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Driftwood Isles

Developer
davidelvar
Rating
9.4
(based on last 6 months)
Votes
372 likes and 22 dislikes
Released
October 2026
Last Updated
October 2026
Game engine
HTML5
Platform
Browser (desktop-only)

Driftwood Isles is a cozy survival adventure on a chain of tropical islands. Washed up on a palm-fringed beach, you gather, craft, and build your way from a few sticks on the sand to a stilt house by the lagoon, an outrigger canoe, and, in the end, a ship that can cross the storm that rings the islands.

Features

  • Gather wood, stone, fiber and coconuts, and craft an axe, pickaxe, fishing rod, torch, machete, sling and spear.
  • Build a stilt house stage by stage, or your own stilt buildings, overwater bungalows, piers, and walls piece by piece.
  • Fish the lagoon, grow taro, sweet potatoes and pineapples, and cook dishes that give you buffs.
  • Sail your canoe to other islands: a jungle full of monkeys, a black basalt spire, a shipwreck key, and a ring-shaped atoll. Your map is an old chart that fills in as you explore.
  • Dive the reefs and wrecks for sunken treasure, among turtles, mantas, dolphins and whales.
  • Sneak into pirate forts, win them in machete and sling fights, and free the parrot they keep caged. A shy stray cat can join you too.
  • Find the three pieces of a star chart, build a ship, and sail her through the Veil.
  • Day and night, tides, rain and storms, a character creator, photo mode, three save slots, and gamepad support.

Last Updated

Oct 30, 2026

Controls

  • WASD: move
  • Shift: sprint
  • Space: jump
  • Mouse: look (click the game to capture the mouse)
  • Scroll wheel: zoom
  • Left click or E: use your tool, chop, mine, gather, interact
  • 1–8: pick a tool
  • F: eat or drink
  • C: crouch, or dive in deep water
  • Right-click: heavy chop with the machete, aim the sling
  • T: throw a stone
  • Q: dodge roll
  • Tab: backpack and crafting
  • V: build menu
  • B: edit what you've built
  • M: map
  • J: journal
  • P: photo mode
  • Esc or O: pause menu (settings, all controls)
  • In the canoe: W/S sail, A/D steer, Shift catch the wind, E go ashore

Gamepads work too. Every key can be changed under Controls.

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