The Last Caretaker Early Access Preview — Slowly Absorbing

When I first saw The Last Caretaker, I was honestly a little unsure what to make of it. Based on some trailers, I assumed it was a game about mechanical optimization—something in the vein of Factorio—but then it shifted to a strange survival-horror tone that felt closer to The Forest. With my curiosity piqued, I had to dive in.

I didn’t expect to be grabbed as hard as I was by The Last Caretaker. It’s a game that has such a grand sense of scale, and yet it’s so quiet and thoughtfully delivered that it almost fades into white noise, and before you know it, you’ve been playing it for hours. There’s a lot to like about The Last Caretaker, and a few kinks that need to be ironed out—good thing it’s still in Early Access.

The Last Caretaker tells a fairly simple story. Players take on the role of a robotic helper who awakens aboard a derelict rig in the middle of a vast ocean. With no apparent signs of life nearby, the player is tasked with repairing a docked... Read more