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AdventureIndieSimulationSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opCrafting

4,509 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 16,528

Peak in the last 7 days: 18,346

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Game description

Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

Basic info

DeveloperRedbeet Interactive
PublisherAxolot Games
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateJun 20, 2022
Price
  • Steam store −33% $19.99 $13.39 · Steam ↗
  • Lowest-price store $13.39 · Steam
  • Historical low $9.99 · 3-month low $13.39Other stores ↗

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 7 or later
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2.6GHz or similar
Memory6 GB
GraphicsGeForce GTX 700 series or similar
Storage10 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 427 reviews from the past 1 year

82.5/ 100
Top 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (93%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

Drifting, building and surviving at sea with friends gives Raft 82.5 from 380,547 Steam reviews.

👍 Strengths

Multiplayer ranks 117th of 642 and comes up in 59% of analyzed reviews. 126 reviews describe warm, memorable adventures shared with a friend, and 125 say they enjoy it, the most upvoted calling it a childhood dream fulfilled. 33 enjoy the ocean sandbox of drifting, building, upgrading and exploring. Players also describe an immersive world with emotional resonance and simple, pleasant graphics. Gameplay ranks 502nd of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

43 reviews find the constant cycle of broken and replaced tools tedious and repetitive. 26 say the sharks and survival mechanics are punishing and the solo grind exhausting. Content Volume ranks 912th of 1351, and players joke that finding late game materials feels like applying for a mortgage. Story & World ranks 787th of 1096, and others say the plot borders on incoherent, with characters who lack motivation. Visuals & Sound ranks 764th of 1249.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“shared adventure with friend created warm and memorable moments together” · 126 reviews
“childhood dream fulfilled, finally playing on Steam” · 125 reviews
“constant cycle of tool breaking, tedious and repetitive” · 43 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 56% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +3.50 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “drifting, building, upgrading, exploring ocean sandbox survival” · 33 reviews
Negative “rigid item usage, hatchet cannot cut trees in forest” · 1 review

Progression 33% · Difficulty 15% · Onboarding 9% · Strategy 7% · Controls & feel 10%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 45% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.14 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “immersive world and atmosphere with emotional resonance” · 26 reviews

Story 33% · Characters 1%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -1.83 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “constant cycle of tool breaking, tedious and repetitive” · 43 reviews

Volume 24% · Replayability 5%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 18% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +2.82 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “good graphics quality with reasonable PC requirements” · 16 reviews

Audio 9%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 59% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +3.26 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “shared adventure with friend created warm and memorable moments together” · 126 reviews
Negative “co-op bugs need fixing for 9.8/10” · 18 reviews

Community 1% · Servers & Connection 4%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 10% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.11 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “durability-to-cost ratio feels especially harsh, overly aggressive hunger and thirst” · 10 reviews
Positive “excellent balance between resource interdependence and progression systems” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 6% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 18% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.17 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “game-breaking crash at Varuna Point, complete lock-up and black screen” · 13 reviews

Performance 4% · Developer support 8%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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