The premise of Lost Rift involves the player and/or their friends, ending up stranded on the mysterious Pioneer’s Landing. You’ll set out to survive, but per a Steam Community post, there’s over 10 hours of PvE narrative gameplay to experience when early access launches. That means story quests, survivors to recruit, different biomes to discover and various secrets.

Up to four players can team together in PvE, but there are also PvEvP Expeditions where you’ll face other players. These have an extraction focus, where you need to gather loot and escape. If other players wipe out your team, it’s all lost. Regardless of the mode, the base-building affords a good amount of customization to keep you busy.

Of course, since this is early access, People Can Fly warns that there will be placeholders for some “final art and polish.” These will be updated as early access progresses, and the team will share all planned content drops in a public roadmap closer to launch.

Though they eventually set out to see what’s wrong, the trailer is cut short by a monster jump-scaring the camera. Something supernatural is going on, and alongside PvEvP gameplay, players can also engage in some regular PvP. Nothing says island survival like some Lord of the Flies-style skirmishes.

Lost Rift is coming to PC via Steam Early Access, so stay tuned for more details and gameplay in the coming months (alongside a launch date). People Can Fly is also working on Gears of War: E-Day (rumored to launch in 2026) and recently entered an agreement with Sony to develop Project Delta based on the latter’s existing IP.