If it’s a realistic adventure you’re after in VR and you have a decent PC, then you can’t go too far wrong with Bootstrap Island. Available on Steam for over a year, soon this survival experience will be available for PSVR 2 players too, with Bootstrap Island set for release in 2026.
What is Bootstrap Island?
Inspired by Robinson Crusoe, Bootstrap Island is a highly realistic survival adventure. Set in the 17th century, you play as Daniel, the sole survivor of a shipwreck on a mysterious tropical island. With deadly threats around every rock and bush, it’s survival of the quickest here, learning how to forage, build and hunt.
Featuring day and night cycles, unpredictable weather and even more unpredictable (and hostile) inhabitants, learning how to make fire and live to see another day is no easy task. Bootstrap Island is a roguelike adventure, meaning each time you die and return, you come back wiser, but the environment will have changed, and resources won’t be in the same place. No two runs are ever quite the same.
Bootstrap Island on PSVR 2
And soon this adventure won’t be exclusive to PCVR, with a PSVR 2 edition on the way. Developer Maru VR has now confirmed that a PSVR 2 version of Bootstrap Island is in development. There’s no specific window other than 2026 at the moment. The PCVR version is currently in Early Access, with its planned full release expected in Q1 2026. It’s not clear at this time if there will be a simultaneous launch or whether the PSVR 2 version will arrive later in the year.
Maru VR has said that Bootstrap Island will make use of PSVR 2’s additional features. This includes eye-tracked foveated rendering, adaptive trigger support for weapons and headset haptics to intensify storms and near-death encounters.
What Else to Expect?
If you’ve been playing Bootstrap Island for any length of time, you’ll know that the last update was “Visions”. This added a lot of new features, including sickness and hallucinations, a story-driven tutorial, quicksand and much more. It’s also the last major update the team has planned before the official launch in 2026, so other than minor patches, don’t expect anything else.
As we look forward to 2026, let us know what you think of the survival adventure in the comments.
