- Project Castaway 1.0.6 - 23 April 2026
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 converts into an empty can.Item drag from backpack or from one place in the world to another.*For the remaining missing scenarios, please read the developer notes at the bottom.Fixed down effect (grayscale) still visible when you are revived within 5 seconds of going down.Fixed whiteness at night. Present only when your current game has had a month or more worth of game time.Aloe gel is replaced by an empty sliced coconut when applied.Sleep UI time follows the same 12-hour format as the HUD.Along these changes, we have updated our backend and platform management code to prepare for console port. This makes the code easie…
- Project Castaway 1.0.5 - 30 March 2026
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 revive player after a save file is loaded, if saved while they were on a downed state.Fixed only host showing death screen after everyone is down.Tutorial achievement is automatically unlocked if you have already completed it.Warm regards,The project castaway team
- Project Castaway 1.0.4 - 26 March 2026
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
- Project Castaway 1.0.3 - 24 March 2026
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 sequence toggle is greyed out.Airplane sequence toggle is on by default.Once on the airplane sequence, you can skip it once you're a few seconds in, until the plane starts crashing, teleporting you to the starter island.Improved the way far away grass is rendered, easing the GPU and improving framerate.Revive vial is available on the journal for crafting on co-op.Added two fixed (non-procedural) aloe vera plants on the starter island.Warm regards,The project castaway team
- Project Castaway 1.0.2 - 20 March 2026
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-op window session code uses a monospaced font, for easier reading.Removed unnecessary player count on the co-op window.These fixes should tackle the last two cases with authentication failing. If someone is still having authentication issues, please let us know on our community Discord!Warm regards,The project castaway team
- Project Castaway 1.0.1 - 19 March 2026
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 systems clashing. It will be re-enabled once we confirm stability.Fixed inability to save when:You exit a co-op session while on gameplay.You fail to authenticate.You are not the host on co-op.Added a saving animation UI since it can take a few seconds when you're on co-op.Hello castaways.We have noticed two potential issues with the authentication code. If someone is still constantly having auth issues, please contact the us on the community Discord.Warm regards,The project castaway team
- Project Castaway 1.0 & Co-op is now out! - 17 March 2026
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:List of changes from 0.2.7 to 1.0.0You can now play with friends! Up to 4 players.Added creative gamemode. No craft requirements? Infinite health? We got you covered.Enabled cloud saves.Added Steam Achievements.Added camera animation when starting a game with no plane sequence.Added underwater wrecked research ship.Added craftable oxygen tank.Added craftable queen bed.Added a new quest.Added a craftable fuel motor for the raft and a wrecked fuel cannister.Fixed sail state not saving and loading correctly.Fixed small stick and furnace, having wrong impact effect.Fixed sanity resetting to default after loading a save file.Fixed Claire'…
- Project Castaway 1.0 Launch Date - 6 March 2026
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 localization.UI has been overhauled. It now has the same style across the entire game.Added UI-based storage, where you can store any item, and a mobile cart version that you can move around.Added challenge gamemode. Complete tasks on a limited time.Added creative gamemode. No craft requirements? Infinite health? We got you covered.Added animal and resource respawning.Added snakes.Added Steam achievements and cloud saves.Added customizable keybinds.Added several start options, allowing you to customize your gameplay.Added several conditions, like poison and infections.Added several new plants. trees, craftable items…
- Project Castaway 0.2.7 - 24 January 2026
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 challenge data would still be present and executing completion checks on another challenge.Fixed several typos on item descriptions.Fixed UI layout broken the first time you open the hammer building UI.Fixed items being consumed when adding materials to a structure has failed due to player standing on it.Fixed some palm trees having smaller loot scale than normal.Re-translated the entire game's text to be more accurate on certain languages.Biome generation math has been improved to harness the power of multi-threaded CPUs. This has improved the loading times by 1.7x - 1.8x on our systems.Adjusted the way loot of skinni…
- Project Castaway 0.2.6 - 22 December 2025
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 localization on journal and its progress notifications on the top middle.Added blueprint collected notification localization.Added missing localization of the crafting sections of the journal.Fixed player sent underwater when exiting the rudder sometimes.Fixed inability to add items to storage when loading a game after having full storage.Fixed an issue that was causing save files to not load correctly on some rare edge cases, but could load when exiting the application completely and reloading it.Fixed challenge failure screen enabling when playing a survival game but previously played such challenge.Fixed double sided axe…
- Project Castaway 0.2.5 - 7 December 2025
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.Previously reported jumping items seems directly related to the old physics-based dropboxes. Please let us know if the issue still persists.Added co-op window, enabled only on the beta channel. Beta channel password will be shared later this month. A coming soon version is displayed on retail.Added Good Health and Mr Durable challenges.Fixed UI scaling not working as intended on languages that use commas instead of points for decimals.Fixed inability to open journal when the tape player is out.Fixed certain new objects, including snakes, not spawning on old saves.Fixed unintended behavior if you double click confir…
