The description of Raft - Play With New Friends
Survive an epic voyage on a raft!Raft for Windows is a fun survival and crafting game suitable for both kids and adults. It is an open-world sea adventure, which puts you on a raft in the middle of nowhere. Your task is to collect resources that come by you while ensuring you don’t get eaten alive by sharks! The game offers a multiplayer function, so you can invite your friends on your small raft. The more collectibles you gather, the better your raft becomes. Developed by Redbeet Interactive, the game is quite relaxing and has entered Steam’s early access phase. Also, the game is already available on Windows 11.crafting gameadventurecollect resourcesmultiplayerWindows 11Beware of man-eating sharksRaft's popularity lies in the fact that it doesn’t have you running around to excavate necessary resources. Instead, it sweeps you across a never-ending ocean with essential floating towards you. Not only do they help you survive, but they also offer you ways to make your raft larger and elaborate. Catching debris is quite fun until you’re attacked by man-eating sharks!sweeps you across a never-ending oceanThe game sets you on a journey alone and more often than not, there’s no land in sight. As you progress through the game, you can build more stuff and visit places you’ve already been to. You can do this while ensuring you and your raft don’t get attacked by the shark. With the mission being survival, this nerve-wracking game will need skills.visit places you’ve already been toRelaxing and fun gameplayThe game begins with you floating in the middle of the ocean, stranded on a small piece of wood. This is your first raft and your primary task is to turn it into a full-furnished, multi-story boat. Fortunately, the ocean provides different materials to construct well-functioning equipment needed for survival.Besides building a raft, you must take care of your most basic needs - thirst and hunger. You can see both of these survival needs on a meter, which ticks down as it does in real life. When you begin, you’ll have to scoop up seawater and purify it for drinking. You’ll also have to grill fish and other seafood that you catch to survive.But, meeting your basic human needs isn’t all that difficult. Your primary purpose is to pillage the ocean for interesting materials. You can expand your raft by using a hook to collect items that float by. These are necessary items if you wish to add rooms, stairs, tables, walls, hammocks, and weapons to enhance and protect your raft.pillage the ocean for interesting materialsOnce you find a collection net, gathering ocean debris becomes quite easy. This leaves you time to sport different islands and lost rafts. As your raft transforms into a boat, you can take it around for some exploration. Anchoring on different islands gives you the option to leave the boat and look for interesting materials.take it around for some explorationIt’s the water around different islands where you’ll find the rarest materials. These will help you in transitioning to the next stage of the game. You’ll be able to build transmission towers and radio antennas, so you can return to islands whenever you want.The threat of looming dangersWhile Raft for Windows could just function as a scavenger game on an endless ocean, it offers much more. The need to keep moving forward comes from a constant threat - the man-eating shark. It follows you around and can chew you up if you’re in the water for too long. Unless you jab the shark, you may lose entire sections of your boat to its bite.can chew you up if you’re in the water for too longThe shark's presence adds a sense of urgency and danger to the game. Without it, you may as well be floating around with no sense of the danger of ocean life. As the islands continue to act as a pull, the shark provides the much-needed push. Moreover, it’s the only sea creature that you’ll come across in the first half of the game, so you must stay on alert!Offers multiplayer functionalityOne of the biggest selling points of this game is that it allows users to invite their friends onto their raft. While some people may enjoy the multiplayer option, others may want to go solo. For the latter, the game will progress at a slower pace, only because there are fewer hands on deck!invite their friendsComes with a list of equipmentRaft survival game offers users more guidance than other games in the genre. As you continue playing the game, it helps you in making discoveries, finding objects. It also provides you with an ever-increasing list of equipment. All these features keep the players interested and compelled, so they continue playing.ever-increasing list of equipmentThe recent update offers larger islands, more animals, and beautiful coral reefs. You can even add an engine to your raft and sail it to discover new lands and greater adventures. While the game may seem devoid of anything but water, it hides piles of stuff floating beyond the horizon.add an engine to your raftIs the raft free?Yes, Raft for Windows is a survival game that users can download for free.survival gameCan Raft be played offline?You will need an active internet connection to download the game, after which you can play it offline. But, if you want to use the multiplayer function, you will need internet access.play it offlineHow do you play the raft online?Whoever starts the game becomes the host, the other player must join the host’s world. You can find the game and join it from your dashboard’s primary menu.Are there any alternatives?Although Raft for Windows is a fun survival game, it does have some bugs and requires more content. In case you want to explore other games in the genre, you should check out Minecraft, Rules of Survival, and ARK: Survival Overload.MinecraftRules of SurvivalARK: Survival OverloadShould I download Raft for Windows?Raft offers an interesting take on the survival genre games. Thus, if you’re looking for a change, you should download it on your Windows device. It lets you build a full-functioning, multi-story boat even though you start on a small raft. The constant threat of a shark attack also adds to the game’s momentum. While the game isn’t difficult, you will have to spend a few hours before discovering the game’s many features. Since Raft also offers a multiplayer function, it’s a great game to play online with your friends.