2022 game guide

Raft

Pick Raft when you want a co-op survival journey with a moving home. Expanding one small platform into a capable vessel gives every resource trip an immediately visible purpose.

Fit guide by Leif Aspbäck Reviewed August 5, 2026

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At a glance

IS IT A
GOOD FIT?

Platforms: Windows PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Play modes: Solo, Online co-op, Competitive multiplayer
Best for: a challenge, a strong story, exploration, building and improving, and fast action
Time commitment: 1–3 hour sessions, a focused weekend, and weeks or months of play
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Themes: Survival

Human-written fit guide

WHO SHOULD
PLAY IT?

Practical reasons to choose it—and reasons to choose something else.

Best for

Small co-op groups
Mobile base building
Directed survival

Why it works

The raft itself records the group's progress.
Story destinations add structure to open-ended gathering.
Jobs divide naturally between steering, collecting, farming and building.

Consider before playing

Repeated collection is central to the early game.
The ocean setting offers less landscape variety than land-based survival games.

Why it may fit

MATCH THE GAME
TO THE MOMENT.

Raft is available on Windows PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S and supports solo, online co-op, and competitive multiplayer. It may be a good choice when you want a challenge, a strong story, exploration, building and improving, and fast action. Its genre may suit 1–3 hour sessions, a focused weekend, and weeks or months of play.

This is a compatibility match, not a review score. Pick My Next Game compares the game with your platform and the kind of session you want; it does not claim that one game is best for everyone.

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