Fit check
Is Survive Isolation worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Solo survival players who want to manage hunger and thirst
- Action-adventure players who enjoy gathering materials and fighting enemies
- Players who prefer limited inventories that require choices about collected items
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking an adventure centered on extensive story development
- Players who prefer large inventories without a stated item cap
- Players looking for cooperative multiplayer survival
Our take on Survive Isolation
The defining constraint is the compact carrying system: the inventory is limited to 18 items and the hotbar to six slots, requiring choices about which collected materials and weapons to keep.
What is Survive Isolation?
Stranded on an island, the player gathers food, drinks, wood, fiber, cloth, iron, gold, and other materials while managing hunger and thirst.
Items can be looted from containers, chests, sacks, and hidden places, or obtained by cutting palm trees and trading coins with undead merchants. Collected materials can be used to make weapons, while a purchasable workbench enables weapons such as swords and pistols. Pirate enemies and undead skeletons attack across the island; rats and crabs are also present. The game includes swimming mechanics and a secret portal that leads to a hidden cave. The inventory holds up to 18 items, with six hotbar slots.
How Survive Isolation plays
- 01Survival needs
- Food and drinks must be collected or bought to prevent starvation and death.
- 02Resource gathering
- Materials include wood, fiber, cloth, planks, iron, meat, bananas, rum, and gold.
- 03Weapon crafting
- A workbench can be purchased to make weapons such as swords and pistols.
- 04Undead trading
- Golden coins can be exchanged for items with trader characters at different island locations.
- 05Limited inventory
- The inventory holds up to 18 items and the hotbar has six slots.
- 06Hidden cave
- A portal on the island transports the player to a concealed cave with secrets.
Survive Isolation compared to similar games
Survive Isolation focuses on surviving on an island through resource gathering, hunger and thirst management, trading, and fighting enemies. Mr. Prepper centers on building an underground shelter and preparing for a possible nuclear war, while Unplagued has teams of up to four companions face plague-infected medieval villages.
Survive Isolation: platforms & release
Is Survive Isolation worth it?
It is worth it if: solo survival players who want to manage hunger and thirst. Skip it if: players seeking an adventure centered on extensive story development.
Where can I download Survive Isolation?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Survive Isolation's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Survive Isolation on?
Windows only.
