The Original Island

The Original Island is an open-world survival role-playing game set on an isolated, jungle-covered island. You play as a survivor brought there for unknown reasons, with some of your memories missing. Explore the island, uncover its secrets and decide whether to conquer nature or adapt to it as you search for a way out and the truth about your arrival.

Explore the island

Ancient ruins are scattered through the dense jungle, including old buildings, mysterious altars and strange stone statues. Unusual phenomena also await discovery. The island’s weather shifts between scorching sunshine, tropical storms, cold and snow, and thick fog; its climate and stars make it difficult to work out your position.

You are not the first person to come to the island. Collect journals scattered across it to learn about others who were drawn to these waters and uncover some of the island’s secrets by following the paths they left behind.

Make what you need

To improve your chances of survival, craft supplies such as hunting weapons, medicine for unusual conditions, water-storage tools, backpacks for carrying heavy loads, and fishing and trapping gear. You know only a small part of the crafting recipes at the start. You must experiment or explore the island for drawings left by previous survivors to learn most of the others.

Hunt and fight

Hunting for food and facing threats in the jungle both require you to take up arms. You must be willing to fight and destroy enemies to survive, including terrifying figures and creatures you may not know exist. Hunger, exhaustion and attacks are among the dangers you face.

Record your discoveries

When you reach places you have never visited, such as a mountaintop overlooking the jungle, you can use your mobile phone’s camera to capture the scenery. The game presents these views as a reward for your efforts to overcome nature.