Harvest Island
Yobob · 2023 · Story Rich, Horror, Dark, Exploration, Farming Sim
PC
Very Positive83% · 225
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About Harvest Island
You live on an island with just you, your sister and your dad. Farm life is is simple. Water the crops, tend to the animals, and catch bugs. It's a simple life... but then you start exploring. You asks questions. Why am I alone on this island? Dad starts to tell many "white" lies. Your sister becomes paranoid. You become paranoid. There's something wrong on Harvest Island. Discover it's dark story in this horror farming game.
- Gods play an important part in Harvest Island. Everyday, the gods will ask you for items that are around the island. You receive bless from the gods once you give the items to them. You use the bless to upgrade your farm or use bless to build and craft stuff.
- As time progresses, the forest, caves, and seashores change. When it becomes night, the caves glow, the forest sings and sparkles with fireflies, and the shore recedes creating a low tide. You can see the sunset and sunrise while the landscape changes. The day/night cycle is perpetual and you don't even have to sleep if you want to pull an all nighter or two.
- There are many wild animals on the island. You can befriend them, pet them, or even feed them. Sometimes they will give you items they find in the wild or show an undiscovered passage for you to explore.
Features
- Throughout the island, you'll collect items like coconuts, seaweed, horseshoe crabs, and other peculiar stuff: Nine-armed starfish, beetle, and a shark. You'll offer these common and strange items to the gods and in return, the gods will reward you by giving you bless. This bless helps you craft, upgrade your farm, and progress the story.
- There are tons of different types of fish that you can catch all over the island. Each fish has their own behavior and habitat. Depending on the conditions, fishing during the day or night, or far off into the corner of the island will catch you different types of fish as long as you use the correct bait during those times. You can then cook the fish and eat it to gain bless and stamina when you perform activities like farming.
- You can craft various tools from your workbench to help you further explore the island like a ladder, rope, and a fishing pole. These tools will help you further progress the story and will help you farm.
- When it rains, animals will hide, fish will hide, and crops will be watered. Sometimes you'll get a sprinkle, and other times it'll pour down hard. But when it's sunny, everything is back to normal.
- Tides fluctuate as time progresses, changing the island's landscape. You can pick up sea critters during low tide and offer them to the gods. And tides can open up new paths. It'll allow you to explore the island further.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
*IMPORTANT NOTE: This game is still in active development, so any issues I mention might be addressed in future updates.* [h1]What is it?[/h1] Harvest Island is an RPG Maker horror game in the same vein as classics like Mad Father and Corpse Party, but instead of progressing the game by solving puzzles or finding keys, you progress the game by playing a simple, yet still enjoyable, farming sim. [h1]Things I Loved:[/h1] [h2]Wonderfully Creepy Atmosphere[/h2] The best part of this game is the fun contrast between the bright, cheery farming portions of the game and darker more twisted story portions. The sound design does a lot to back this up, and I especially love how the art style subtly changes went you enter the more sinister hidden parts of the island. [h2]Heartfelt Sibling Relationship[/h2] The heart of this game's story is the wholesome relationship between Will and his sister Samantha. Their dynamic feels true to real life: They tease each other and have fights, but when things really get tough they are always there for each other. It's lovely. [h2]Masterful Level Design[/h2] Both the farm and island are extremely well laid-out and fun to explore! The map is simple enoug…3 found this helpful
I bought Harvest Island on a whim after it had been sitting on my wishlist for a while and although I was skeptical at first, I really ended up enjoying the game. The story really hooks you in, you can't help needing to know what is going on and what this island is hiding. The atmosphere + music are really well chosen and although I consume horror movies like it's no one's business, the jumpscares got me and the story made me uneasy many times. I do, however, have to list some cons even though it's a positive review: - the crafting system can be frustrating because even though you build chests, you can't craft from chests. I really, really encourage the dev team to add crafting from chests and not limit to crafting only from backpack. It was especially frustrating to craft/cook food because of this. - THE CHICKEN COOP. THOSE DARN CHICKEN WOULD NOT MOVE AND I WOULD GET STUCK IN A CORNER COLLECTING MY EGGS. Please make it so you can walk through farm animals and NPCs (I got couldn't leave the house or go to the room because Samantha was in the way a lot). I BEG. - It was hard to know if I needed to keep offering to the statues or if I had already unlocked all they could gi…1 found this helpful
Overall, I really enjoyed this game! It is something different and unique, I personally haven’t played anything like Harvest Island and will be keeping an eye out for similar games. Absolutely loved the concept. I do agree, to an extent, with the other comments that the ending could be better and the twist wasn’t necessarily shocking but I will still be purchasing The Chains That Bound Me when it is released and it hasn’t put me off. The main issue I have with the ending (other than the obvious Will storyline) is that it feels incomplete, I understand this is to sell separate DLCs but I think it should wrap the game up enough to complete the storyline, but that is just an opinion and I’m sure there are lots of people who feel like the ending does complete the story. I would still purchase new game releases and DLCs to continue playing even with some closure on the initial stretch of the story so it does feel a bit disappointing to put all the hours in and not truly find out what happens within the base game. With that being said, I loved the game and really appreciate it when devs actually try and think of a unique concept and not just stick to your typical farming sims. …
love the art style and the story so far, but I've had to take a break not far in as the crafting system is a bit of a struggle and I've made the pickaxe 3 times now without ever receiving it, the materials leave the inventory and I've successfully crafted other tools before.
really good enjoy the art still great storyline so far
relaxing
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