e-River Cabin Journal
Diary-driven survival strategy where wilderness tasks take real-world time
Wilderness Journal Games · Released Jul 15, 2016
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 52% of 60
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- Dec 16, 2017
What is e-River Cabin Journal?
A single-player, text-based survival strategy game about making a life at a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness. You choose tasks such as fishing, hunting, cooking, and woodcutting, then read their outcomes and daily events in journals while trying to survive changing seasons. A fast-forward option instantly completes up to twelve tasks each day.
For you if...
- +you enjoy learning difficult survival systems through trial and error
Not for you if...
- −you prefer continuous action to brief daily check-ins
What players say
52% of 60 reviews are positive
Players praise the homesteading premise and the planning it requires, but criticize long waits, confusing controls, and frequent animal attacks and injuries. The latest reviewer also objects to fast-forward requiring credits.
Screenshots and trailer
e-River Cabin Journal system requirements
Minimum: Any, 0.5 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run e-River Cabin Journal?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP and later
- Processor
- 1 Gig
- Graphics
- Any
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- Notes
- e River Cabin Journal is designed to work on older and slower machines. As such it is likely to work fine on most PCs
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP and later
- Processor
- 1 Gig
- Graphics
- Any
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Does e-River Cabin Journal have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does e-River Cabin Journal run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does e-River Cabin Journal 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 28, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Indie
- Survival
- Crafting
- Strategy
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Text-Based
- Interactive Fiction
- Base Building
- Adventure
- 2D
- Singleplayer
- CRPG
- Difficult
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Hunting
- Replay Value
Recent updates
- Dec 16, 2017 · New Update now live!
- Dec 16, 2017 · New Update now live!
