Peace Island
Peace Island LLC · 2026 · Early Access, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Casual
PC
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About Peace Island
One fine day, in a remote island community off the coast of Maine, nine cats wake up to discover that their humans have disappeared. To survive, they must band together to uncover the mysteries of their storied island home - and ultimately, it is up to them to decide:
Are the humans worth bringing back?
- Explore a truly open world - The entirety of the island will be accessible, with each building containing a hand-crafted interior. No "Invisible Walls," or buildings with no purpose.
- A realistic weather & tidal system - From foggy nights, to morning downpours, to clear, blue skies - you never know what those southeast winds might bring in - and you'll never want to miss a beautiful sunset!
- Nine Playable Cats - Each with their own stories, preferences, skills, & weaknesses - as you get to know them, you'll know which one might be the best for a certain job!
- Delve into a rich, 200-year alternate history - Learn family lineages, study old maps, and read books & letters better left hidden.
- Your decisions matter! - How you approach life after humanity will decide how the game plays out in the end.
- Replayability - Three different possible endings (and perhaps more!)
- Experience a hand-crafted world - From the very beginning, we strove to create a world that isn't just "that place between mission points." The island might be small, but there is a LOT to discover and re-discover!
- Original, adaptive soundtrack - From the mood of the cats, to the time of day, to the weather, the soundtrack changes. Each player's musical experience will be different!
- An expanded emotional palette - Games are a wonderful storytelling - and all stories are not happy ones.
- Relax! - Sometimes, you just want to hang out with the cats and watch the sun set. A mix of casual/slow gaming.
- Meet new friends - and new enemies! - The humans might be gone, but old power structures remain. Currying favor with the deer might make the Seagulls less willing to talk!
Peace Island began in November of 2017, when a Eric (a line cook) and Laura (a care worker) noticed a severe lack of rich, single-player, story-driven experiences in a game world where the major publishers were intent on developing the next open-world shooter.
They knew it wasn't going to be easy - developing a video game of this size typically requires dozens of people and significant funding. They just had themselves, and whatever pocket change they could set aside after bills and rent. They worked on the project in whatever few hours they could set aside outside of their sleep and regular jobs.
The world took shape, slowly but steadily. Occasionally, they could convince a friend to donate a piece of artwork, or save enough to hire a coder for an hour or two to help build the first, simple systems.
From the very start, emphasis was put on crafting a beautiful world- one that would not simply serve as "that space between one destination and another," but as a place the player wants to linger in for just perhaps one more sunset.
After two years of slow but steady progress, Peace Island "went viral" in the fall of 2019, finally allowing the project to expand beyond a single bedroom, an outdated computer, and a few notebooks. Since then, the Peace Island project has expanded to include a a core team of 7, and an expanded talent pool of over 40 creatives from around the world.
As we enter the fist days of our fifth year of development, we are more excited than ever to share the world & story of Peace Island.
OUR COMMITMENT, REGARDING GENERATIVE AI CONTENT:Simply put: We don't like it. As of now, there are fewer than 5 known artifact textures/bitmaps within Peace Island that are of AI origin, out of the approximately 3,500 currently used within the game - these are methodically being removed, and replaced with 100% verified human content.We apologize for this oversight, and sincerely regret any confusion this might have caused, as most of this remaining questionable content was procured from third-party sources, and not properly reviewed before use.
Are the humans worth bringing back?
- Explore a truly open world - The entirety of the island will be accessible, with each building containing a hand-crafted interior. No "Invisible Walls," or buildings with no purpose.
- A realistic weather & tidal system - From foggy nights, to morning downpours, to clear, blue skies - you never know what those southeast winds might bring in - and you'll never want to miss a beautiful sunset!
- Nine Playable Cats - Each with their own stories, preferences, skills, & weaknesses - as you get to know them, you'll know which one might be the best for a certain job!
- Delve into a rich, 200-year alternate history - Learn family lineages, study old maps, and read books & letters better left hidden.
- Your decisions matter! - How you approach life after humanity will decide how the game plays out in the end.
- Replayability - Three different possible endings (and perhaps more!)
- Experience a hand-crafted world - From the very beginning, we strove to create a world that isn't just "that place between mission points." The island might be small, but there is a LOT to discover and re-discover!
