Harvest Island

Harvest Island

Released Oct 2023

Discover your sinister purpose in this horror farming game. Your idyllic farm life can't be trusted. Keep up with the façade as you give your crops to the gods. Explore the ominous island and question everything. You must fake your blissful farming days. Your life depends on it.

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Evaluation

Harvest Island launched on October 10, 2023 and has had an eventful development history since. The game received bug fixes, feature patches, and a paid DLC (Expanded Endings, released June 6, 2024). On January 27, 2024, the developer announced they were ending plans for a Godot engine port (V2.0) due to budget and audience size constraints, declaring the game "complete" at that time. However, that conclusion did not hold. Starting September 2, 2025, the developer announced a renewed effort to rebuild the game from scratch in Godot as "Harvest Island 2.0" — this time framed as a full overhaul of mechanics, story, and world design, to be delivered as a free update. On March 2, 2026, the developer published a formal 2026 roadmap targeting a Q1 2027 release and made the 2.0 playtest available to community members. The DLC has since been merged into the base game (with a price increase to $25) in preparation for 2.0's release, as announced on May 22, 2026. That same May 22, 2026 post, however, revealed significant stress signals: the solo developer is working at an unsustainable pace, community engagement with 2.0 is lower than expected, design issues require rethinking, and finances are extremely tight. The developer explicitly said they need to slow down to avoid burnout. They are also actively developing and crowdfunding a separate new game (A Journey's End), which is competing for their time and resources. The 2.0 update is the fourth iteration of this plan — it was first announced in January 2024, cancelled weeks later, re-announced in September 2025 with renewed scope, and is now officially targeting early 2027. Given the history of reversals, the solo-developer constraints, and the admitted financial and mental strain as of May 22, 2026, there is real uncertainty about whether the 2.0 update will ship on the stated timeline or at all.
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Developer confirms 2.0 is still in development but slowing down due to burnout risk, tight finances, and community engagement challenges. DLC merged into base game ahead of 2.0. Developer is also working on a separate new game (A Journey's End) and running a Kickstarter for it.
news post · May 22, 2026 source ambiguous
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Harvest Island 2.0 formally announced as a free overhaul update targeting Q1 2027, with a detailed 2026 roadmap and a community playtest available. Described as a near-complete redesign of mechanics, story, and world.
news post · Mar 2, 2026 source content planned
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Details

Developer
Publisher
Yobob Games
Achievements
38
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game


You live on an island with just you, your sister and your dad. Farm life is is simple. Water the crops, tend to the animals, and catch bugs. It's a simple life... but then you start exploring. You asks questions. Why am I alone on this island? Dad starts to tell many "white" lies. Your sister becomes paranoid. You become paranoid. There's something wrong on Harvest Island. Discover it's dark story in this horror farming game.

  • Gods play an important part in Harvest Island. Everyday, the gods will ask you for items that are around the island. You receive bless from the gods once you give the items to them. You use the bless to upgrade your farm or use bless to build and craft stuff.

  • As time progresses, the forest, caves, and seashores change. When it becomes night, the caves glow, the forest sings and sparkles with fireflies, and the shore recedes creating a low tide. You can see the sunset and sunrise while the landscape changes. The day/night cycle is perpetual and you don't even have to sleep if you want to pull an all nighter or two.

  • There are many wild animals on the island. You can befriend them, pet them, or even feed them. Sometimes they will give you items they find in the wild or show an undiscovered passage for you to explore.

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Features

  • Throughout the island, you'll collect items like coconuts, seaweed, horseshoe crabs, and other peculiar stuff: Nine-armed starfish, beetle, and a shark. You'll offer these common and strange items to the gods and in return, the gods will reward you by giving you bless. This bless helps you craft, upgrade your farm, and progress the story.

  • There are tons of different types of fish that you can catch all over the island. Each fish has their own behavior and habitat. Depending on the conditions, fishing during the day or night, or far off into the corner of the island will catch you different types of fish as long as you use the correct bait during those times. You can then cook the fish and eat it to gain bless and stamina when you perform activities like farming.

  • You can craft various tools from your workbench to help you further explore the island like a ladder, rope, and a fishing pole. These tools will help you further progress the story and will help you farm.

  • When it rains, animals will hide, fish will hide, and crops will be watered. Sometimes you'll get a sprinkle, and other times it'll pour down hard. But when it's sunny, everything is back to normal.

  • Tides fluctuate as time progresses, changing the island's landscape. You can pick up sea critters during low tide and offer them to the gods. And tides can open up new paths. It'll allow you to explore the island further.

Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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