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Castaway

Castaway

Retrieve your weapons, face bosses to save your dog in a retro adventure focused on 3 dungeons. Finish the Story mode to unlock the Survivor mode: a 50-floor "Death Tower". You'll enjoy classic mechanics, charming visual style, and an enchanting soundtrack.

Released Aug 16, 2024 Developer Canari Games Platforms Windows Action-AdventureSurvivalFamily FriendlyMetroidvaniaAnime
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.

74.6%positive284 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Simple, short and fun. Final section of the game (post credit) is kind of a rogue like though, just a heads-up in case you're like me who can play rogue-likes only if they are of a certain kind. In case of this game, the combat is too simple which makes me unwilling to keep…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Castaway is a 2D The Legend of Zelda lite game with 2 main modes. You have adventure mode that can be completed within 45 minutes. It has a small world and 3 dungeons to reclaim what you lost. Then you have tower mode where you go through 50 rooms. Although the rooms are not…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Not recommended · 10 found this helpful

“All that potential wasted on a pseudo roguelike tower climb. Would have loved to push further in the tower, and almost got it, but the game excels at destroying all your hopes with glitches/bugs that completely fumbled an almost perfect run, all thanks to that one section where…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

33achievements
56.5%median completion
3.0%rarest: Platinum!
94.9% of players 94.4% of players 91.7% of players 90.8% of players 90.0% of players 89.7% of players 87.6% of players 81.7% of players 81.3% of players 80.7% of players 80.0% of players 75.1% of players 72.6% of players 72.1% of players 71.0% of players 61.7% of players 56.5% of players 46.8% of players 43.1% of players 38.7% of players 32.8% of players 28.9% of players 23.2% of players 20.9% of players 13.2% of players 12.2% of players 8.9% of players 8.4% of players 7.9% of players 7.2% of players 6.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 94.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
94.9%Headache — You hit a wall.
94.4%You found your sword! — You found the sword you lost during the crash.
91.7%You found a key! — You found the 1st dungeon's key.
Rarest badges of honor
3.0%Platinum! — You unlocked all the achievements!
3.1%You are superhuman! — You beat this chapter in Unfair mode.
6.1%Magnet maxed out — Your magnet is all-powerful.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$2.79lowest since tracking began2026-08-24
US7.99 USD
EU7.99 EUR
UK6.99 GBP
Australia11.79 AUD
Canada9.99 CAD
Japan920 JPY
Brazil25.99 BRL
China32.99 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$4.9 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$9.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 17, 2026
NEW BUNDLE: "UNDER THE ISLAND" X "CASTAWAY"

Hi folks! I’m proud to announce that in celebration of the release of " Under The Island " by our friends at Slime King Games and Top Hat Studio, we’re offering a VERY INTERESTING bundle featuring our

Mar 07, 2025
Castaway is now officially verified for SteamDeck!

Hey folks! I just got a surprise email from Steam last night informing me that Castaway was now Steam Deck Verified! For a game inspired by a handheld game (*cough* Link's Awakening...), it's an honor

Feb 12, 2025
CASTAWAY's SOUNDTRACK + BUNDLE AVAILABLE NOW!

I'm proud to announce that CASTAWAY's Original Soundtrack is now available on the following platforms: -> Here on Steam of course ! -> Bundled with the game (with a 20% OFF!) -> On Bandcamp "Experienc

Nov 28, 2024
Castaway x The Yetee

Hi folks! I’m really proud to announce this partnership with my friends at The Yetee! Let me introduce: The Castaway Collection ! They brilliantly put together an awesome t-shirt, a hard enamel pin fe

Oct 04, 2024
CANARI GAMES BUNDLE!

Great news, Castaway players! A new bundle is now available where you can get my cinematic platformer LUNARK with a sweet 20% OFF . Don’t miss out on this special offer! Oh and also, please leave a re

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAction-Adventure · Survival · Family Friendly · Metroidvania · Anime · Top-Down · Dog · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Sci-fi · Action · 1990's (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian
ControllerFull support
Achievements33
Official sitehttp://www.canarigames.com/homepage/games/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10 Memory: 1 GB RAM Storage: 200 MB available space