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Away From Life

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79%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
79% User Score Based on 90 reviews

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About Away From Life

Away From Life is a single player and multiplayer open world role playing shooter game. It was developed by Cursor Games and was released on April 22, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY About the GameAfter surviving a helicopter crash, your main goal is to return home. Stranded on remote islands, you must endure as a castaway - gathering resources to find food, build shelter, craft essential tools, uncover the islands’ mysteries both on land and underwater, and fight to chart your way back to safety. In these islands and waters, you can’t do groceries.…

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79%Audience ScoreBased on 90 reviews
gameplay5 positive mentions
stability10 negative mentions
  • Immersive exploration with large, diverse islands and rewarding underwater discovery enhances the survival experience.
  • Strong atmospheric environment complemented by beautiful graphics, realistic lighting, and effective sound design.
  • Active, passionate solo developer consistently releasing updates and engaging with the community to improve the game.
  • Technical issues including inventory bugs, multiplayer connectivity problems, and occasional crashes hinder gameplay.
  • Building mechanics and resource systems are clunky or unbalanced, with problematic item gathering and limited building options.
  • Controller support and user interface lack polish, making navigation and gameplay awkward or frustrating for some players.

  • gameplay

    29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    17% positive mentions, 73% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a familiar survival loop centered on exploration, crafting, and cooperative base building, providing an enjoyable experience for players who appreciate sandbox-style play. However, many mechanics feel clunky, inconsistently implemented, and bug-ridden, with issues in building, combat, inventory, and multiplayer synchronization detracting from the overall polish. While the game shows potential and atmosphere, significant refinements are needed to improve mechanics and stability before it fully satisfies players.

    • “Away from Life is an open-world survival game that embraces many familiar mechanics of the genre while attempting to build a large and immersive island adventure around them.”
    • “While the game clearly draws inspiration from many well-known survival titles, it still manages to create an enjoyable experience through its atmosphere, exploration systems, and cooperative gameplay potential.”
    • “Cooperative gameplay further strengthens the experience by transforming routine survival tasks into collaborative adventures filled with exploration and discovery.”
    • “The mechanics themselves are really poorly implemented; you cut down trees that have loads of palm leaves on them and don't receive any palm leaves, for example. This means it is easier to build complex equipment than it is to build a simple shelter.”
    • “All my original criticisms stand: clunky mechanics, choppy UI, broken survival loop, bad AI, but most of all an emphasis on throwing more content in the game over fixing what's there.”
    • “Combat is clunky and doesn't connect well; the base building mechanic doesn't quite fit right when you're trying to build things. For example, you can't even place a stairwell on the entryway of your doorway to help you walk up into your home easier.”

  • graphics

    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    68% positive mentions, 16% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are widely praised for being beautiful, immersive, and well-polished, effectively capturing the survival atmosphere despite not matching high-budget AAA titles. Users appreciate the detailed environments, smooth performance, and visual cues that enhance gameplay, though some note minor issues with in-game elements and loading times. Overall, the visuals significantly contribute to the game's relaxing and engaging experience.

    • “Besides some minor issues, the graphics are fantastic and truly capture the atmosphere of being stuck on an island, making the entire experience amazing.”
    • “The graphics are spectacular, and the very small team that made this game genuinely cares about the game and the community. 10/10 recommend.”
    • “Graphics are beautiful with great realism and no bugs, offering everything you could want in a survival game!”
    • “I cannot get the graphics to clean up.”
    • “Intel(r) UHD Graphics 770 (128 MB).”
    • “My bad, I meant designing different graphics for near-identical game mechanics.”

  • stability

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    9% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 91% negative mentions

    The game currently experiences a range of bugs and stability issues, including crashes, glitches with vehicles, and occasional random respawns, making it somewhat unstable. However, the developer is actively addressing these problems with frequent updates, and overall stability shows promise compared to similar early access titles. Despite progress, the game still feels unfinished and buggy for many players.

    • “So far traveled to a decent amount of islands and the game runs great.”
    • “New boat is a little fragile and gets stuck or glitched easily; when it glitches, you spawn somewhere random across the map as if it was driving the whole time.”
    • “My first playthrough lasted 3.5 hours before the game suddenly crashed, causing me to lose everything due to bugs in this new game.”
    • “There's just too many unfinished, buggy glitches everywhere with awkward controls, commands, mechanics, and stability issues.”