- Original, adaptive soundtrack - From the mood of the cats, to the time of day, to the weather, the soundtrack changes. Each player's musical experience will be different!
- An expanded emotional palette - Games are a wonderful storytelling - and all stories are not happy ones.
- Relax! - Sometimes, you just want to hang out with the cats and watch the sun set. A mix of casual/slow gaming.
- Meet new friends - and new enemies! - The humans might be gone, but old power structures remain. Currying favor with the deer might make the Seagulls less willing to talk!
Peace Island began in November of 2017, when a Eric (a line cook) and Laura (a care worker) noticed a severe lack of rich, single-player, story-driven experiences in a game world where the major publishers were intent on developing the next open-world shooter.
They knew it wasn't going to be easy - developing a video game of this size typically requires dozens of people and significant funding. They just had themselves, and whatever pocket change they could set aside after bills and rent. They worked on the project in whatever few hours they could set aside outside of their sleep and regular jobs.
The world took shape, slowly but steadily. Occasionally, they could convince a friend to donate a piece of artwork, or save enough to hire a coder for an hour or two to help build the first, simple systems.
From the very start, emphasis was put on crafting a beautiful world- one that would not simply serve as "that space between one destination and another," but as a place the player wants to linger in for just perhaps one more sunset.
After two years of slow but steady progress, Peace Island "went viral" in the fall of 2019, finally allowing the project to expand beyond a single bedroom, an outdated computer, and a few notebooks. Since then, the Peace Island project has expanded to include a a core team of 7, and an expanded talent pool of over 40 creatives from around the world.
As we enter the fist days of our fifth year of development, we are more excited than ever to share the world & story of Peace Island.
OUR COMMITMENT, REGARDING GENERATIVE AI CONTENT:Simply put: We don't like it. As of now, there are fewer than 5 known artifact textures/bitmaps within Peace Island that are of AI origin, out of the approximately 3,500 currently used within the game - these are methodically being removed, and replaced with 100% verified human content.We apologize for this oversight, and sincerely regret any confusion this might have caused, as most of this remaining questionable content was procured from third-party sources, and not properly reviewed before use.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
While I love the concept of the game, I cannot recommend this game. I've supported this game for a very long time through Patreon and had high hopes but continue to be disappointed. The Dev is very toxic and biased in discord, often acting immature and seeking approval for their actions in the general chat. On top of that, the game has had many failed promises and continues issues. I can understand a delay or two but it seems like I never hear any good news on the state of the game.2 found this helpful
Been following this game for a few years and am eager for its growth, happy to see it on Steam and picked it up. look forward to see how it develops and grows!2 found this helpful
The devs have since read my review and actively worked to address my concerns about controller implementation, which I am very thankful for. Thank you :) Original Review: I hate to do this because I like the idea of this game and really want to give it time to fix all the bugs and whatnot. I know a game can have bugs and if devs are working on it actively I don't think it's right to chastise them. However, the controller compatibility is almost nonexistent on here. It's not hard to code in controller compatibility so it just feels like it wasn't a priority in this game. Technically it exists but the current controller compatibility is actually worse than when you just force steam to make a game controller compatible. It takes like an entire minute to turn your camera even slightly, which is ridiculous in a 3rd person (or 3rd cat, ig) game. I've commented multiple times on the updates on the steam page requesting compatibility and no one's replied to me or even acknowledged me so its safe to say devs don't look at the comments on updates. I also asked on reddit, which got no answer so it seems the reddit is dead. I don't know what else to do because I can't find a discord link for …1 found this helpful
I like this game! It is clearly an early access version, but the world is there! Running about the place as a cat is fun. It's nice to see a good exploring game again. I would love to see some more development on this title.1 found this helpful
So far, the worst problem I have encountered is the unreadable game controls window. Even with graphics at the highest setting, the text & icons are far too small & blurry to read. If the controls were readable, the game would be much more fun to play. UPDATE: I finally found a most helpful online tutorial! Here is the outside link: https://app.box.com/s/8d3zryw45n3vcs9nyet4o5kncnxcs7kf
Peace Island is still rough, but there's so much love and detail in the output that it's hard to be mad at it for its imperfections. The biggest thing I have to ask for is an expanded set of key binding options. I'm left handed and locking movement to WASD is extremely uncomfortable for me.
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