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Raft

Redbeet Interactive · Axolot Games

Steam artwork — Raft
Quick read

Raft is an ocean craft loop: expand the floater, dive, do not get sharked. The base is a square of wood that grows, and the island is a stop you chose with a sail.

What kind of game is it?

Co-op survival on a moving base. You fish, dive wrecks, and add another floor to a raft that never docks. The threat swims.

Who is it for?

For players who crave a plastic island, a hook, and the next piece of debris.

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How it plays
Loop
Surviving hordes
Sessions
Medium sessions
Progression
A world that stays
Players
Solo or co-op
Structure
Sandbox
Tone
Cozy · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

  • Progression80

    Estimate

  • Social55

    Estimate

Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Aug 2026.

Release
early access

2022-06-20

Review score
93%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count
377,108

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Store price
€20.49

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Languages
12
Demo
No
Early Access
Yes
Players
Single-player and co-op

How many people play Raft?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies
9.4M – 21M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players
100,474

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026
6,637

Peak that month: 13,125.

Median playtime
25.8 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 12.5–44.5 h. 2% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023: 6,686 average, 13,949 peakOct 2023: 6,457 average, 13,656 peakNov 2023: 7,637 average, 25,167 peakDec 2023: 8,428 average, 18,715 peakJan 2024: 8,563 average, 19,003 peakFeb 2024: 5,721 average, 11,508 peakMar 2024: 7,002 average, 18,142 peakApr 2024: 5,912 average, 12,044 peakMay 2024: 11,713 average, 40,621 peakJun 2024: 7,271 average, 17,293 peakJul 2024: 8,334 average, 17,997 peakAug 2024: 6,427 average, 12,106 peakSept 2024: 5,697 average, 12,195 peakOct 2024: 5,779 average, 12,126 peakNov 2024: 5,984 average, 21,442 peakDec 2024: 9,605 average, 22,963 peakJan 2025: 9,344 average, 19,897 peakFeb 2025: 7,718 average, 15,011 peakMar 2025: 8,528 average, 23,500 peakApr 2025: 6,420 average, 13,312 peakMay 2025: 6,583 average, 13,196 peakJun 2025: 7,316 average, 20,617 peakJul 2025: 8,947 average, 20,306 peakAug 2025: 6,874 average, 13,080 peakSept 2025: 5,526 average, 11,821 peakOct 2025: 7,220 average, 20,354 peakNov 2025: 5,693 average, 11,215 peakDec 2025: 7,972 average, 22,621 peakJan 2026: 9,210 average, 23,338 peakFeb 2026: 7,276 average, 14,222 peakMar 2026: 8,564 average, 26,299 peakApr 2026: 6,974 average, 16,092 peakMay 2026: 7,004 average, 15,257 peakJun 2026: 7,477 average, 21,400 peakJul 2026: 8,569 average, 22,403 peakAug 2026: 6,637 average, 13,125 peak
Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

  • English32%
  • Simplified Chinese25%
  • Russian16%
  • German6%
  • Korean5%
  • Spanish (Spain)3%

Raft players also play

Games played for more than an hour in 40 public Steam libraries of recent reviewers. Each one is played by at least 4 of these players and is more common here than across all libraries we read (× how much).

  • Sons Of The Forest35% · ×2.3
  • PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS53% · ×1.7
  • A Way Out20% · ×3.5
  • Goose Goose Duck23% · ×2.8
  • Inside the Backrooms13% · ×6.3
  • Orcs Must Die! 310% · ×9.5
  • Supermarket Together28% · ×2.3
  • Lethal Company35% · ×1.9
  • How to Fish23% · ×2.4
  • Grand Theft Auto V Legacy43% · ×1.6

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The base is the raft.

Core mechanics

Related games

Nearby games. Not always a direct substitute.

Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: Survival.

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