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Project Castaway

First-person survival crafting across Pacific islands by raft

Mardonpol Inc. · Released Mar 17, 2026

ActionAdventureCasualRPG

Reviews
Mixed
63% of 1,889
Recent reviews
Mixed
52% of 19 in 30 days
Players
28
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
3 weeks ago
Oct 17, 2026
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 970
8 GB RAM · 4 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Project Castaway?

You play a castaway stranded on a deserted Pacific island in this first-person, open-world survival crafting game. You gather supplies, hunt, scavenge shipwrecks, build shelters and rafts, and travel between islands while managing sleep and sanity. You can play alone or in online co-op.

For you if...

  • +you like building shelters and rafts from gathered materials
  • +you enjoy exploring islands and scavenging shipwrecks
  • +you prefer open-ended survival over constant direction

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike regularly managing food, sleep, and sanity
  • −you want fast progress without repeated resource gathering

What players say

63% of 1,889 reviews are positive · 52% of 19 in the last 30 days

Players praise the island scenery, survival systems, building, and exploration. They complain about persistent bugs, cumbersome inventory and construction, and co-op problems that disrupt shared play and quest progress. Recent players also report game-breaking issues.

Players over time

▲ +11% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 51 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Sep 23, 202635
Sep 23, 202627
Sep 22, 202643
Sep 21, 202651

How many players finish Project Castaway?

0.8% of Steam players have unlocked «Escape!», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Project Castaway screenshot 1

Project Castaway system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 970, 8 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel Core i3-6100 or equivalent CPU
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD equivalent
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space
Notes
Does not work well with integrated GPUs

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel Core i5-9400 or equivalent CPU
Graphics
NVidia GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD equivalent
Memory
12 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space
Notes
Does not work well with integrated GPUs

Does Project Castaway have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Project Castaway run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Achievements
59
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese.

Does Project Castaway use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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