Scalise Artworks and Ultimate Games S.A. have announced a release date for Island Keeper. The cozy exploration and restoration adventure will launch on PC via Steam on January 21, 2027.
In Island Keeper, players control an experimental maintenance robot called Ferrum-1. The job is to clean up the dying Oregon Archipelago by recycling rubbish into resources and bringing life back to the island.
Players can collect the trash by hand or with a magnet and use it to craft resources into gear, stations, and upgrades. With each area cleaned up, the island changes: grass and trees will start to grow back, and animals will begin to return to the surrounding beaches and forests.
Because Ferrum-1 can only travel as far as its signal reaches, signal stations and energy sources determine how far each expedition can go. There is a dynamic weather system and a day-night cycle that shapes each trip, and there is even radioactive rubbish that requires special equipment to clean up.
There are 20 islands spread across nine different biomes in the game, so there are plenty of diverse regions to explore and clean up. Players can travel between the islands by speedboat, and eventually they can craft a submarine to explore the ocean floor.
The more cleanup done, the better tools that can be crafted. Outposts allow players to recycle and craft far away from their main base, and friendly robot assistants and delivery drones help automate the work.
It’s more than just cleanup, though; there’s a story told through quests, along with cutscenes and collectible comic pages. Along the way, players may even discover a native camp that lives its own life and is wary of Ferrum-1’s arrival.
You can watch the release date trailer for Island Keeper below.
Island Keeper launches on PC via Steam on January 21, 2027, and there’s a demo available to try now ahead of the game’s release. The game is planned to release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S later in 2027.
If you’re interested in checking out similar cozy exploration island games, take a look at our coverage of Nautus, which also releases in 2027.
