Rebirth of Island Demo

Survival and sandbox games are very popular nowadays, especially when it comes to indie productions. They may appear simple in nature when you first try them, but it’s very difficult to create something that seems empty, yet it allows people to do whatever they want with the elements around them. Minecraft got this right, but there are other games out there that manage to excite your imagination.

Rebirth of Island is a top-down survival game in which you play the role of an astronaut who crashes on a strange planet and must find a way to stay alive and maybe even reach safety. The main gimmick is that the planet in question is actually comprised of suspended islands that sit on top of each other, and you have the possibility to travel between them by finding tunnels.

As it is customary by now in the case of survival games, this one features randomly generated worlds as well, which means that every adventure is different when it comes to landscape and the challenges you must overcome. However, every world seed has enough resources for you to survive, at least if you move quickly enough to gather them and put them to good use.

Crafting is an important element of the game, but it can be a tad confusing at first, depending on your experience with the genre. Hence, you can gather various materials from the environment, and then combine them by selecting the desired object from a list. It’s not difficult per se, but it may take some time until you manage to recognize the resources and learn how to find them in time.

It’s imperative that you build a fire and shelter in order to stay alive, especially since the islands feature seasons, and you can freeze to death in a matter of minutes. Finding food is vital as well, not to mention the fact that there are hostile lifeforms you have to worry about. On top of that, exploration is encouraged too, so you can’t stay in one place forever and be alright.

In the end, although it borrows many elements from other games on the market, Rebirth of Island has a different feel, as well as a unique atmosphere. Thus, if you don’t back down from a challenge and you are prepared to fight the odds, this may very well keep you busy for a few hours.