Castaway is an adventure developed by Canari Games, released 16 August 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Castaway is
Castaway is an adventure game developed by Canari Games and released in 2024. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dive into the short and sweet adventure of Castaway, where the allure of pixel art blends with accessibility for all ages, offering a delightful visual and musical experience, sprinkled with challenges and mysteries waiting to be explored.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, kids and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 33 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Castaway holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Castaway launched on 16 August 2024, within three weeks of Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Astro Bot and Thank Goodness You're Here!. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Astro Bot, Thank Goodness You're Here!.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Castaway yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Quick answers
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