- Project Castaway 0.2.4 - 18 November 2025
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 around 4 islands, with the red variation being venomous. The snake skin can be tanned for leather.Added UI scaling option under graphic settings.Fixed music getting interrupted on the loading screen, which was more apparent when playing the airplane intro sequence.Fixed ability to fly by looking down while swimming and attempting to move backwards.Fixed bug report stuck on loading if report is sent before a successful login (login is automatic using your Steam account).Fixed yucca leaf typo.Fixed Celsius typo.Fixed crafted plane chassis preview floating in the sky.Fixed tanning station having wrong impact effect.Fix…
- Project Castaway Feedback Survery - 9 November 2025
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: https://forms.gle/Z2v4KqKaCmctd2Qx9 Warm regards,The project castaway team
- Project Castaway 0.2.3 - 16 October 2025
Patch notes NewAdded 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 far away from the center.Fixed extra space underneath the raft, colliding with the terrain when built or when navigating shallow waters.Fixed raft climb interaction displaying empty prompt.Fixed standing torches, raft bases, rudder, wooden doors, elevated wooden platforms, elevated metal platforms, metal walls, palm doors and palm frond windows having no appropriate impact effect when hit.Fixed wooden door, bench, chairs, tables, stairs, elevated platforms, platforms (roofs), walls, door walls and window door walls having wrong health icon.Fixed raft building node unavailable after node has not been physically vis…
- Project Castaway 0.2.2 - 27 September 2025
Patch notes NewAdded 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 rope returning cloth instead of yucca when disassembled.Fixed building mode toggling on/off when attempting to add materials while holding a hammer.Fixed smash carriable prompt displaying a keyboard sprite while using gamepad.Fixed canceling rebind sometimes closing the context window.Fixed input rebind hover frame having not completely centered. Additionally, made it a brighter red so it’s clearer.Fixed no pointer when opening journal or backpack via wheel menu.Fixed dropping a weapon on gamepad sometimes not possible.Fixed "press any key to continue" screen not getting enabled by default sometimes.Fixed stuck toolti…
- Project Castaway 0.2.1 - 30 August 2025
Patch notes NewAdded 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-specific features, like cloud saves and achievements.Fixes Fixed turning pickups slow with mouse.Fixed items on raft saving wrong position if you had previously loaded a save file and adjusted your raft base (increase or decrease size). While it won't happen again, if you have saved wrongly positioned structures, then they will need to be demolished and rebuilt in order to have correct position and save data.Fixed visible terrain texture pattern. Most noticeable on starter island.Developer notesWe're about to dive into the core phase of co-op development, which means we'll soon be in a much better position to provide…
- Project Castaway 0.2.0 - 12 August 2025
Patch notes NewAdded 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 key on keyboard.Fixed only wooden walls being able to be built on custom roofs.Fixed an floating point issue that was causing time speed to depend on hardware.Fixed blueprint weapons and tools not breaking down.Fixed tea name not displaying correctly when hovering a tea on the ground.Fixed UI prompts showing Xbox instead of DualShock if you're using DualShock.Fixed ginger and potato not showing spade icon when hovered.Quality of LifeDisassemble table uses the item's requirements to calculate what it should return. This fixes some items not returning the correct items. The calculation is based on your crafting leve…
- Project Castaway 0.1.52 - 15 June 2025
0.1.52 is now available.Patch notesFixesFixed 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 LifeShelterSwimming prevents rashes, regardless if your head is under the water or not.Temperature and sun exposure time is completely forgiven on old saves. The default regular temperature will be loaded. Since the math is different, the exposure time was triggering rashes or heatstrokes within a few seconds of loading the old saves on the new version sometimes.Sun shelter check is now made from the POV towards the sun, instead of towards directly above the player. This fixes some areas, like big rocks or trees, not preventing rashes.Increased the sun shelter distance from 7m to 50m.Sun exposure time threshold for r…
- Project Castaway 0.1.51 - 11 June 2025
0.1.51 is now available.Patch notes NewAdded 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 a new game, meaning old save files won't generate them.FixesFixed wine rack not able to be placed on structures and rafts.Fixed huge dropbox not able to be built on a single story building if it has a ceiling.Fixed dead unharvested animals disappearing on save and load.Fixed right journal discovery page having odd angles sometimes.Fixed spinning, stuck or flying raft.Fixed save confirmation pop-up opening by accident on controllers.Fixed shark teeth not floating.Fixed raft sent to the sky when un-pausing after a long time.Fixed teas glowing sometimes. Quality of Life Increased cooking time by 50%Renamed from "potat…
- Project Castaway 0.1.50 - 20 February 2025
Hello castaways. We have a new patch available which includes fixes for stuck time, loot drops, missing saves and more! Patch notes Fixes Fixed time not passing or passing very slowly for some players. Fixed wheel menu being available when using a bed, causing unintended behavior. Fixed materials and textures being wrong or invisible on objects after loading. Fixed cinchona tree, datura tree, pepper plant and coca plant being invisible at distances greater than 1m. Fixed hovered world items being destroyed when consuming something in the backpack. Fixed in-game bug report text box becoming deselected when moving the mouse. Fixed car wrecks and other scavengeables not correctly dropping loot. Fixed animals not dropping the correct number of items when harvesting. Fixed water containers not correctly updating the freshness when being refilled. Fixed being able to pickup an item/object whe…
