Castaway
Canari Games · 2024 · Action-Adventure, Family Friendly, Survival, Anime, Metroidvania
PC
Mostly Positive72% · 256
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About Castaway
CASTAWAY
Embark on an action-packed adventure in Castaway, diving players into a pixelated and retro universe. Assume the role of Martin, whose spaceship crash-landed on an uncharted island where his faithful pet was taken by hostile creatures. Retrieve your weapons and venture out to rescue your kidnapped companion in this endearing and unexpectedly dynamic world.
2 mini-games in 1! STORY MODE / SURVIVOR MODE!
Beat the 3 bosses in the concise and delightful "Story Mode" to unlock the thrilling and addictive "Survivor Mode." Ascend a 50-floor tower, with each level presenting increasingly challenging trials!
KEY FEATURES:
- For All Ages: From the "pacifist" mode without enemies or “invincible” to the challenging "unfair" mode, Castaway caters to all ages, from seasoned gamers to younger players discovering the genre for the first time. Try to complete the game as quickly as possible thanks to the speedrun mode!
- Charming Pixel Art Graphics: Immerse yourself in a 2D retro pixel art world reminiscent of classic adventure games. It'll feel like coming home!
- Unique Weapon Abilities: Solve puzzles by acquiring weapons with distinct characteristics - the sword for speed, the pickaxe for power, and the grappling hook for increased mobility.
- Enchanting Soundtrack: Enjoy chiptune melodies, whether heroic or haunting, paying homage to the 8-bit console era!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise the game's Zelda-inspired design and visual style, but consistently criticize it for being extremely short (around 1 hour for the main campaign) with minimal content and repetitive gameplay. The post-game tower mode receives mixed reactions—some appreciate it as a bonus survival challenge, while others find the roguelike mechanics tedious and the overall package underwhelming for the price, with some describing the experience as feeling more like a demo than a complete game.
Short and sweet. Takes less than an hour, so maybe buy it on sale.1 found this helpful
Great little Zelda clone1 found this helpful
Game visuals as well as boss fights, dungeons, and weapons/items are heavily influenced by the Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (and the related Gameboy/Gameboy Color Games). Overall good combat, but very few enemy types and the entire 3 dungeons of the story mode as well as just over half the tower mode were completed on my very first playing of the game (literally about 40minutes). I recommend the game, but truly wish the developers would expand the story mode (maybe make some addon islands for the main character to explore with his dog since he literally goes to the tower with a raft he built at the end of the story mode).1 found this helpful
Cute game. The starting area is just a tutorial though and lasts about 20min, then you'll start the tower where the real game is. It's also short but can last longer depending on how well you deal with the 51 premade rooms. The island part you beat 3 bosses then you're forced into the tower, so there is no going back to the island at that point. I think you can only miss heart tanks that that tower will bump you down to 2 of anyway. The tower adds coins that vanish after 1sec (i'm guessing to get you killed trying to grab them in a hurry) that give xp and on a levelup you get to pick 1 of 3 rng symbols that don't tell you what they do. yes, 1/2 a heart gives you a Htank after you get 2 but does the pick make the pick stronger or faster???both??? who knows, look it up i guess. Gameplay is like zelda with a roll, sword swing (no charge or projectile), a hookshot and a pickaxe to break rocks/shells. Both sub weapons do damage to enemies but the hookshot will do a little less than the sword though the pickaxe will do more but is slower. I paid $2 something for this but the games only has about an hour or 2 of content depending on how one plays and isn't very deep. If you don't mind …1 found this helpful
Small, short, sweet
Pretty good Zelda Links Awakening homage. The levels are short enough to beat in one or two sittings. There's no big adventure or sense of exploring though.
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