Castaway Paradise (2015)

This is your island, your adventure! Do whatever you like! It's the ultimate Sandbox sim! Farm, catch bugs, talk to villagers, build your own tropical dream island!

Role-playing (RPG)Simulator Adventure Indie Comedy Educational fishing farming tropical steam trading cards billiards steam achievements polygonal 3d superdeformation non-player characterPlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

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Warm, contemporary, unpretentious and plot-driven.

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contemporarynostalgic
unpretentiousprestige
character-ledplot-driven
classical in formformally daring

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PlayStation UniverseLaddie SimcoJul 20188.5/10
A charming and quirky simulation game in the spirit of Animal Crossing. Castaway Paradise is the virtual vacation that will end the summer gaming drought.
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GamerheadquartersJason StettnerAug 20188.7/10
Castaway Paradise focuses on Animal Crossing while adding great features from Harvest Moon to make a perfect new entity.
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ThisGenGamingJustin OneilJul 20188/10
A few minor issues aside, this is one paradise worth getting shipwrecked on.
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Nintendo LifeKate GrayMay 20214/10
Castaway Paradise is hardly the first game to take inspiration from Animal Crossing, and it certainly won't be the last - but its unoriginal adherence to the Animal Crossing formula is bad enough, without the added veneer of in-app purchases, hastily reskinned and demonetised for a full-price release. It began life as a Facebook game back in 2014, and it still feels like one seven years later.
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GameGrinEthan ButterfieldSep 20184/10
Castaway Paradise is a title that tries to live up to other genre defining hits like Blue Harvest and Animal Crossing, but merely comes across as a cheap knock-off of the two. A life simulator that doesn't look very lively, your money is better spent else where.
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About the game

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Developer: rokaplay, Stolen Couch Games
Publisher: rokaplay, Stolen Couch Games
Released: May 19, 2015
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Engine: Unity

IGDB rating 8.0/10 from 3 ratings.

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