Finnish boutique developer Channel 37 has released a free demo for its ambitious sci-fi survival-crafting game, The Last Caretaker, ahead of its Early Access launch on November 6th, 2025. Players can download the demo now and experience the game as part of Steam Next Fest (October 13th – 20th).
In The Last Caretaker, players assume the role of the reawakened machine, Jack, who is tasked with nurturing the final human seeds in a drowned world and sending them to the stars to start humanity anew. This emotional core elevates the game beyond traditional survival mechanics, presenting a central question of what it truly means to be human.
The game offers a thoughtful take on the genre, featuring a dynamic resource management system where survival choices matter. Players must constantly weigh whether to use materials to craft weapons for defense or save them for an easy exit from fierce mechanical foes.
The world itself is an immersive, living environment: a vast ocean scattered with silent docks, rusting towers, and forgotten vaults. Every ruin and structure tells a story of the choices and consequences that led to humanity’s demise. Players will spend their time salvaging this world, dismantling abandoned structures to feed a deep, modular crafting system used to create everything from power grids to tools.
Ultimately, every successful launch of a human seed matters, giving players a meaningful purpose for every scrap of material and every choice made. Be sure to play the demo and add The Last Caretaker to your Steam wishlist before its Early Access launch.
