Project Castaway Reviews

Way too early for access. Needs a lot more work, refunding for now.

it sounds a good game, but it is also frustrated as the bugs are still there since 2024, such as the sleep timer disappeared, won't be able speed up while sleeping, energy & sanity won't recover when sleeping...

A little buggy but relatively fun to play with a combination of elements from Stranded Deep, Green Hell and maybe Fountain of Youth. Unfortunately the coop/multiplayer is still missing and alone this becomes boring quite fast. Resource respawns, especially animals and plants are non existent or too slow. Building is clumsy with buildings and the things you can build like beds ect missaligning. This really needs more frequent updated, especially the long promised multiplayer.

Project Castaway is a very good start to a similar game Stranded Deep but PC is not fully developed hence there are some bugs and ease of use upgrades that should be addressed I also found 1 Issue with games saves loading me underwater with no way to surface which i remedied it by keeping the last 3 current game saves. If you can overlook the unpolished issues the game is really fun and there is alot to do from crafting to building gardening and oh yea getting ate by a big kitty cat... So final words if u can get it on sell its not a bad game if u overlook some issues...

7/18/2025: I can not recommend this game. The story is good so far, but it lacks a ton of things. Its basicly a slapped together of similar games, but has none of the good feature. I will keep a watchful eye to see what updates in the future hold. But don't buy, its pretty much unplayable at the moment. DEV Team: [spoiler]put a number bar at the bottom of the screen so we can see the tools we have, and give us some accessibility options. Once my vision in game gets bloody and blurry. In real life I get headaches and can't play the game. We need the option to turn these features off. [/spoiler]

Needs more islands, the number of islands really destroys all the immersion, in a game like this when the immersion breaks the entire game is unplayable, stranded deep has a lot of problems but its a better game for this reason

i regret i purchased this. the devs do nothing , the game in ea since forever , still full of bugs but they dont bother to fix them . another scam like MIST SURVIVAL i guess. DONT BUY , you will cry for your money . now , the toxic liar dev banned me from posting about the game :))) THEY LIE PEOPLE , AND THEY BAN ME FROM POSTING. THAT SHOULD SAY ALL ABOUT THIS SHIT GAME AND DEVS. COPY OF MIST SURVIVAL , SAME LAZY DEVS , SAME SHITS WHO DO NOTHING BUT LIE. PEOPLE , DONT BUY THIS CRAP....WAIT 20 YEARS TO DO THAT OF UNTIL WILL BE FOR FREE.

Version at time of Review: v1.52 @ 207 hours: The game has me come back over and over again as it has about the right amount of survival without being overbearing, base building, and exploration. A lot of the game mechanics are randomized which makes each play through unique enough to be fun. As the game is in early access, there are still a few bugs but nothing game breaking, which the developer is very responsive in fixing if one is found. And being EA, the dev is very open to suggestions and comments as development progresses. Survival is not just food and water, which both are important, but also environmental survival. Things like sunburn if your in the sun too long without protection. Poison from spiders or scorpions. Attacks from spiders, komodo dragons, and tigers. Food can come from seagulls, crabs, animal meat, plants and herbs, among other things. Your core body temperature must also be regulated so you don't get too hot or cold which is based on the environment be it a sunny hot day or a cold rainy night, swimming, or even standing next to a fire for too long. You must also regulate your meat versus plant food intake or you may get a vitamin deficiency. You can also be poisoned by insects, or by eating bad meat. But don't worry, there are remedies for most afflictions, you just have to find the correct plants or herbs. It sounds like a lot in these survival aspects but it is not overly a burden and is actually funner than it sounds. There is a story to follow, as well as finding 'blueprints' scattered around the islands, that will help you on your quest to escape. In order to explore the islands you will need to build a raft and build things on the raft such as containers for collecting loot, a water collector so you always have some fresh water, a canopy to protect you from the sun, a cooking barrel so you can always cook your meat so you don't get parasites from eating it raw. I would recommend the game in its current, very playable and enjoyable state. The road is still long for a finished game so if that bothers you then skip it, but add it to your wish list for later.

This game is like stranded deep with less polish. Spent alot of time looking for notes and scouring islands only to realise that the notes only spawn in order (if you miss one then the rest won't spawn in the world) this caused me to spend alot more time looking back over islands that I had already scoured. Travel between islands is super slow, it would be good to have a way to speed this up. Some of the critical plants needed don't regrow. I brought this game on sale so was not overly upset. Would not recommend though due to the frustrating mechanics.

make the game multiplayer and i think you would have the best multiplayer survival game on the market