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A Robinson Crusoe–inspired VR roguelike survival adventure set in the 17th century. Shipwrecked on a ruthless tropical island, you must survive without guidance. Trust your instincts as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe.

Bootstrap Island is a early access, survival and adventure game developed and published by Maru VR.
Released on March 12th 2026 is available only on Windows in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 740 reviews of which 629 were positive and 111 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 18.37€ on Steam with a 25% discount.

The Steam community has classified Bootstrap Island into these genres:

Early Access Survival Adventure Life Sim Rogue-like Action Survival Horror Open World Nature Atmospheric Building VR Simulation Immersive Sim Realistic Physics Exploration Singleplayer Historical PvE

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel i5-9600 / AMD Ryzen 3600x
  • Memory: 12 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia RTX 2070
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • VR Support: Quest 3, Quest 2, Steam Frame, Quest 3S, PSVR2, Valve Index, Rift S, Rift. Other headsets are not officially supported, but may still work.

User reviews & Ratings

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5 hours played
March 2026
Experienced on PSVR2 and Meta Quest 3 Here is my beginner's guide / walkthrough for Chapter 1: https://youtu.be/7U2yUbhoVic I do recommend this game. It looks better than the vast majority of PCVR games released nowadays! I think it's a solid survival game. Some people have mentioned that they believe Bootstrap Island is better than Green Hell (PCVR). This is where I strongly disagree. Bootstrap Island is a good survival game, but it is clearly a notch below Green Hell PCVR. I think Bootstrap Island isn't really your classic survival game. It's more about knowing the clock and being able to identify the safe places. If you can do that, you can get pretty far. You're sort of locked in at the start because you don't have access to several things that will help you survive. So if you're not careful, you will die. You're basically trying to survive to make the next run easier. Having your holsters helps a lot because otherwise you have to carry everything in your hands. Once you know the game and are familiar with the map and where you need to go, the game becomes much easier. The game does get harder as you progress, but as long as you have the items you need, you should be okay. This game is more about making smart decisions than anything else. I spent 120 hours in Green Hell because I loved the dense jungle there. There's so many threats and so many things you can build. That's not really the case here. Apparently, if you last long enough, you'll eventually get like a building guide. However, I have found most of the island to be pretty sparse in comparison to Green Hell. Still, Bootstrap Island has more going for it than most VR games, so I still think it's a solid survival game. Game is running on the Unreal Engine 4. Optimization was rough on my RTX 5090, which shouldn't be the case. You have full locomotion and smooth and snap turning available. You can play comfortably seated as there is height adjustment. Rate 6.5/10. I bought this game! If you enjoyed my review, please consider joining my Steam Curator group [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Oculus_WMR]Oculus Rift Reviews.
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3 hours played
Feb. 2026
Great game. I'd recommend playing this if you want a colonist-crash-on-ship survival game experience. Also get if you want a real good survival island game in general. Here are some cons, although. - Bugs are present, (well duh, it's early access.) - May cause motion sickness. - Monsters in the dark may scare. Here is some pros: - Like Sons of The Forest (great game btw) - Basically for anyone? - It's hard in the sense that it's fun. - Great building. - crabs are cool - bang rock - get gun (by the way, if you ever want to decide either to get bootstrap island or green hell vr, DO NOT GET GREEN HELL VR. Wayy too buggy, The developers abandoned it, and if you want to play Green Hell, just play the normal one. Or bootstrap. Bootstrap island is amazing even in early access.)
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6 hours played
Jan. 2026
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10
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2 hours played
Dec. 2025
It would be better if there were modes Like Peaceful to enjoy the game and explore Easy for beginners Normal for getting introduced to the game Hard for experienced players Hardcore for tryhards
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54 hours played
June 2025
i really love this game i love playing it i was just wondering if theres ever gonna be like a easy mode like all the animals on the island can still kill you and you still need to get water and food but no monsters attack you at night because its very annoying getting wood food and water in under 10 mins or like you could add something that makes it so you can make the days longer or just make creative mode where you can go around the whole island without having the fear of death and you can see the whole island
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Frequently Asked Questions

Bootstrap Island is currently priced at 18.37€ on Steam.

Yes, Bootstrap Island is currently available at a 25% discount. You can purchase it for 18.37€ on Steam.

Yes, Bootstrap Island received 629 positive votes out of a total of 740 achieving a rating of 8.02.
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Bootstrap Island was developed and published by Maru VR.

Yes, Bootstrap Island is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Bootstrap Island is not playable on MacOS.

No, Bootstrap Island is not playable on Linux.

Bootstrap Island is a single-player game.

Yes, there is a DLC available for Bootstrap Island. Explore additional content available for Bootstrap Island on Steam.

No, Bootstrap Island does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Bootstrap Island does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Bootstrap Island is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Bootstrap Island.

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Bootstrap Island
-25% 24.50€ 18.37€ Buy Now
Rating
8.0
629
111
Game modes
Features
Online players
64
Developer
Maru VR
Publisher
Maru VR
Release 12 Mar 2026
VR VR Only
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