Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey everyone! First of all, we want to apologize for the long silence and the time it's taken to get another update out. We know it's been several months, and we appreciate everyone who's stuck with us and continued playing and supporting the game. Today, we're happy to finally r
Added map section on the journal. It draws the island positions your world generated. Added co-op missing synchronization scenarios*: Placing non-buildable carriables. For example, turtle shells, surfboards, etc. Item consumption output. For example, consuming canned beans conver
Added missing burnt meat icon on journal. Fixed inability to save after you broke down two node-based parts of the same structure. For example, two wooden walls. Fixed unintended random session joining when pressing enter with no input or just whitespaces. Fixed inability to revi
Hello castaways. We have noticed unusual traffic on our servers, and have added some safety measures to track and prevent spam. To continue enjoying co-op, please update to version 1.0.4. Warm regards, The project castaway team
Fixed inability to take items out of the storage on certain save files. Fixed some players unable to authenticate. This should cover the last authentication fixes. Airplane sequence toggle is always visible, not just when you have completed the tutorial. On co-op, airplane sequen
Fixed failing to authenticate when: Your Steam display name is not between 3 and 25 characters. Your Steam display name is not unique. Fixed environment going black (or another erratic symptom) and inability to save when this happens. Fixed inability to load certain old saves. Co
Fixed authentication failing. Fixed incorrect item scaling when reloading the game. Fixed inability to grab stored carriables from the UI-based storage. Fixed palm trees and papaya trees loot clipping through the terrain. Disabled cloud saves to rule out the possibility of system
We are happy to announce that Project Castaway has entered its 1.0 version out of Early Access, and co-op is now available! For those that haven't played the game since our Early Access launch, you can view the list of major changes we've had since then here: View game page List
Hello all. We are happy to announce Project Castaway 1.0 is finally coming on March 16th 2026 . What are the major changes since our Early Access launch on September 2024? Co-op. You can play with your friends, and even load save files with them that existed prior 1.0! Complete l
Added all missing localization. Now the entire game is fully localized. Added a mobile storage cart. You can store anything on it. Removed unsupported gold arrows from the game, which was making the bow to not work correctly when using them. Fixed a scenario where a previous chal
Added a notification message when you have added items on unbuilt structures. Localization progress: Added confirmation pop-up localization (saving, loading, deleting a save, exit to desktop, exit to main menu, etc.). Added journal skill section localization. Added lore localizat
Added a new UI-based storage: Dropboxes have been removed from the journal. Old dropboxes that you may have previously crafted are still available, but you are highly advised to use the new storage instead. Added a small and large UI-based storage that supports any type of item.
Added back the old music clips we had during our alpha testing, which includes 7 clips in total. Added togglable respawning for crabs, turtles, komodos, leopards and snakes (20 real-world minutes). The animals will respawn where you skin them. Added 3 types of snakes scattered ar
Hello everyone! We’re gathering player feedback to help us improve the game for everyone. Co-op and resource/animal respawning are already in development, and we’d love your input on what we should prioritize next. Please take a moment to share your thoughts here: Warm regards, T
Patch notes New Added challenge gamemode with two challenges: Escape artist: Escape the islands within 15 days. Treasure hunter: Find 5 treasures within 5 days. Fixes Fixed raft too sensitive when touched. Most noticeable on larger rafts, where the contact point with the raft was
Patch notes New Added a button to reset custom keybinds. Added drop carriable, drop weapon, smash carriable, place, start fire, custom building, and wheel menu (read-only) to rebind UI. Fixes Fixed trying to dive by looking down while swimming above water hard sometimes. Fixed ro
Patch notes New Added Steamworks SDK. On the end-user side, you can see your Steam avatar on the main menu. On a more technical side, it's helping us create more tangible player accounts on our backend for a correct multiplayer experience. This will also open doors for steam-spec
Patch notes New Added new start options: Conditions, time speed and difficulty. Fixes Fixed lost default input if key was rebinded on a scheme different than the current one. For example, using your controller and rebinding the interact key - you could no longer use the interact
0.1.52 is now available. Patch notes Fixes Fixed sun not being blocked (rash activating and/or temperature going up) if you interact with a bed that is inside a shelter, while standing outside of such shelter. Fixed conditions applying damage while the game is paused. Quality of
0.1.51 is now available. Patch notes New Added eucalyptus and papaya trees to the biome generation. Added small tree variations with beehives to the biome generation. Added ginger, mint and tobacco plants to the biome generation. Note that biome generation happens at the start of