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Stranded Deep
A survival game about living off Pacific islands after a plane crash, alone or with one friend.
Online and split-screen co-op for 2 players. No crossplay.
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op2 players
- Local co-op2 playersSplit screen
- NoSame platform onlyFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- YesA 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
A plane crash leaves you alone in the Pacific. You gather food and water, craft tools and spears, and build a shelter that can grow from palm fronds to brick. A raft takes you from island to island, and you can dive for wrecks. Sharks, snakes, hunger, thirst and sunstroke keep you moving.
Up to two people can play online, and on PC two can share a split screen. Console versions are online only, and the Switch version is single player. A friend joins you on your island and you share the work of hunting, crafting and building. There is no crossplay between PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
Most of the time is quiet work gathering and crafting, until a shark bumps the raft or a storm rolls in. Hunger and thirst keep the pressure on. It suits two people who like slow survival and building a base together, and there is a goal to finish by escaping the islands.
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
- Fear
- Story
- Working in sync
- Fighting
- Getting better
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
Rated on our own feel scale. 4 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Stranded Deep
You will probably enjoy these too. Each one says why.
Sunkenland
Why it scores 80%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Wilderness survival and Scavenging
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Building and creating, Exploring, Tension and danger, Unlocks and progress
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Sunkenland differs
- One lasting world, not one campaign to finish
- Early access
- Online
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about surviving in the wild and scavenging for loot. Both have long calm stretches.
But one lasting world, not one campaign to finish.
Forever Skies
Why it scores 78%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Scavenging
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Building and creating, Tension and danger, Unlocks and progress
- Core to both
- Exploring
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Forever Skies differs
- Fits a bigger group than Stranded Deep
- 4 online
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about scavenging for loot. Both are about exploring places you have not seen.
But fits a bigger group than Stranded Deep.
Outward Definitive Edition
Why it scores 76%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Wilderness survival
- Core to both
- Exploring
- Notable in both
- Time to hang out, Tension and danger, Unlocks and progress
- Co-op
- Online and split-screen local co-op for 2 players
How Outward Definitive Edition differs
- Harder to master than Stranded Deep
- More planning than Stranded Deep
- One lasting world, not one campaign to finish
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about surviving in the wild. Both are easy to play while you chat.
But harder to master than Stranded Deep.
All co-op facts
Last checked 28 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer base game costs 19.99 USD. A free weekend in October 2026 was temporary. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 1141517
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay between
- Does not apply
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Platforms
Sources
21 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release date, Free base co-op, About, Kind of game, Sessions, Exploring, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress, Fighting, Planning ahead, Tension and danger, Genres.
- Release date: The page shows 10 Aug 2022 as the release date and 23 Jan 2015 as the early access start. This file uses the 1.0 date. The Xbox One and PS4 editions came out earlier, in April 2020, according to their store pages.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer base game costs 19.99 USD. A free weekend in October 2026 was temporary. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- About: The text describes a plane crash in the Pacific, hunger, thirst and exposure to manage, islands to explore and wrecks to dive. The short description says Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
- Kind of game: Tags include Open World Survival Craft and Survival. The text has you gather, craft and build on islands, alone or in co-op.
- Sessions: The text ends its list of goals with Escape and offers three bosses to defeat.
- Exploring: Tags include Exploration. The text sends you to dive for wrecks and explore islands, no two alike.
- Building and creating: Tags include Building and Crafting. The text lists dozens of building tiers and a customizable raft.
- Unlocks and progress: The text lists five skills that level up and unlock crafting options.
- Fighting: The text lists spears, bows and spearguns, hunting and three bosses.
- Planning ahead: User tags include Strategy.
- Tension and danger: The text lists hunger, thirst, exposure and dangerous creatures to manage.
- Genres: The text calls it an open world adventure, and Steam lists Adventure.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Local co-op, Split or shared screen, Platforms, Release status.
- Steam app ID: The returned game identity uses app 313120.
- Online co-op: Categories include Online Co-op.
- Local co-op: Categories include Shared/Split Screen Co-op. The maker says this mode exists on PC only.
- Split or shared screen: Categories include Shared/Split Screen.
- Platforms: Steam lists Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Release status: Steam lists the game as available, not coming soon, and has no Early Access genre.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date, Platforms.
- Genres: P136 is survival game.
- Release date: P577 gives 2015-01-23 for PC, which is the early access start, and April 2020 for the console editions. Neither is the 1.0 date.
- Platforms: P400 lists Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
strandeddeepgame.comOfficial site, read 28 October 2026
Backs Platforms.
- Platforms: The maker's buy page offers PC for Windows, Mac and Linux, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It is an older page and does not list newer consoles or the Switch.
forums.strandeddeepgame.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Crossplay, Working in sync.
- Online co-op: The maker's launch post for the 28 September 2021 update announces online co-op where you invite a friend to your island, on Steam, Epic, PlayStation and Xbox.
- Most players online: A staff reply under the post says online co-op is for 2 players and no plans to go beyond that are known.
- Crossplay: A staff reply under the post says there is no cross play between versions for online co-op.
