$7.53 (−42%)Island Notes Survive together, love on your own terms
Shipwrecked with a handful of fellow survivors, you build shelter, farm, fish, craft weapons and armor, and try to keep everyone fed and friendly. Intelligent companions eat, cook, rest, gather and fight on their own, and react to how you treat them. For colony sim fans who like the drama of a small group against the wild.
Is Island Notes worth it?
Island Notes is worth it if…
- you like colony sims where a few survivors eat, work and fight beside you
- you like slow base-building, farming, fishing and crafting toward safety
- you like taming creatures and hatching eggs into a fighting crew
- you do not mind trial and error to find rare bamboo, lithium and eggs
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Keeping a small group alive together
You wash up after a yacht accident with guests in tow, and survival is a group project. You gather from dense vegetation, hunt, fish, farm, cook, and build a base with walls, roofs and platforms to hold off beast tides and extreme weather.
Your companions eat, cook, rest, gather and fight without orders, and adjust to your condition with care and emotional reactions. You raise affinity to unlock new outfits and closer bonds, with voice acting for each of them. You drop a sickle to cut plants, swing an axe at a tree, roast meat over a crackling fire at night, then wake to find someone already out gathering.
Taming pets and pushing across the islands
The island is large, with caves, cliffs, abandoned structures and underwater areas to explore, plus other islands beyond the water. Nearly every plant and rock can be gathered, each with its own use, and different creatures live in different habitats.
You fight with axes, bows, spears, crossbows and firearms, and work with shovels, sickles and bamboo tubes. You kill a monster, take its egg, hatch it and raise it into a small legion that fights beside you and travels with you. Mounts like crocodiles and flying tigers make the long swims between islands manageable, and randomized egg stats and blueprint drops give you reasons to keep hunting.
What should you know before washing ashore?
Do your companions actually help with survival work?
They act on their own rather than taking job assignments. They eat, cook, rest, gather materials and join combat, and they respond to your status with care. In practice they are useful for keeping basic materials stocked and crafting running while you explore, but they can be clumsy in a fight, need help with clothing in extreme temperatures, and sometimes cook without the ingredients ready.
How does the pet system work?
It runs on eggs. You defeat wild creatures, collect the eggs they leave, hatch them and raise the young into companions that fight across land and water. Eggs vary in rarity, and hatched stats are randomized, so raising a strong group takes repeated hunts. Mounts matter too, since swimming between islands is slow without a crocodile, hippo or flying tiger.
Can you explore beyond the first island?
Yes. The map includes caves, cliffs, abandoned structures and underwater areas, with multiple islands to reach by swimming, riding mounts or building ziplines. Crystal nodes, lithium ore and different tamable species are spread across them, so progress means pushing outward for materials, blueprints and new habitats. Travel distances are long, especially before you have a mount.
Is there romance as well as survival?
Yes. Each companion has an affinity system with voice acting, emotional reactions to your situation, and outfits unlocked as affinity grows. Raising affinity deepens the relationship side of the game, though companions have little effect on combat and the focus stays on gathering, building, taming and getting through beast raids and harsh weather.
