Betrayal Beach

Betrayal Beach

Released May 2024

Crashed on a strange island, survivors must forage, craft, and complete objectives to stay alive. But ferocious beasts, harsh weather, and secret saboteurs seek to make sure they never escape. Betray your friends or survive the island in Betrayal Beach, a 4-8 player social deduction survival game.

78% positive · 251 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Betrayal Beach launched on May 6, 2024 and received a steady stream of updates over its first year: a roles update, expanded player support, two paid DLC packs (Island's Curse in September 2024 and The Mountain in December 2024), plus several feature patches adding new roles, rules, and game settings. When The Mountain DLC shipped on December 14, 2024, the developer explicitly stated: "That all being said, this will be the last major update for Betrayal Beach. (There may be a few more smaller patches with fixes and tweaks though)." This is a clear, direct statement that major content development was complete. After that announcement, two minor updates followed: a maintenance patch in October 2025 (v1.7.3) updating the Unity engine version for a security fix, and on November 21, 2025 a small update called Island's Revenge (v1.8.0) adding a couple of optional game rules — inspired by a YouTuber collaboration. The developer framed this as an unplanned bonus: "My plan was to be done with updates for this game. However, since I had done the work for the video I figured hey, I might as well just polish it up." This confirms the December 2024 "final update" statement remained the developer's intent, and the November 2025 patch was an informal extra rather than a reversal of that position. By April 2025, the developer announced a new game project (Explosive Odds) under their new studio Pig Bot Games, further confirming focus has shifted away from Betrayal Beach. All three listed DLC are released. The store description's "More to come!" line in the features list predates the final update announcement and has been superseded by the developer's explicit statements. The game is complete as of November 21, 2025 — the date of the last (unplanned bonus) content update.
Evidence
Developer explicitly stated: 'This will be the last major update for Betrayal Beach' alongside the release of The Mountain DLC, while thanking the community and noting they are moving on to a new project.
news post · Dec 14, 2024 source development ending
high
The Mountain DLC released — the final paid content pack for the game, as confirmed by the developer's accompanying announcement.
dlc listing · Dec 14, 2024 source content shipped
high

Content

3 of 3 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Jared Nolen
Achievements
28
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game



Betrayal Beach is an online social deduction survival game for 4-8 players. Crash landed on a strange island, a group of survivors must work together to survive long enough for rescue to come. However, 1-2 players are working as saboteurs. Blending in with the survivors of the crash, their goal is to make sure none leave the island alive.


  • Collect resource cards to contribute to objectives or keep yourself alive.
  • Craft useful gear, such as spears to fend off animal attacks or a basket to carry more resources.
  • Manage your health, hunger, and limited inventory space.
  • Deliberate with fellow survivors and vote to exile the saboteur from camp.
  • Play as 3 unique roles with extra abilities.


  • Blend in with the survivors to gain their trust.
  • Sabotage objectives to stall the survivors' progress and put them in danger.
  • Unleash Suffering by activating strange totems and opening mysterious caches.
  • Lie, deceive, betray, and sow chaos!
  • Play as 2 unique roles with extra abilities.


  • Each day is separated into timed phases. Forage during the day and deliberate exile at night.
  • Vote to exile possible saboteurs and throw them into a volcano.
  • Built-in voice and text chat to communicate with fellow survivors or saboteurs.
  • Choose your character's look from a variety of styles.
  • Unlock seat cosmetics through achievements.
  • More to come!
Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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