Shimmer

Shimmer is a desert island survival game set on a number of fictional island. Your task is to survive whatever the islands throw at you, lack of food, thirst, the dangers that lurk in the waters and the…

3 October 2018

Adventure Survival

Shimmer is an adventure developed by Zatara Software Ltd, released 3 October 2018 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Shimmer is

Shimmer is an adventure game developed by Zatara Software Ltd and released in 2018. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Your yacht has been marooned in the Pacific Ocean following a violent storm. Gather the scarce resources you find to try and stay alive in the hopes of rescue. Explore, craft and hunt in this first person desert island simulator.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Shimmer launched on 3 October 2018, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed Odyssey.