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DESOLATE

You play as a Volunteer sent to Granichny Island after a disaster of unknown origin. Explore its open world alone or with up to three other players, where monsters, hostile people, paranormal anomalies, and dangerous weather threaten your survival. Search abandoned settlements, military sites, and secret facilities while completing tasks and finding notes and diaries about the island’s past. You can fight enemies directly or use stealth, and studying the island’s creatures can give you advantages in combat. Manage your physical and mental condition as you scavenge for supplies, recipes, and crafting components. Unlock abilities, improve weapons and equipment, and find clothing and armor; in co-op, team abilities include reviving fallen teammates.

Investigate a disaster-struck island as a Volunteer, scavenging, crafting, and fighting or sneaking through its horrors solo or in co-op.

Released 17 Jan 2019

66%positive of
8.1k player reviews

$14.99

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Explore a Haunted Island

Study Island Monsters

Craft Scrap Weapons

DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

Developed by Nearga · Published by HypeTrain Digital

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Players Praise Most

Eerie Island Atmosphere
Open-World Exploration
Co-op With Friends
Character Progression

Common Player Critiques

Clunky Combat
Repetitive Fetch Quests
Long Map Trips
Quest-Breaking Bugs

66%

positive of 8.1k player reviews

From the Devs

Two years ago Granichny Island became an epicentre of a large-scale disaster of unknown origin. “The New Light” conglomerate covered up this catastrophic event - and now aims to rectify the consequences as much as they can.

A massive campaign is underway, during which so-called “Volunteers” - most of whom have never held a weapon in their hands - are sent out onto Granichny. Their mission - to research the paranormal activities of the island, gathering information and undertaking dangerous tasks, all in hope of amending mistakes of the past. None of them are ready for what comes next.

Play the role of a Volunteer, and explore a place filled with threats of every shape and size - from monsters and madmen to supernatural anomalies and seemingly impossible weather patterns. Journey through the present of this forsaken world to uncover its secrets.

Dark past
Explore the enigmatic island filled with abandoned settlements, military bases and top secret facilities. Investigate secrets of the island - find notes and diaries from Granichny’s previous settlers to uncover its mysterious history.
Research the threats
Battle for your life in open fights against monsters, marauders and soldiers, or use stealth to do critical damage out of the shadows. Research the creatures of Granichny - and gain advantages in battle while you learn more about them.
Strength Through Unity
Join a 4-player team to have a better chance at surviving the dangers of the island with unique team-based abilities, such as reviving your fallen team members - or act as a lone wolf to prove your mettle.
Thrive among the wastes
Unlock new abilities and train them to increase your chances of survival. Gather recipes and components to craft, modify and upgrade your weapons and equipment. Customize your Volunteer with new clothing and armor you scavenge throughout your journey on the island.
Resist the madness (Or let it consume you)
Take care of not only your physical condition, but your mental state as well. The insanity of Granichny will change the world around you, as well as yourself.

Survive, explore and investigate the dark world of DESOLATE, alone or with friends in a party of four.

Back of the Box

Platforms	Windows
Achievements	72
Age ratings	ClassInd (Brazil) 14 — Violência Medo Linguagem imprópria IGRS (Indonesia) 18 — Horor Kekerasan Penggunaan bahasa Steam (Germany) 16 — Horror Schimpfwörte
Players	1–4
Play modes	Online co-op Co-op campaign Drop-in/drop-out
Other modes	Single-player Online co-op campaign PvE-only sessions
Multiplayer	DESOLATE supports solo play and online co-op. Store text states play alone or with up to 4 players, and reviews repeatedly describe 1-4 player sessions and parties of four. The provided information does not confirm any released PvP mode; one review explicitly says there was no PvP system at that time.
Multiplayer & mods	No multiplayer mod support or mod-related multiplayer features are mentioned in the provided information.
Controller support	Xbox
Controller required	No
DLC / extras	1 listed on Steam
Content notices	Online interactivity