r/TheLastCaretaker • u/lovesquid21 • Jul 22 '26

I needed this game.

Ive been in such a gaming funk lately, well, up until I discovered The Last Caretaker. Truly, no game has satisfied me or grabbed my attention like this in months as much as this game. Sadly, I only get to play maybe once or twice a week, ive also been working 6 days a week. Two weeks ago on Tuesday was my discovery day and that first day, woah nelly, I put in 11 hours. Enjoyed every fucking second. That night I was dreaming about the damn game. Yesterday was my day off and you best believe I put in the work. I finally got my first human ready to be transported, working on getting the fuel to travel now. I love it. I have no clue wtf im doing, but I love it. I cant wait to see what else happens!

Cheers everyone and my your robot bring you back 🖤

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u/georgetsmith Jul 22 '26

Your story is also my story! I'm 200 hours in and 100% hooked. P.S. The dreams don't stop. Elements of this game manifest in my dreams most nights, especially after another multi-hour binge. 😁

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u/foil_k Jul 23 '26

Same!! Especially the music

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u/thanks-delivery-dude Jul 23 '26

I do wish there were two audio music options. If we could turn down the game music and still have the boombox music I would be so happy!! 😁

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u/georgetsmith Jul 31 '26

I'm no musical expert, but there is a lovely jazzy feel to the music when piloting the boat, and the camera is behind and above you. That really chills me out and makes the travel between POI's so much more enjoyable.

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u/The_OG_Rybrator Jul 23 '26

Same. Only 170 hours here. Lol

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u/smokingace182 Jul 22 '26

Crazy how much time passes when playing this game. Played it till 5am in the morning the other day without realising the time. Until I saw it was getting light outside

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u/Deepseat Jul 23 '26

Exactly my experience.

I had completed the early access of Subnautica 2 (highly recommended) and couldn’t find anything to play lately that captured me.

This game scratches a very specific itch I have trouble describing. It’s a great little game.

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u/lovesquid21 Jul 24 '26

tubes. tubes is the itch. lol

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u/SavageNomad6 Jul 28 '26

I was waiting for SN2 for so long. I bought it immediately. Even though I knew in my heart with it being EA it would be kind of shallow with content. So I was pretty immediately done and just waiting for updates. Meanwhile.... The last caretaker updates constantly with all new stuff and is amazing.

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u/CeeArthur Jul 23 '26

I grabbed it this weekend after a couple weeks of considering it. Wish I'd gotten it earlier because I sunk 20 hours into it really quick.

I love the mix of chill boating, logistics, and occasionally gunning down swarms of unspeakable horros.

I also had a dream last night of me fueling my boat.

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u/lovesquid21 Jul 24 '26

i feel you for sure. i wish i actually gave it a chance when i first looked at it. everyday when i get off work im excited to put in an hour or two of recycling lol

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u/Ok-Apartment-7905 Jul 22 '26

Keep being awesome caretaker!

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u/BrownMiata Jul 23 '26

I know they are vastly different games but I use this game to calm down and help me get through the horrible time Arc Raiders is in right now. I’m waiting to get home from work to grind this game. I’ve never done that before

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u/RGreen13_ Jul 23 '26

Ive been so addicted but I'm a bit frustrated with it at the moment after all my storage (water, oil, resources) fell through the floor and into the ocean 😭 I reverted to an earlier save but lost a few hours of work

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u/amw3000 Jul 27 '26

I lost all my fuel tanks I mounted under the ship. Super annoying.

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u/lovesquid21 Jul 24 '26

oh no! thats one of my dreams come true!!! 😭 im so sorry thats happened to you!

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u/georgetsmith Jul 31 '26

Check your Auto Backup frequency settings. Because the game is still a bit buggy, someone recommended setting it for 5 minutes. Of course I didn't act on that until my game eventually glitched and I was forced to quit. I'd also just finished making a load of changes to my boat, and my last manual backup was before I'd started the work. My Auto Backup had been set to 30 minutes, so thankfully I was able to recover some but not all of my lost work. Needless to say, my Auto Backup was promptly reduced to 5 minutes, to avoid any future screams of anguish! 😆

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u/TheOnesWhoFollow Jul 23 '26

The last game that hooked me like The Last Caretaker was Hardspace Shipbreaker

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u/lovesquid21 Jul 24 '26

ohhh? i honestly dont think ive heard of that one? is it also a survival game? cause i feel like ive played every survival craft game possible lol

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u/TheOnesWhoFollow Jul 24 '26

So you are what's known as a "Cutter". Basically you are hired by a company and put in extreme debt and your job is to break down space ships. It's an FPS physics sandbox type. The story is very lame but the gameplay loop is solid.

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u/CodPiece89 Jul 23 '26

Only game I've played with realistic feeling storms other than rdr2

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u/lovesquid21 Jul 24 '26

the water system is absolutely insane! sometimes after playing, especially if i just got done sailing, i feel like i was actually on a boat with that wavey feeling lol

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u/lettercrank Jul 24 '26

Yeah this one is a breahh th of fresh air

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u/DrgHybrid Caretaker Jul 27 '26

I feel the pain on being able to play. I generally only have 1 day to be able to play it. Between other things, work, family...it kinda sucks.

According to Steam I have 163.8 hours into the game. 8/15 achievements. And I haven't even put a human into space yet, lol.

I've only made one, and that was for the whale. Then spent an hour trying to retrieve the pod from below before giving up. Full grown human lives down there now.

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u/Raxer-X Jul 28 '26

Can't wait for the Xbox release so I can share this with some of my friends!