Ylands
Open-world survival crafting with shipbuilding and island exploration
Bohemia Interactive · Released Dec 5, 2019
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 64% of 8,453
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 69% of 23 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 27
- peak 24h 31
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 9 months ago
- Dec 16, 2025
What is Ylands?
Ylands is a free-to-play, first-person survival crafting game set across islands and seas, with lore about the Classy Adventurers Guild to uncover. In Adventure mode, you gather resources, craft equipment, build homes and ships, and sail between regions while facing wildlife and enemies. Creative mode provides building materials, and an editor lets players create blueprints and games.
For you if...
- +you like setting your own goals in a sandbox
- +you want both survival crafting and unrestricted creative building
- +you enjoy making your own games with an editor
Not for you if...
- −you need a tightly directed story rather than sandbox goals
- −you want combat to take priority over construction
What players say
64% of 8,453 reviews are positive · 69% of 23 in the last 30 days
Players praise the freedom to customize buildings and vehicles and explore with friends. Common complaints include paid ship slots, confusing and repetitive progression, and difficulty finding other players online. Some players also say updates have stopped.
Screenshots and trailer
Ylands system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10/11 (64-bit Operating System Required)
- Processor
- Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz
- Graphics
- Intel HD 520
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 11 (64-bit Operating System Required)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 56
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, In-app purchases
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Spanish - Spain, Czech, French, Italian, German, Russian.
Tags
- Free to Play
- Multiplayer
- Adventure
- Open World Survival Craft
- Exploration
- Crafting
- Sailing
- Base Building
- Resource Management
- Action-Adventure
- First-Person
- Open World
- Third Person
- Nature
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Building
Recent updates
- Dec 16, 2025 · Patch 2.4.2
- Oct 15, 2024 · 2.4.1 Patch Changelog
- Sep 25, 2024 · Update 2.4 - FLEET FRIENDS
- Sep 25, 2024 · 2.4 Fleet Friends - Changelog
- Sep 12, 2024 · EXPERIMENTAL Build - Update 2.4
3 DLC available.
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