I cant really give this game anything but a 2/10. Its another cash grab that has little to no progress. The visuals are pre 2010 standards and the crafting and building machanics are useless.

Having played many craft survival games this has to be one of the least inspiring. Yeah I know its EA but 3 years into it and this is all there is to show for it?

I do like to support the EA games but this seems to fit the trend of.... Release a substandard title, do little to no improvements, release a small update with no real gameplay content and call it a MAJOR UPDATE. Hoping to generate a few extra sales.

If your looking to buy this game then I would seriously look into other titles such as...

Stranded Deep
The Forest
Green Hell
Sons Of
Mist Survival
The Infected.

Utter Garbage and typical EA lack of development. I bought it years ago because I wanted to support the developer but 6 years later its still a hot mess. I waited all this time to leave a review to see where it goes and if you want to build a house, a small raft, and never leave your starting cluster great. The bugs you encounter are only frustrating. If you want to leave your cluster get ready for a bug filled rage quit.

It's amazing to me with all the bug fixes posted by the dev it has the same bugs from 2018. In fact, I think the raft bugs are worse because the only way I can exit a cluster now is to sit down and never move again. The only real development in 6 years is supposedly a new graphics engine ( I can't tell the difference) and new a UI that didn't improve anything. Waste of money and no multiplayer in sight still, which is probably why most of us purchased it.

Steam should really stop allowing EA games but I suppose that represents too much money.

I never promote another game in a review but I'm making an exception, if you want this type of game buy stranded deep.

Excellent advanced survival game with great progression and a large mix of items and builds. It's a true survival game, decisions about exploration and resources planning are key. You can't just expect to move through predetermined tiers (or levels) and just survive without thinking and planning. The mechanics are not too hard to understand, but they do take patients and some ingenuity (just like a real survival situation). It originally had some glitches with rafts flying around, but most of this seems worked out. Bottom line, great game for using your brain and thinking your way out of a near real survival situation - but has a little added fun thrown in with the tantalizing possibility of finding small treasure caches that will help you along. Overall great game - most definitely recommend.

As a now 50 year old gamer (oof, that hurt a little to write), ETP is one of my favorite games in my Steam library. Not just one of my favorite survival/crafting games, but easily in my top five of all games, any genre. Granted, I’m not much of a fan of FPS, sports, or other popular titles.

Is it a AAA game, with a large development studio behind it? No. Is it bug free? No, but I have yet to encounter any game breaking bugs. If something isn’t right, I reload a saved game and go on. Is it continuously updated? No, major updates are months apart, but it also hasn’t been abandoned by the devs, like so many other EA games. Is it Stranded Deep? No. In my opinion, it’s better and that’s why I have ETP in my favorites and permanently installed games, and SD isn’t.

ETP is an independently developed, EA game that’s fun to play and continue playing. For the cost of a combo meal at any fast food restaurant these days, you get a survival themed game that doesn’t spoon feed you, but at the same time, it’s not difficult to learn or play, and replay. My first couple times playing weren’t perfect starts but I enjoyed the game mechanics to keep giving it another try. For these reasons and more, I highly recommend this game if you like survival/crafting games.

It's gotta be a joke that this game has no story yet after that many years, you can only play sandbox.

And more importantly: Motionsickness warning! Keep away if you can get motionsick.

This game is a delight. The endless world feels real. I'm getting good at sailing (when my rudder's not stuck on a sandbank) and I have a seagull named Jonathan Livingston. What's not to like? Just save strategically and you're golden.

The dev(s?) make it clear they don't want you to leave a review if you experience bugs and to send them in before leaving anything negative... And while I can respect that, it's EA after all, I couldn't even play long enough to get to any bugs. It is so jank for a game in 2025. I played 20 minutes and it was so bad that I couldn't find it in me to play any longer. Terrible, outdated crafting system, no story to get you going, nothing to hook you. What ever is in the thumbnails for this, I can't even fathom having that much patience to get to. If this is 7 years of development, what did it look like in 2018? There are so many better EA games out there, I cannot recommend this one.

After more than 80 hours in the game, I unfortunately cAme to the same conclusion as many of the negative reviews of the game. Although I really like the game and would have liked to see more of the world, the many gamebreaking bugs made that impossible. Several times advanced save games were made unplayable by these endless bugs. Never before have I been so frustrated by gamebreaking bugs. After the third time I've been forced to restart the game completely, I'm turning my back on it. Not even Bethesda's games are as buggy as this game. At least 10 times I had the bug after which I could no longer interact with any objects. Even if I like the game concept, the many bugs are simply unacceptable. It's a pity but I advise you not to buy it. FIX YOUR BUGS!

This game has so much potential and I would love to give it a thumbs up, but the slow pace of development and the consisting game breaking bugs mean that I have to put a thumbs down for now. I really hope the devs step up and do better, because I really like this kind of game and like I said it has a lot of promise, but it is way to long in this stage and it doesn't seem to improve

This is an EA island survival sim. Generally pretty relaxing and has some unique and well thought out game mechanics.

The early game loop is build your small base camp and travel to nearby islands.
-Find or build valuable things you will need for a long trip. Navigation systems, a large houseboat raft.
-Balance your nutrients but plan ahead. Food goes bad and you need to preserve foods. Fruit are seasonal so you may need to dry some for later.
-The later game loop tests your prep skills. Can you successfully travel to the next group of islands and start a new base camp without starving or dying of thirst.
-The base building is pretty good. You can improvise and build with what you have. Banana leaves? Palm leaves? Grass? If you are really ambitious build advanced walls with planks salvaged from islands.

The game is EA so it does not have a lot of exploration (aside from procedural islands with loot to help you expand) . However, the mechanics for various crop growing and food preservation are well thought out so there is a lot of smaller things to do. I think this is the biggest value of the game because it adds a lot of realism and there are small rewards such as improved health from eating a balanced diet.

An example of a more complex process is. You might find an oil lamp in a ship wreak. But its useless. What to do? Well take a coconut. Take the meat out. Take an empty coconut. Add the coconut meat and some water. Cook it on the fire. Now you have some oil for your lamp. Quality of life improves. Farming is also well thought out. You need to make compost using multiple materials. Ditto for food preservation.

The indie developer has been pretty dedicated to updates and listens to feedback. The UI has changed a few times and my observation is always to the better.

There are a few bugs during sailing so save before you leave an island. Make sure nothing is loose on your raft like a stick. It can sink you! The rest of the game is very stable and performs well until you start building really big.

I recommend game to support EA, participate in the journey. Personally I enjoy coming back to it every few months. Releases are slow, to be expected for an Indie, but I think the developer will continue building it out. This is niche for the well thought out survival processes and planning ahead.