Bootstrap Island, a realistic survival adventure, coming to PS VR2 next year – PlayStation.Blog

We’re excited to announce that Bootstrap Island is officially coming to PlayStation VR2 in 2026. This will be the most immersive version of Bootstrap Island yet, powered by the advanced features of PS VR2. Built exclusively for high-fidelity hardware, it aims to deliver realism, tactile interaction and a strong sense of presence. And now we’re bringing that vision to PS VR2.

Bootstrap Island pushes your survival instincts to the limit

Bootstrap Island is a realistic yet intense survival adventure inspired by Robinson Crusoe and other classic stories. After a brutal shipwreck, you wake up as Daniel, a 17th century survivor stranded on a deadly tropical island. To survive, you will have to learn quickly and face wild animals, powerful natural forces, and secrets hidden deep in the jungle.

Cruel survival experience

There is no hand holding, no guidance, and no second chances. Only your instincts, skills and determination matter. Bootstrap Island is a ruthless roguelike game where every decision carries consequences.

You’ll gather food and fresh water, hunt fish and wildlife, and prepare for the dangers of nightfall. When darkness falls, wild animals attack. You need to learn how to light a fire and how to load and fire a flintlock pistol because you will be relying on it.

Animals are not the only threat. Rain, storms, disease, quicksand, territorial animals, and poisonous fruit are constant dangers.

Dynamic open world

Bootstrap Island features a very realistic, system-driven world where everything reacts. Day and night cycles, weather, fire, and fluids interact in complex and often unpredictable ways.

This island can be explored freely. Beaches, rivers, forests and other biomes offer different resources. Every interaction encourages experimentation and instinctive problem solving. You just have to be creative.

Progress to last longer

Every death teaches you something valuable. You learn as you do, adapt your strategy, and unlock new items that help you survive longer in the future. As you survive longer, you gain access to bags for inventory, building books to build shelters and defenses, and equipment like rifles for more powerful firepower. The medicine found in the bottle helps you fight the disease. You will start to notice subtle changes in the environment. Survival comes from knowledge, preparation, and experience.

Deep narrative

Uncover the stories of the survivors, life before the shipwreck, and the uncertain future that awaits.
As you explore, you’ll discover who you are, why you’re on the ship, and whether your presence on the island is a coincidence or something more meaningful. There are signs of other people. Whether they are hostile or friendly is something you will discover on your journey.

Random session

No two processes are the same. Each session randomizes the resources, events, weather patterns, and types of creatures that hunt at night. This island is always changing. Items found in chests, territorial hazards, and weather conditions all change from run to run. Adaptation is very important.

PS VR2 brings our survival vision to the max

From the start, our goal for Bootstrap Island was to create a VR experience so compelling that players forget about the real world, with every interaction from lighting fires to gathering resources feeling natural, grounded and physically intuitive. To achieve this, the game is built on an interconnected system where fire, water, weather, physics and animal behavior constantly influence each other, creating moments that feel alive and unplanned. For us, VR has always been more than just technology; it is a medium capable of evoking presence, emotion, and wonder.

PS VR2 allows us to fully express this vision for the most realistic survival experience in VR through features like foveated rendering for incredible clarity and performance, headset vibrations that intensify dramatic moments like storms and near-death encounters, and adaptive triggers with advanced haptics that create life-like sensations including lightning strikes, arc tension, and gun recoil. Together, these capabilities make Bootstrap Island’s PS VR2 release the most immersive version of the game yet.

Bootstrap Island was developed by the small indie team at Maru VR, and while it’s our first premium game, we’ve created more than 40 VR experiences over the last eight years to understand the medium and learn how to push its potential.