RAFT

Raft  is an  open world   survival   video game  developed by Swedish developer Redbeet Interactive, and published by  Axolot Games . The game was released as an  early access  title on 23 May 2018 on  Steam , after initial release as a  free download  on indie platform  Itch.io  in 2016. The game was taken out of early access and its full version was released on 20 June 2022 with the release of the game's final chapter. Raft  was developed by three  Swedish   students  from  Uppsala University . Development started in 2016 and is still ongoing.  On 23 May 2018, Raft was released as a  Steam early access  game. Raft had previously been distributed on the indie platform  Itch.io , where it is still available as a free  download  for Windows,  Linux , and  macOS . The Linux and Mac versions were discontinued after version 1.05 due to time constraints. Two weeks after launch the game was the number 3 most played game on Steam and had sold over 400,000 copies. The game updates frequently and new functions are regularly added. The soundtrack was composed by German composer Jannik Schmidt. In the near future, climate change and rising temperatures have caused the polar ice caps to melt, flooding the entire planet and leaving almost no dry land to settle on. Civilization collapsed as desperate plans to reverse the flooding failed or were abandoned. Eventually, the world's elite decided to abandon dry land altogether to live on floating cities, while the rest of the population are left to fend for themselves in a flooded world. The player takes on the role of a Forward Scout, a survivor who ventures out into the open sea in search of habitable land and resources.