- Working in sync: The post describes inviting a friend to share your island. It names no roles.
forums.strandeddeepgame.comOfficial support page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Crossplay, Friends can join mid-game, Platforms.
- Crossplay: Staff say on 2021-12-17 that Steam and Epic copies can play together and that PlayStation and Xbox have no crossplay. Two PC stores playing together is not counted as crossplay here.
- Friends can join mid-game: Staff say a multiplayer save started alone behaves like single player, and you can invite people at a later stage.
- Platforms: Staff say the PS4 version also runs on PS5, and a PS5 player can join a PS4 player.
forums.strandeddeepgame.comOfficial support page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Crossplay.
- Crossplay: Staff say on 2024-01-31 that PC and Xbox crossplay is not possible and that no plans exist to add crossplay.
forums.strandeddeepgame.comOfficial support page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Local co-op.
- Local co-op: Staff say on 2021-11-30 that the console versions have no local co-op and that it exists on the PC version only.
forums.strandeddeepgame.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Local co-op, Most players on one screen, Friends can join mid-game.
- Local co-op: The notes list fixes labeled local co-op for the PC version.
- Most players on one screen: The local co-op fixes talk about player 1 and player 2 only.
- Friends can join mid-game: The notes list fixes for a session that could not be joined after a bed save and for a session that could be joined during the sleeping sequence.
forums.strandeddeepgame.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Friends can join mid-game.
- Friends can join mid-game: The known issues describe what happens when a client joins an in-progress game.
forums.strandeddeepgame.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release date, Release status.
- Release date: The maker's post says today marks the 1.0 release and is stamped 2022-08-11 04:29 UTC. Steam gives 10 Aug 2022, so Steam's date is used.
- Release status: The post says version 1.0 is feature complete.
forums.strandeddeepgame.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release status.
- Release status: On 2026-10-16 the developer says development is finished, no more updates are planned, the game stays on sale and multiplayer services stay online.
forums.strandeddeepgame.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: A free weekend on Steam in October 2026 was a temporary offer and does not make base co-op free.
xbox.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Online co-op, Most players online, Free base co-op, Release date.
- Platforms: Lists Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S.
- Online co-op: The feature list includes online co-op.
- Most players online: The feature list gives online co-op for 2 to 2 players.
- Free base co-op: The checked Xbox edition costs 19.99 USD. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- Release date: Lists 2020-04-21 for the Xbox editions, earlier than the PC 1.0 date.
xbox.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Local co-op, Most players on one screen, Split or shared screen.
- Local co-op: The PC listing includes Xbox local co-op and Shared/split screen.
- Most players on one screen: The PC listing gives local co-op for 2 to 2 players.
- Split or shared screen: The PC listing says Shared/split screen.
store.playstation.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Most players online, Free base co-op, Release date.
- Platforms: Lists the PS4 edition. The legal text says the game is playable on PS5, with some PS4 features possibly absent. This is compatibility, not a native PS5 edition.
- Most players online: The notices say up to 2 online players with PS Plus and list 1 player for offline play.
- Free base co-op: The checked PlayStation edition costs 19.99 USD. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- Release date: Lists 2020-04-23 for the PS4 edition, earlier than the PC 1.0 date.
nintendo.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Single-player editions.
- Platforms: Lists a Switch edition. Nintendo marks Switch 2 as supported with the same behaviour as on Switch. Switch 2 play is backward compatibility, not a separate edition.
- Single-player editions: The listing gives the number of players as single system (1) and shows no online or local play. Switch 2 runs this same edition through backward compatibility, so it is single player there too.
forums.strandeddeepgame.comOfficial support page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Single-player editions.
- Single-player editions: Staff say on 2022-07-25 that they have no information about the Switch getting local or online co-op.
gamereactor.euPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Sessions, Story, Tension and danger, Fear, Exploring, Getting better, Unlocks and progress, Fighting.
- Sessions: Review from 2020-05-07 says the goal is to reach the centre of the map and rebuild a plane.
- Story: Review says there is a sort of story with an overall goal.
- Tension and danger: Review says island-hopping risks storms, being eaten or starving.
- Fear: Review calls the sharks terrifying and says some of the scariest moments came from island-hopping.
- Exploring: Review says diving to explore shipwrecks and new areas was a favourite part.
- Getting better: Review says you learn quickly that poison must be cured with a certain plant or you die.
- Unlocks and progress: Review says the more you build, the more options open up as you level up.
- Fighting: Review calls the boss fights, including a megalodon, intense.
gamespew.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Fear, Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Planning ahead, Tension and danger.
- Fear: Review from 2020-05-08 calls the shark encounters terrifying and mentions chilling music cues when they close in.
- Calm and coziness: Review says just pottering around the Pacific never gets old, next to the terror of crossing open water.
- Time to hang out: Review describes a slow pace of gathering and crafting between scares.
- Planning ahead: Review describes choosing what to spend scarce resources on and whether to settle or move on.
- Tension and danger: Review describes the risk of running out of drinking water and of sharks nudging the raft.