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Shipwrecked on a mysterious island, choose self-preservation or alliances. Master base-building, farming, fishing, romance and pet taming in this morally-charged survival simulator that blends strategy with human drama. Forge bonds, conquer nature, and evolve your humanity.
Island Notes is a adventure, open world and rpg game
developed and published by KangBaoGame.
Released on August 21st 2025 is available only on Windows
in 6 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Russian and Korean.
It has received 906 reviews of which 743 were positive and 163 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 12.79€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Island Notes into these genres:
Adventure
Open World
RPG
Sandbox
Dating Sim
Runner
Creature Collector
FPS
3D
First-Person
Fantasy
Mystery
Emotional
Romance
Mining
Fishing
Base Building
Singleplayer
Combat
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Island Notes:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
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| English | |||
| German | |||
| Korean | |||
| Simplified Chinese | |||
| Traditional Chinese | |||
| Russian |
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Win7/8/10
- Processor: i3-9320
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1050
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
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Island Notes is an open-world survival RPG that mixes wilderness exploration with crafting, construction, farming, combat, companion management, creature raising, and relationship development. Its premise begins with a yacht accident that leaves the protagonist and several other survivors stranded on an unfamiliar island. Rather than making isolation the entire focus, the game builds much of its identity around creating a functioning life alongside other characters. Developed and published by KangBaoGame, it takes the standard survival formula and expands it with social and RPG-oriented systems that provide objectives beyond simply remaining alive. Exploration plays a major role in keeping the experience moving. The island contains dense vegetation, caves, cliffs, abandoned locations, wildlife territories, and underwater areas that encourage players to investigate beyond the safety of their settlement. Resources are scattered throughout the environment, so exploration naturally feeds into crafting and construction. The freedom to travel without heavily restricted routes makes discovering unfamiliar areas satisfying, particularly when an expedition produces materials, equipment opportunities, creatures, or locations that contribute to further progression. The survival mechanics revolve around gathering supplies and gradually transforming a dangerous wilderness into a manageable home. Players can harvest materials, hunt animals, fish, grow crops, manufacture tools, and construct a base. Farming provides a useful renewable source of supplies, while fishing and gathering offer alternatives to constantly pursuing wildlife. Weather conditions and hostile creatures prevent the environment from becoming completely peaceful, giving players reasons to improve equipment and maintain a defensible settlement. There is a pleasant sense of advancement as primitive survival gradually develops into a more organized lifestyle. Combat supports several approaches through weapons such as bows, spears, axes, crossbows, and firearms. Different tools also assist with gathering and other practical activities, reinforcing the connection between equipment progression and everyday survival. Hostile creatures occupy different parts of the island, giving exploration an element of risk and making preparation worthwhile before venturing farther from established territory. Combat is serviceable rather than exceptionally sophisticated, but it works effectively as one component of the larger progression loop. Fighting becomes more meaningful when obtaining new resources or protecting companions and property is attached to the encounter. Companions are one of the more interesting features because they are designed to participate in survival rather than simply standing around as quest providers. Characters can perform everyday activities such as gathering resources, cooking, eating, resting, and fighting. Their degree of independence helps make the settlement feel more active and reduces the impression that every task depends entirely on the player. Companions can also react to circumstances involving the protagonist, creating a stronger feeling that the survivors form a group rather than a collection of unrelated NPCs. Relationship progression adds another layer to these interactions. Increasing affinity with characters opens additional possibilities, including romantic development and other personal content. Outfits and character interactions provide further incentives to strengthen these bonds. This gives Island Notes a noticeably different atmosphere from survival games centered exclusively on equipment statistics and resource accumulation. Building relationships can become just as much a long-term objective as improving the settlement, making the game particularly appealing to players who enjoy social simulation alongside exploration. Creature raising broadens progression even further. Players can hatch and raise creatures, developing pets that become useful additions to island life. The mechanic gives exploration another purpose because discovering and developing creatures provides a separate progression track alongside weapons, buildings, crops, and relationships. Having companions and raised creatures involved in the adventure also makes the island feel less lonely as the game continues. The considerable number of mechanics is both a strength and a weakness. Island Notes tries to combine survival, RPG progression, farming, romance, creature collection, base construction, underwater exploration, crafting, and combat within one experience. This variety means there is almost always something different to pursue, but individual mechanics can occasionally feel less refined than those in games dedicated entirely to one genre. Some animations, interactions, combat elements, and presentation details can feel comparatively modest. Players expecting highly polished action or exceptionally complex simulation