Atmospheric, beautiful flooded world
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It is a lonely, yet beautiful trek across a flooded world with only your ship and the long dead voices of those in the logs to accompany you.”
Steam review · 78.2 h played ↗
The Last Caretaker
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Channel37 Ltd2025Survival · Base Building · Automation
−20%$34.99$27.99
US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
An atmospheric flooded-world salvage, automation and exploration game with a boat as your base. Skip it if crashes, poor UE5 performance or clunky combat bother you.
Great for
Players who like slow solo salvaging, wiring up bases, exploring and a Subnautica-like atmosphere
Main risk
Crashes, poor performance and bugs that can lose progress or soft-lock quests
What players love
Boat as mobile base and free exploration
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“you are the captain of your own ship. Don't feel like grinding a platform? Go someplace else!”
Steam review · 55.1 h played ↗
Relaxed, self-paced play with little hand-holding
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I really enjoy how little the game holds your hand.”
Steam review · 25.5 h played ↗
Engaging story and active devs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it genuinely feels like the developers are listening to their audience and care about what we say”
Steam review · 65.2 h played ↗
Subnautica-like feel with its own identity
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This game reminds me of when I first discovered 'Subnautica'”
Steam review · 30.4 h played ↗
Addictive salvage, recycle and repair loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the core gameplay loop I'm involved in here is like crack for my brain”
Steam review · 16.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor optimization and low FPS
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Honestly unplayable on hardware that exceeds the recommended specs.”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
Frequent crashes and lost progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I have submitted a crash report for every incident, which must number over 50 at this point, and still no fix.”
Steam review · 56 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs, soft-locks and broken physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“every time you leave an area, those connections BREAK.”
Steam review · 333.2 h played ↗
Repetitive, shallow content and tedious grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It feels like you're stuck in an endless loop even tho you're moving forward.”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
Clunky, repetitive combat and endless enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I am faced with an INFINITE numbers of small blobs and crawlers which take AGES to get rid of.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Game won't launch after update 5.5
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“The Devs broke the game with update 5.5 and it won't launch anymore.”
Steam review · 107.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit or later
ProcessorQuad-core Intel or AMD, 3.2 GHz or faster
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 or equivalent
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit or later
ProcessorCore i5 or Ryzen 5, 3.5 GHz or faster
Memory32 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT or equivalent
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit or later
ProcessorQuad-core Intel or AMD, 3.2 GHz or faster
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 or equivalent
Storage30 GB available space
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