$14.99DESOLATE Survive the island that keeps its secret
Form a research team of up to four Volunteers and walk into Granichny Island together: abandoned settlements, labs, anomalies, monsters and madmen. Revive fallen co-op friends, split fights and looting, then argue about who has to carry the scrap home.
Is DESOLATE worth it?
DESOLATE is worth it if…
- you like co-op games where four friends explore a dark open world together
- you want shared survival with crafting, stealth, open fights and base lore to chase
- you enjoy scary places with anomalies, monsters and notes that explain the past
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Surviving Granichny as a four-player team
The island throws monsters, marauders, soldiers, anomalies and rough weather at the group, so it helps to spread the work: one Volunteer draws a fight in the open, another slips around in stealth for heavy damage from the shadows, someone else drags the fallen back up with a revive.
Death is less lonely this way. When the squad wipes on ammo, food, water or nerve, at least everyone saw the same impossible weather pattern do it.
Research, craft and keep your mind intact
Between fights you pick apart what the island leaves behind. Notes and diaries in settlements, bases and secret facilities explain what happened here, and studying Granichny's creatures gives you an edge in battle against them.
You also unlock and train abilities, gather recipes and components to craft, modify and upgrade weapons and equipment, and dress your Volunteer in scavenged clothing and armor. Watch hunger, thirst, injuries and temperature, plus your mental state: madness changes the world around you as well as yourself.
Good to know before you volunteer?
What do you actually do together on the island?
Explore abandoned settlements, military bases and secret facilities, take tasks that send you after paranormal activity, fight monsters, marauders and soldiers head-on or with stealth, research creatures for combat advantages, and loot components, recipes, clothing and armor.
How does the madness system work?
Alongside health, hunger, thirst and injuries, you manage your mental state. Staying too long around disturbing sights, harsh places and supernatural anomalies wears it down, and the island's insanity changes both the world around you and your Volunteer.