mechanics should therefore adjust their expectations. Visually, the game benefits from the lush island environment. Thick vegetation, wilderness areas, caves, ruins, coastlines, and underwater spaces establish an appropriate sense of exploration. Its graphical technology is not necessarily the main attraction, but the environment supports the fantasy of gradually discovering and mastering an unfamiliar landscape. The mature tone should also be considered before playing, as the game contains suggestive material, revealing outfits, romantic physical interactions, violence, and other adult-oriented elements. Steam Deck compatibility is less straightforward. Island Notes does not have an official Valve Steam Deck compatibility rating confirming it as Verified or Playable. Because it is primarily designed around Windows PC, handheld users should treat Steam Deck support as unofficial. Proton may allow the game to run, but controls, interface readability, performance, videos, or other functions may require adjustments and can change with updates. Anyone purchasing specifically for Steam Deck should therefore consider compatibility uncertain rather than assuming a fully optimized handheld experience. Island Notes ultimately stands out through the sheer variety of activities packed into its survival framework. Exploring wilderness, building a settlement, cultivating crops, gathering materials, fighting wildlife, raising creatures, and developing relationships all contribute to a sandbox that offers considerably more than basic resource management. Its individual components are not always equally polished, but together they create an engaging progression cycle for players who appreciate games where several systems constantly overlap. The strongest recommendation goes to players who enjoy open-ended survival experiences but also want companions, romance, farming, pets, and RPG progression mixed into the formula. Those interested mainly in tightly refined combat may find it less impressive, while sandbox enthusiasts willing to accept some roughness should discover plenty to occupy their time. Its ambition and variety ultimately outweigh many of its imperfections, producing a distinctive island survival experience with an unusually strong emphasis on building both a home and relationships. Rating: 8/10
After playing for a few hours, I can tell this game’s pretty open-ended, especially with the NPCs and buildings. The NPCs can do all sorts of stuff, and tons of buildings unlock early on—definitely gonna be more advanced ones later. There’s even a pet-hatching thing too, hope they keep tweaking it to make it better down the line!
If you're after an adult game, this is NOT it. The best you will find here is a kiss or a hug, as for anything beyond, unfortunately no. It's a pity because you can customize each girl to your liking and that double bed looks quite promising but it will never be used to it's full potential. T_T Now if you're into survival, exploring and killing all kinds of monsters, then you'll have some fun. The map is quite big and there are many different monsters that you can kill and tame. The crafting is..., but it has a solid base and should improve with time. You may need to watch a video to find bamboo and even after 16hrs playing I still have no idea where to find salt, but all this is part of the adventure. To finish, let me remind you that there will be a big update soon that will make the map 13x bigger, along with many other improvements, so there should be no lack of places to explore for quite some time.
Game has a habit of getting in its own way ... I would recommend this only to fans of the genre as there is a steep learning curve made increasingly more difficult by the fact that the game is translated from Chinese and only offers voice lines in Chinese at the moment... a lot of in game translations are incorrect or misaligned for the same objects in game (Linin is also Burlap), so crafting becomes a weird chore that it doesn't have to be... Graphics are pretty solid for the gameplay, and the interactions and overall game aesthetic work hand in hand.
oke i have been playing it for 4.2 hours now and i have to say it is totaly the 10 euro worth, yes the tutorial is not totaly clear what to do especialy when they want you to create something but the name in the crafting window is diffrent then the one they want you to make, yes the building mechanic is diffrent then other games so you actualy have to look up how to do building because again the tutorial does not explain it well. but if you keep going with this game and try to figuer out what to do and when you finaly understand what to do the game is really fun. this is not a game (atm) for casual players who just want to play it and dont put to much effort in figuering out what to do. but if you do not mind in doing something the same thing as other games but then not in the more logical way that most games do it and want to figuer it out. this game is hella fun
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Frequently Asked Questions
Island Notes is currently priced at 12.79€ on Steam.
No, Island Notes is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 12.79€ on Steam.
Yes, Island Notes received 743 positive votes out of a total of 906 achieving a rating of 7.79.
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Island Notes was developed and published by KangBaoGame.
Yes, Island Notes is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Island Notes is not playable on MacOS.
No, Island Notes is not playable on Linux.
No, Island Notes is not playable on Steam Deck.
This information about Island Notes is not available yet.
No, Island Notes does not support VR.
Island Notes is a single-player game.
No, Island Notes does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Island Notes does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Island Notes does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Island Notes 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 Island Notes.
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| Steam price | 26 October 2026 19:17 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 21 October 2026 22:00 UTC |
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Online players
14
Developer
KangBaoGame
Publisher
KangBaoGame
Release
21 Aug 2025
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