  • atmosphere

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere effectively captures the isolation and tension of island survival, enhanced by impressive graphics and immersive sound design. While some aspects like wildlife variety and story depth are limited, the exploration and building systems contribute to a believable and engaging environment. Overall, it delivers a solid, immersive survival experience with a distinct mood and potential for cooperative play.

    • “The whole atmosphere is amazing; it truly captures being stuck on an island with no sense of what to do. All the building stuff is amazing, and the rafts are the best too.”
    • “Quiet moments while exploring forests or sailing between islands can feel surprisingly atmospheric because of how effectively the audio captures isolation.”
    • “The world itself is enjoyable to explore, and the atmosphere successfully captures the lonely tension that survival games often strive for.”

  • story

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    29% positive mentions, 28% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions

    The story in the game offers an immersive island survival experience centered on exploration, crafting, and discovery, though it currently feels sparse and could benefit from more missions and narrative depth. Players appreciate the atmosphere and survival challenge but note some quest bugs and limited story content that hinder progression. Overall, the game shows strong potential for expanding its story elements in future updates.

    • “If you enjoy survival games where exploration, crafting, and discovery are the heart of the experience, this adventure offers a challenging and immersive island survival story.”
    • “In future updates it would be amazing to see more story missions and more enemy NPCs or wildlife and a map size increase if possible. The game is awesome and has potential to be really amazing.”
    • “The quest where I have to visit 3 islands and find the 2 notes, I have found both of the notes, and I know they are the right ones since they worked for my friends, but they don't register for the quest so now I'm stuck.”
    • “It just needs more life and story. When you chop a tree down you don't get any palm leaves at all; only some trees give them, which is a bit annoying.”
    • “Your mission is simple yet challenging: survive the wild and somehow make your way back to civilization.”

  • optimization

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    Optimization reviews are mixed: some players experience performance issues and bugs affecting gameplay even on high-end GPUs, while others praise the smooth performance and polished graphics. The developers show commitment to ongoing improvements through updates and optimization efforts.

    • “I was a little hesitant to buy it at first, with it being in early access and from a first time developer, but I have to say this is very well-polished, runs smoothly, and the graphics are great.”
    • “The graphics are solid, performance is smooth, and I haven’t run into any major issues so far.”
    • “You added WC to character. My game optimization is terrible even with a 4050 GPU.”
    • “Players may encounter bugs involving inventory management, building mechanics, physics issues, multiplayer synchronization, and occasional performance drops.”
    • “The developers also appear committed to improving the game over time through updates, additional content, and optimization efforts.”

  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's music is praised for complementing the experience without overwhelming players, effectively enhancing immersion and tension alongside natural environmental sounds. Players find the soundtrack relaxing and well-integrated, contributing positively to the overall atmosphere.

    • “The game wisely avoids overwhelming players with nonstop music, instead relying heavily on natural environmental sounds to create tension and immersion.”
    • “I plan to keep playing the game, and am awaiting improvements, as it was a decently immersive and relaxing experience, especially with the sounds and music in the background.”
    • “The music and the graphics are very nice.”

  • grinding

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game features extensive grinding, especially beyond level six where skill and stamina achievements cease, leading to over 100 hours of aimless repetition that may feel tedious to many players.

    • “If you're into 'grinding' glorified spreadsheets this game's just for you!”
    • “Skills and stamina achievements stopped being awarded at level six, so another ten levels of pure aimless grinding equates to over 100 real hours I could've been wasting elsewhere.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's humor is well-received, praised for its unique atmosphere and charm. Players appreciate the solo developer's effort and look forward to future updates that may expand on its comedic potential.

    • “Personally, my impression is extremely positive: the game has atmosphere, its own sense of humor, and a lot of potential.”
    • “The funny thing is this is a solo dev and to be honest, keep up the work. I cannot wait for the 2026 roadmap and to see what else you incorporate into this game, especially when it has a lot of roads it could take.”
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25h Median play time
149h Average play time
9-550h Spent by most gamers
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Away From Life is a open world role playing shooter game. Common tags for Away From Life include first-person, realistic, indie, exploration, crafting and others.

Away From Life is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 149 hours playing Away From Life.

Away From Life was released on April 22, 2026.

Away From Life was developed by Cursor Games.

Away From Life has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Away From Life for its gameplay but disliked it for its stability.

Away From Life is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Project Castaway, Stranded Deep, Escape The Pacific, Osiris: New Dawn, HumanitZ and others.