Radiation Island

Radiation Island

Released Nov 2016

Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises.

80% positive · 637 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation

Radiation Island launched on November 29, 2016 as a complete survival adventure game with no post-launch content cycle. The developer has never announced DLC, expansions, or a roadmap for additional content. The store description presents the game as a finished product with no mention of planned additions. The developer's post-launch activity has been purely maintenance-focused: a graphics and achievement fix shortly after launch in December 2016, then a long period of silence followed by a platform compatibility update on December 31, 2022 (porting the PC version to match another platform and adding Steam Deck controller support), and a save-file bug fix on January 3, 2023. None of these updates introduced new content — they are housekeeping patches to keep the game functional. The last developer communication was on January 3, 2023, and there have been no posts since. Given that the game has never had a content update pattern and was released as a complete package, this silence simply reflects that the game is finished. Radiation Island shipped as a complete, standalone experience and there is no indication that anything further was ever planned or remains outstanding.
Evidence
Store description presents a complete survival adventure game with no mention of DLC, expansions, or planned future content
description source ambiguous
medium
Bug fix addressing corrupt save file errors. Last official communication from the developer.
news post · Jan 3, 2023 source development ongoing
low

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Atypical Games
Achievements
40
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Radiation Island is a survival adventure game where you craft your own destiny in a huge open world environment. As part of the Philadelphia Experiment you have become stranded in a parallel, alternate reality. Discover this new and mysterious world, with all its surprises. Use everything you find to survive it and solve its puzzle to get back to the real world.

Follow your own path in an environment of breathtaking beauty and gigantic scope. Explore huge forests inhabited by dangerous wolves, bears and mountain lions. Investigate abandoned villages and old military compounds where zombies guard vital tools, weapons and clues to the secrets of this world. You can even swim and dive, if you can avoid the hungry crocodiles.

Hunt wild animals, fish or gather fruits to overcome hunger. Mine for resources and craft weapons, tools and basic vehicles. Find hidden treasures, equipment and fire arms to prevail in a world full of perils: radiation, anomalies, harsh weather and enraged zombies.

Experience the full day-night cycle and face the dangers of darkness and cold.
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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