Driftopia involve players being part of an expedition to explore alien worlds and habitable planets. As a passenger on the “Great Yu Starship”, complications during atmospheric entry lead to a crash landing on an alien ocean planet.
Driftopia introduces a gameplay dynamic that merges the sea exploration of Raft with the depths of survival crafting seen in Subnautica. The core experience centers on exploring the ocean, visiting islands and wrecks, and salvaging for scraps both on land and floating on the ocean.
There is a fun fishing mechanic that allows you to fish for scraps with a rope and drag them to you, no need to swim. The game is co-op/online, although 100% of my experience has been solo and I haven’t encountered any players actually in this test.
Due to technical issues such as clunky systems, lack of tutorial, and horrible performance on my phone, I could not play as much as I wanted. Overall, the setup is interesting, but in this beta testing phase, all the systems are very rudimentary—more like a proof of concept for now.