979 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 4,912 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 11,053 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 8,594 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,908 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 4,876 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35k0Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 9Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 2,057 · peak 3,687Oct 2018 — avg 1,115 · peak 2,875Jan 2019 — avg 2,103 · peak 6,335Apr 2019 — avg 1,180 · peak 2,697Jul 2019 — avg 2,415 · peak 5,881Oct 2019 — avg 1,229 · peak 2,730Jan 2020 — avg 5,596 · peak 15,164Apr 2020 — avg 4,047 · peak 10,319Jul 2020 — avg 5,280 · peak 11,495Oct 2020 — avg 12,168 · peak 41,946Jan 2021 — avg 12,998 · peak 30,747Apr 2021 — avg 4,590 · peak 7,889Jul 2021 — avg 9,592 · peak 24,048Oct 2021 — avg 5,647 · peak 19,392Jan 2022 — avg 9,059 · peak 19,102Apr 2022 — avg 6,335 · peak 13,444Jul 2022 — avg 35,216 · peak 81,457Oct 2022 — avg 7,548 · peak 16,129Jan 2023 — avg 16,332 · peak 33,779Apr 2023 — avg 7,167 · peak 13,519Jul 2023 — avg 12,507 · peak 26,332Oct 2023 — avg 6,457 · peak 13,656Jan 2024 — avg 8,563 · peak 19,003Apr 2024 — avg 5,912 · peak 12,044Jul 2024 — avg 8,334 · peak 17,997Oct 2024 — avg 5,779 · peak 12,126Jan 2025 — avg 9,344 · peak 19,897Apr 2025 — avg 6,420 · peak 13,312Jul 2025 — avg 8,947 · peak 20,306Oct 2025 — avg 7,220 · peak 20,354Jan 2026 — avg 9,210 · peak 23,338Apr 2026 — avg 6,974 · peak 16,092Jul 2026 — avg 8,569 · peak 22,403Aug 2026 — avg 6,637 · peak 13,125
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
73732026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 24 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 16 new positive2026-09-24: 28 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 26 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 32 new positive2026-09-26: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 44 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new negative2026-09-29: 23 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 20 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 28 new positive2026-10-01: 6 new negative2026-10-02: 44 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 48 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 73 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 49 new positive2026-10-05: 7 new negative2026-10-06: 52 new positive2026-10-06: 6 new negative2026-10-07: 56 new positive2026-10-07: 7 new negative2026-10-08: 42 new positive2026-10-08: 10 new negative2026-10-09: 47 new positive2026-10-09: 10 new negative2026-10-10: 34 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new negative2026-10-11: 52 new positive2026-10-11: 13 new negative2026-10-12: 64 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new negative2026-10-13: 53 new positive2026-10-13: 12 new negative2026-10-14: 19 new positive2026-10-14: 11 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$9.992018-05-242026-10-102018-05-24 — best price $19.992018-11-21 — best price $16.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-06-04 — best price $13.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $13.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-10-08 — best price $13.392020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $13.392021-05-31 — best price $19.992021-10-21 — best price $13.392021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-28 — best price $13.392022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $13.392023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $13.392023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $13.392024-05-09 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $13.392025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $13.392025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $13.392026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-12 — best price $24.992026-10-03 — best price $24.992026-10-10 — best price $16.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2991032026-05-31 — 170 pageviews2026-06-04 — 131 pageviews2026-06-08 — 184 pageviews2026-06-12 — 122 pageviews2026-06-16 — 133 pageviews2026-06-20 — 121 pageviews2026-06-24 — 125 pageviews2026-06-28 — 168 pageviews2026-07-02 — 167 pageviews2026-07-06 — 164 pageviews2026-07-10 — 157 pageviews2026-07-14 — 158 pageviews2026-07-18 — 143 pageviews2026-07-22 — 136 pageviews2026-07-26 — 163 pageviews2026-07-30 — 103 pageviews2026-08-03 — 132 pageviews2026-08-07 — 104 pageviews2026-08-11 — 115 pageviews2026-08-15 — 125 pageviews2026-08-19 — 116 pageviews2026-08-23 — 131 pageviews2026-08-27 — 118 pageviews2026-08-31 — 142 pageviews2026-09-04 — 133 pageviews2026-09-08 — 135 pageviews2026-09-12 — 192 pageviews2026-09-16 — 131 pageviews2026-09-20 — 157 pageviews2026-09-24 — 103 pageviews2026-09-28 — 128 pageviews2026-10-02 — 132 pageviews2026-10-06 — 110 pageviews2026-10-09 — 106 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.3k102026-09-30 22:34 — 231 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 202 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 154 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 163 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 226 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 319 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 138 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 306 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 194 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 129 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 132 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 146 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 171 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 132 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 1,285 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 69 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.6%
earned "Beginner Survivor!"
31.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)7,1804%43
Xbox Series (Xbox)2,7213%42

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

Co-opSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulationUnderwaterMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsRising WorldSurvivalistForce of NatureWeapon Shop FantasyAncient CitiesTech Support: Error UnknownAmong Trees

Similarity via IGDB.

Reddit ↗Official site ↗Discord ↗Wikipedia ↗