Raft Reviews

best survival game to play with friends and with mods I recommend the game to people who are looking for a good survival game to play for fun

Worst dev community ive ever encountered. 90% of people arent able to join a friends game and the developers posted one possible fix over 2 years ago that doesnt work and have gone radio silent since then. No game updates and no fixes on the issue. Waste of money and time

Everything was great until we got to the end, the boss fight was a huge disappointment compared to the shark battle, puzzles were confusing as hell, it was tedious to get through, and overall it felt rushed which ruined the entire experience of enjoyment before the final chapter

The game is dogshit. The hunger and thirst mechanics are horrible. You walk for 5 minutes and you have to eat and drink again, and you also have to eat A LOT to actually get full. If you're on an island and you run out of food, you have to walk at turtle speed for 20 minutes back to your raft. At some point it feels like the game is trying to make you get though the game slower through shitty mechanics. Another annoying thing is items you make break way too fast. I can confidently say that after 60 hours of this terrible experince I will never play it again.

Think of the Raft building as levels, you will eventually run out of them but it is still a fun building game.

Great game. My wife and I have done several playthroughs of the story-line. Fun to build and survive. Keeps one busy for a long time. I would highly recommend.

A very engaging and fun game Starts off slow but is overall very fun.

If you're the unfortunate one and have been cursed with the bugs... You can't open a chest without getting stuck in it's menu (so you're softlocked), you can't loot a pufferfish or screecher after killing them (so you're missing out on items). I don't know if there is more but that's what I've been experiencing and there has been no fix for it yet.

game is buggy as heck and has terrible game design at times. 3 people in our group of 5 could not access the chest storage. thus making us funnel all our items to one or 2 ppl so they could store them. Islands get incredibly repetitive. Everything you make is consumable to a fault. why are scarecrows consumable?? combat is a joke. The stupid bird that drops rocks on you is aoe targeting and annoying to deal with even with a bow. you dont even get anything for killing it either. the same bugged people in our group could not pick up pufferfish for some reason?? If you put a chair on your raft and sit in it, the shark starts attacking you because the spaghetti code makes the shark recognize that you are not standing on your raft anymore. I cant even with this game. I walked away from this feeling literally tired of this game. dont bother wasting your time. Its a cool concept but terrible execution unless you get lucky with not getting bugged and look past all the flaws in its design. thanks if you even read this far. Im done.

[h1]What is Unique About this Game?[/h1] This sandbox survival base-building game lets [b][u]players advance through a tech tree by exploring various islands.[/u][/b] While [b][u]the core loop is familiar to the genre, the standout element is that your entire base is mobile—a raft drifting through a flooded world.[/u][/b] As players progress, they can construct more advanced machinery and reinforce their base. What starts as a modest raft eventually evolves into a robust, nearly self-sufficient fortress, delivering a deeply satisfying sense of accomplishment. [h1]Core Gameplay[/h1] The game comprises six islands that serve as distinct progression levels. Each [b][u]island is enjoyable to explore[/u][/b] and reveals new blueprints that introduce fresh mechanics. The [b][u]dungeons are meticulously designed[/u][/b] and feel largely handcrafted, ensuring that exploration remains engaging. The boss fights, although not as polished as those in titles dedicated exclusively to such encounters, are still exciting and align well with the standards of other survival base-building games. [h1]How to Define "Good Grind"[/h1] [b][u]Grinding resources can be enjoyable when the process evolves to introduce new gameplay elements.[/u][/b] For example, in automation games, players design different systems to automate resource collection in different stages. This type of grind becomes acceptable if it steers clear of repetitiveness. [h1]Artificial Lengthening[/h1] [b][u]Games that require repetitive grinding extend playtime artificially by forcing players to replay the same content just to progress. This approach is anti-consumer, squandering players’ time.[/u][/b] In this game, many seeds are non-renewable, meaning players must continuously gather them from plants and bushes. By making seeds non-renewable, the developers introduce tedious tasks solely to boost average playtime statistics. This repetitive grind significantly hampers the experience. [h1]Overall[/h1] This is a [b][u]satisfactory survival base-building game featuring a mobile base.[/u][/b] The story islands are exceptionally well-crafted by indie standards, and the tech tree progression, parkour, dungeon crawling, and combat are both intuitive and enjoyable. However, the [b][u]repetitive grind required for player advancement is a significant downside[/u][/b] that is hard to overlook. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3404510500