The Last Caretaker
Open-world survival crafting as a robot working to save humanity
Channel37 Ltd · Released Nov 6, 2025 · Early Access
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 14K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 589 in 30 days
- Players
- 2,449
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 week ago
- Oct 20, 2026
What is The Last Caretaker?
You explore a flooded Earth in this single-player, first-person survival-crafting game. As a machine tasked with saving humanity, you scavenge facilities, recycle wreckage into equipment, and restore machinery while fighting hostile machines. You recover human seeds, manage their growth at the Lazarus Complex, and repair launch infrastructure to send them into orbit.
For you if...
- +you enjoy managing resources and setting up automated systems
- +you prefer exploring with little guidance
Not for you if...
- −you want to play survival games with friends
- −you prefer finished games rather than early access
What players say
84% of 14,101 reviews are positive · 84% of 589 in the last 30 days
Players praise ocean exploration and the detailed work of wiring and maintaining bases. A player reports getting stuck on required jumping sections.
Screenshots and trailer
The Last Caretaker system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 1070, 16 GB RAM, 30 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit or later
- Processor
- Quad-core Intel or AMD, 3.2 GHz or faster
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 or equivalent
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit or later
- Processor
- Core i5 or Ryzen 5, 3.5 GHz or faster
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT or equivalent
- Memory
- 32 GB RAM
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Does The Last Caretaker have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Last Caretaker run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 15
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Spanish - Spain.
Does The Last Caretaker 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
Tags
- Early Access
- Survival
- Crafting
- Base Building
- Automation
- Open World
- Sandbox
- Singleplayer
- First-Person
- Resource Management
- Management
- Exploration
- Atmospheric
- Simulation
- Post-apocalyptic
- Lore-Rich
Recent updates
- Oct 20, 2026 · The Last Caretaker Team showcases new content from the new Update 6.0: The Jump!
- Oct 19, 2026 · Update 6.0: The Jump is Live
- Sep 3, 2026 · See what's new in The Last Caretaker's Surprise 5.5: Deck Drop Update!
- Aug 31, 2026 · Update 5.5: Deck Drop is Live
- Jun 25, 2026 · Watch Antti and Jack play Update 5.0: New Horizons