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Faraway Islands

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Faraway Islands

A top-down story-driven survival game, set on unknown islands you must explore in order to find a way home. Your adventure will contain classic mechanics like crafting, acquiring resources, hunting animals, farming, fishing, building shelter, and defending from enemies.

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Faraway Islands is a top-down 2D story-driven survival game, set on procedurally generated islands you can travel between and explore. The game features classic survival mechanics like crafting based on combining, gathering resources and food, farming, hunting animals, increasing character skills, building shelter, and defending against enemies.

ADVENTURE

You play as a survivor of a passenger ship that sank in a wild storm. As you try to find a way home from these islands, you encounter new friends who will help you, and enemies giving you a hard time. (character visuals can be customized)

CRAFT TOOLS

Creating items is done by combining or processing items in your inventory. These combinations are not shown to the player from the start, so you have to try new combinations. Some are recommended to you by story characters or written in quests.

CONSTRUCTION

You can build your own shelter to ensure your safety from predators and enemies. The game has several basic buildings to choose from and construct, and more are unlocked by increasing your skills.

EXPLORE ISLANDS

All islands are procedurally generated, which means everything from their shape to the number of crabs and mushrooms is randomly chosen and then created by predefined rules. Not all resources are the same on every island, so you must explore and find what you need.

DANGER

Wild animals are dangerous, and you should be cautious when moving around them. So beware that pack of tigers can kill you quite quickly. There are also human enemies that will attack every few days. You can prepare for these situations by crafting weapons and armor.

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System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 (64bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-2400, AMD FX-8350
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 50 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: 64bit operating system and DirectX 11 are required after transition to newer engine. Older 32bit DX9 version is still available as "beta" branch in game properties.

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
bocoboc, ScrapGate
Brazilian rating
14
Steam Germany rating
16
Achievements
30
Controller support
full
Features
Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, DualShock Controller Support, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Languages
English, Czech
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (2)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesNoYes
CzechYesNoYes
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Buy Verdict

Watch — $3.99.

Decent deal at 0% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.

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Value Score

Fair Value — 62th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 62th percentile. Priced as Budget at $3.99.

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Genre Benchmarks

Value Ratio Top 38%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Faraway Islands worth buying right now?
Watch — $3.99. Decent deal at 0% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
When does Faraway Islands go on sale?
Decent deal at 0% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
Is Faraway Islands free to play?
Faraway Islands costs $3.99 on Steam.
What genre is Faraway Islands?
Faraway Islands is a Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game.
Who developed Faraway Islands?
Faraway Islands was developed by bocoboc and published by bocoboc.
What platforms does Faraway Islands support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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