Our game · In development
BARELY
CIVILIZED.
A place worth surviving.
Build a home. Explore the islands. Get into trouble.
An open-world survival sandbox, alone or with friends.
Actual gameplay October 2026
Your time on the islands
Make a life.
Get a little carried away.
Start with simple tools. Work toward a home, a thriving garden, and a raft ready for the next island. Hunt, fish, craft and explore a world with changing seasons and plenty that bites.
Build quietly on your own or bring friends along for the questionable decisions. There’s plenty to work toward. What you make of it is yours.
What’s in the game
Somewhere to call home.
Build, furnish and grow. Make your corner of the islands worth coming back to.
Just one more cast.
Name your rod, get better with it, and find out what’s biting off the next shore.
Company with opinions.
Catch, raise and ride animals. Just don’t assume the sheep are on your side.
Still an alpha. Expect rough edges, bugs, and updates that can break saves. The game page keeps the current features and availability together.
The people making it are playing it
We actually
play it.
We sit down to test for an hour. Somehow, the evening disappears.
There’s always another island to explore, something to finish building, or a stolen bow that needs settling. That’s the game we wanted to make.
A note from us
Our locally added test builds, tracked through Steam. Captured October 2026. Open either screenshot to see it in full.
ArTchie Studios
A small studio.
A world of our own.
We’re an independent studio making a game we want to spend time in. Barely Civilized is our focus: the places you find, the things you build, and the stories you end up telling.
We care about the game. We also have a healthy appreciation for a goat that refuses to obey gravity.
Behind the scenes
We also build practical tools for our own projects. We’ll share more when there’s something ready to share.