"Raft® Survival: Desert Nomad" immerses players in a harsh post-apocalyptic desert environment where survival depends on resourcefulness and resilience. Players must avoid dying from hunger, thirst, and heat while navigating the vast desert landscape, armed with makeshift weapons. The core survival strategy involves escaping on a floating raft surrounded by unknown monsters, emphasizing both exploration and combat as key elements of gameplay.
The game offers a rich open-world experience filled with diverse locations, quests, and dangerous monsters. Players can gather and produce various resources, learn to craft and upgrade their rafts, and reinforce them to withstand desert threats. Exploring the expansive world map is essential for discovering unique resources, encountering enemies, and completing themed tasks to earn valuable rewards, all while progressing through an engaging storyline.
A central aspect of the game is investigating a mysterious desert base, restoring it, and developing it further through a series of adventure quests. The storyline encourages players to uncover secrets within the world, unlock bonuses, and improve their raft and combat gear. To survive better, players can build stations to collect supplies and craft clothing and materials needed for survival and raft enhancement, adding depth to the resource management mechanics.
Additionally, the game introduces innovative features such as flying across the desert via a hot air balloon, with the ability to build an upgraded air raft complete with stations and defenses. Players can test their shooting skills in a new Gunfight Mode, which unlocks after reaching a certain level and offers opportunities to earn rewards. Optional subscription plans provide bonuses like increased production speed, faster raft travel, reduced resource consumption, ad-free experience, and expanded inventory slots, all aimed at enhancing gameplay and convenience.