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Raft
Gather floating scrap with friends and turn a small raft into a home that carries you between islands.
Online co-op, with crossplay.
- Online
- Crossplay
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-opYesPlayer count not confirmed
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- YesPC, PlayStation, XboxFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
You start at sea on a few planks with a hook for catching passing debris. You turn those scraps into tools, drinking water, cooking equipment and more room to stand. Sharks threaten the raft while islands offer materials you cannot collect from the surface. As you learn new recipes, your drifting shelter grows into a home you can steer toward distant places.
Friends share the raft and the work. You can keep food and water ready while someone else gathers underwater supplies, then explore story locations together. The early struggle eases as better equipment takes over daily chores. There is time to decorate and talk between dangerous trips, with a mystery and environmental puzzles giving your group reasons to leave home.
How it feels
Kind of game
One lasting world your group settles. You gather, build and push into dangerous places together.
- At its heart
- A big part
- Now and then
- Laughter and chaos
- Fighting
- Getting better
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
Rated on our own feel scale. 5 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Raft
You will probably enjoy these too. Each one says why.
Permafrost
Why it scores 82%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Scavenging and Wilderness survival
- Notable in both
- Story, Building and creating, Working in sync, Tension and danger, Unlocks and progress
- Core to both
- Exploring
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Permafrost differs
- Less time to just hang out than Raft
- Less figuring things out than Raft
- Early access
- 4 online
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about scavenging for loot and surviving in the wild. Both have a story you follow together.
But less time to just hang out than Raft.
Grounded 2
Why it scores 81%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Wilderness survival
- Notable in both
- Story, Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Working in sync, Tension and danger, Unlocks and progress
- Core to both
- Exploring, Building and creating
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Grounded 2 differs
- Scarier than Raft
- Less figuring things out than Raft
- Early access
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about surviving in the wild. Both have long calm stretches.
But scarier than Raft.
Sunkenland
Why it scores 81%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Scavenging and Wilderness survival
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Exploring, Tension and danger, Unlocks and progress
- Core to both
- Building and creating
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Sunkenland differs
- Less figuring things out than Raft
- Early access
- Online
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both let you build things together. Both are about scavenging for loot and surviving in the wild.
But less figuring things out than Raft.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Most players online
- Not confirmed
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 256
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
10 pages
raft-game.comOfficial site, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Genres, Kind of game, About.
- Online co-op: The maker describes surviving with friends.
- Genres: The maker presents an ocean survival game.
- Kind of game: Players gather supplies and maintain the same floating home.
- About: The maker describes debris gathering, raft expansion, hunger, thirst and ocean hazards.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Release date, Building and creating, Exploring, Genres, Free base co-op.
- Release date: The store distinguishes the full release on 2022-06-20 from Early Access on 2018-05-23.
- Building and creating: The maker describes expanding the raft and learning equipment recipes.
- Exploring: The maker describes navigating between forgotten places and searching beneath the water.
- Genres: The maker explicitly describes crafting survival equipment and weapons.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Release status, Platforms.
- Steam app ID: The returned product is Raft with app ID 648800.
- Release status: Steam lists the game as available to play.
- Platforms: This source confirms the released Windows build. Console platforms are confirmed separately.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
store.playstation.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The buyable product is for PS5 and gives a release date of 2024-12-04.
- Free base co-op: The checked PlayStation full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
xbox.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Crossplay, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The product supports Xbox Series X and S and gives a release date of 2024-12-04.
- Crossplay: The capabilities explicitly include Xbox cross-platform co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked Xbox full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 24 October 2026
Backs Crossplay, Crossplay between.
- Crossplay: The March 10, 2026 maker announcement moves Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series crossplay onto the default branch. The December 2024 beta requirement is historical.
- Crossplay between: The March 2026 post names PC, Xbox Series X and S, and PlayStation 5. The December 2024 announcement corroborates this group. Older PC beta opt in instructions no longer describe the default branch.
pcgamer.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Tension and danger, Story, Fighting, Unlocks and progress, Planning ahead.
- Tension and danger: PC Gamer review dated 2022-07-07 describes stressful early survival and later periods with fewer urgent chores.
- Story: PC Gamer review dated 2022-07-07 follows a mystery through logs and a sequence of locations.
- Fighting: PC Gamer review dated 2022-07-07 describes sharks and land animals between gathering and exploring.
- Unlocks and progress: PC Gamer review dated 2022-07-07 describes new recipes, engines and automatic collectors changing what players can do.
- Planning ahead: PC Gamer review dated 2022-07-07 describes preparing supplies before leaving the raft.
shacknews.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Sessions, Calm and coziness, Working in sync, Puzzles and figuring out, Getting better.
- Sessions: Shacknews review dated 2022-06-29 describes a lasting customizable raft alongside optional story exploration.
- Calm and coziness: Shacknews review dated 2022-06-29 describes relaxing sailing after a difficult start.
- Working in sync: Shacknews review dated 2022-06-29 describes friends improving shared food, water and protection as their needs grow.
- Puzzles and figuring out: Shacknews review dated 2022-06-29 describes solving environmental puzzles with friends on story islands.
- Getting better: Shacknews review dated 2022-06-29 describes learning the systems with little initial teaching.
steamcommunity.comStore page, read 23 October 2026
Backs Laughter and chaos, Time to hang out.
- Laughter and chaos: The inspected helpful review sample includes stories of mischievous group play and disagreements over storage. This is occasional humour.
- Time to hang out: The inspected helpful review sample describes slow sailing with a partner, casual shared jobs and relaxed time between islands.