Raft
Raft starts you on a few planks in the middle of the ocean. You fish passing debris out of the water with a hook and build the raft out with it, while a shark circles and keeps going for that raft. You can survive alone or with friends.
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It all began as a school project. In the autumn of 2016 three students at Sweden's Uppsala University spent about 15 weeks, half-time, on a prototype of ocean survival. In December it went up for free on itch.io, and it was downloaded more than 7 million times.
That prototype was the start of the studio Redbeet Interactive, with Axolot Games as publisher. Raft entered Steam early access in May 2018, and version 1.0, called The Final Chapter, only arrived in June 2022, more than five years into development, and finished the story.
One reviewer liked the progression and the freedom in building the raft, but found the sharks more of a nuisance than a threat and the hunger and thirst meters pretty aggressive early on. By 2024 it had sold at least 5 million copies. Players leave 93% positive out of 325,353 reviews. By our Recommended Score it is #901 of 4,736 games.
Liked it? Try Valheim, where slain Vikings build shelters and summon bosses in the tenth world of Yggdrasil, and Subnautica, where you survive in the ocean of an alien planet.
Major updates
VERSION 1.0: The Final Chapter - Out Now! · Jun 2022All 4
System requirements
Minimum GTX 700 · 6 GB RAM · 10 GBiSteam Deck PlayableMin & recommended
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 or later | Windows 7 or later |
| Processor | Intel Core i5 2.6GHz or similar | Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz or similar |
| Memory | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Graphics | GeForce GTX 700 series or similar | GeForce GTX 1050 series or similar |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
| Storage | 10 GB | 10 GB |
From the game’s Steam store page.
