Island Keeper, a cozy exploration and restoration adventure, launches on PC via Steam on January 21, 2027. Players step into the role of Ferrum-1, an experimental maintenance robot, to clean up a dying archipelago, recycle its rubbish into resources and bring the islands back to life. A new Release Date Trailer is available now.
Island Keeper is developed by the independent studio Scalise Artworks and published by Ultimate Games S.A. and Ultimate Publishing.
Bring a Dying Archipelago Back to Life
The Oregon Archipelago is buried in waste. Players collect rubbish by hand or with a magnet, recycle it into crafting resources and use them to build gear, stations and upgrades. Every cleaned area responds: grass and trees grow back, and animals return to beaches and forests.
The robot can only travel as far as its signal reaches, so signal stations and energy sources decide how far each expedition can go. Radioactive rubbish requires special equipment, while dynamic weather and the day-night cycle shape every trip.
A Much Bigger World Than the Demo
The full game spans 20 islands across 9 biomes, each restoring in its own way. Players travel by speedboat and later craft a submarine to explore the ocean floor, collect nuclear waste and face sharks and piranhas below the surface.
As the cleanup grows, so do the tools. Outposts let players recycle and craft far from the main base, while robot assistants, delivery drones and Water Nets keep the work going in the background. Players can also drill cave deposits, take on contracts from NVISION and decorate their seaside base.
A story told through quests, cutscenes and collectible comic pages begins with a crashed NVISION jet and leads to flooded mines, hidden caves and a sunken town. Along the way, players meet a native camp that lives its own life and is wary of the robot at first.
Island Keeper - Key Features:
- Restore 20 polluted islands across 9 biomes and watch nature return
- Collect, recycle and burn rubbish to fuel crafting and energy
- Explore on foot, by speedboat and by craftable submarine
- Extend your signal with stations and energy sources
- Automate the cleanup with robot assistants, delivery drones and Water Nets
- Follow storylines with cutscenes, around 30 quests and collectible comics
- Meet wildlife and natives with their own routines
Island Keeper launches on PC via Steam on January 21, 2027. Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 are planned for same year.