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Away From Life
You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Mixed emotions... For the love of God, fix the items disappearing. We played for hours saving up gas, then put it all in the engine on our boat.. We traveled to other islands, and I fought a shark in the water with the harpoon gun.. Upon harvesting the shark, the game crashed,…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“I want to start by saying that i am someone who needs a target, a finish line, a reason to play. I have only 10 hours into this game, and i probably will play more but right now i have completed all the tasks and i'm comfortably surviving without needing to do too much. Unless…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I rarely leave game reviews, let alone negative reviews. But there are times when I actually feel robbed. I know it is a one developer game, but still...This game should be 5$ tops! It is clunky, graphics are a total mess, not much to do in the game. And the bad part is: it is…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch Notes 9/19/26
Hello Survivors! Please enjoy the latest update, and thank you all again for all the feedback and reports! Development Update 9/19/26 🌊 New Content Added Japanese language support Added a new island A
Gamescom 2026 Recap
I’m thrilled to write that Away From Life has crossed another milestone this year at Gamescom! This was the first time I was able to showcase my game at a live event. See you next year, Survivalists!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Exploration · Sandbox · Building · FPS · Crafting · Survival · Base Building · PvP · Underwater · First-Person · Open World (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese |
| Achievements | 18 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 / 11 Processor: Intel Core i3 / AMD Ryzen 3 or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1050 4GB / RX 470 or Better