Forsaken Isle

Forsaken Isle

Released Jul 2025

Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!

71% positive · 520 reviews
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Released, but still in active development
Medium confidence
Active Development

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Evaluation

Forsaken Isle launched its 1.0 release on July 18, 2025, graduating out of a long Early Access period that began in February 2015. The 1.0 release itself was a major content drop, adding a new fiery zone, void biome, new NPCs, and world improvements. Since launch, the developer has continued actively updating the game. Feature patches arrived on July 26, 2025 (1.0.3), August 9, 2025 (1.0.4), and September 29, 2025 (1.0.6, which added full controller support). The August 2025 post also explicitly mentioned that controller support was highly requested and actively being worked on — a commitment the developer followed through on in the September patch. Looking further back, the developer shipped major content updates at a sustained cadence throughout Early Access: the Redux overhaul in November 2023, a dungeon boss update in December 2023, Update 0.12 in October 2024, and the 1.0 launch content in July 2025. This establishes a strong, multi-year pattern of ongoing content delivery. As of June 15, 2026, the most recent developer communication was on September 29, 2025. That's approximately 8.5 months of silence, which does push beyond the recent post-1.0 patch cadence (roughly every 4–6 weeks in the months after launch). However, the developer has never announced that development is complete or that no further updates are planned. Given the long history of sustained development and no closure statement, the game continues to show the hallmarks of a project in ongoing development — just in a quieter phase. No specific future content has been announced, so this stops short of a confirmed content_planned status.
Evidence
Forsaken Isle officially launched as version 1.0 after years in Early Access, adding new biomes, bosses, NPCs, and world content.
news post · Jul 18, 2025 source content shipped
high
Update 0.12 added a new island with unique biomes, enemies, items, and systems — one of multiple major updates shipped during Early Access.
news post · Oct 8, 2024 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Smoodlez
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player

About this game

Explore, craft, build, and fight in this top down adventure RPG!

  • DISCOVER

Explore a procedurally generated world, mine resources, discover secrets, find treasures, and travel to distant lands!

  • BUILD

Build your very own home! Gather resources and build in your own way. From wooden shacks, to obsidian brick fortresses. Plant charming gardens or herbs, construct animal pens, create extravagant vaults to display your rarest treasures. 

  • FIGHT

Battle a variety of foes and formidable bosses and obtain new powerful equipment! 

  • Relax

Play at your own pace, and in your own style. Whether it's planting and growing crops, raising farm animals, fishing, crafting, collecting, or helping friendly NPCs you'll meet on your travels.

  • ITEMS

Over 800+ items to find and collect! Obtained from a wide range of activities, including crafting, gathering, defeating monsters, treasure chests, fishing, and quest rewards!

Last evaluated Jun 15, 2026
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