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Content notice: Depicts tobacco use, has discussions of alcohol use, and mentions usage of other drugs. Some characters use homophobic, racist, and/or ableist language against other characters, as they are bigoted within the setting. This is depicted negatively. Death is a significant theme. Characters utilize sexual innuendo within dialogue.
Very Positive — 100% positive (55 reviews) · 28 achievements
Last updated 8 Oct 2026
A narrative delivery simulator following the Postman, a Postal Worker new to a small fishing village off the coast of a volcano. They begin to experience space-warping aberrations as the village withers.
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Indie, RPG · 2025 · More £5 - £15 games
Navigate the withering village of Island Off Outer Darkness, where every letter delivered may alter reality. Join the Postman on a mysterious journey in this unique indie RPG from Zugerujk.
About this game
Island Off Outer Darkness follows the narrative of the Postman, a resident Postal Worker new to a small fishing village in Antarctic waters off the coast of a volcano (the titular Outer Darkness). They start new to the job, and must deliver packages to residents day-by-day, week-by-week. As they learn more about the island and its townsfolk, aberrations in space begin to appear. More broadly, Island Off Outer Darkness is an exploration of the grief of community collapse and personal withering. Featuring a 31-track OST by CalamityRhapsody and visual artistic work by several people, Island Off Outer Darkness is the story of this town, and these people.
Features:
Live out the life of a kind of antisocial government employee in an alien place.
Act out thrilling strand-type delivery simulator gameplay.
Chat with townsfolk in a menuing and dialogue system inspired by classic RPGs.
Go green with the gardening and hybridizing of over 15 otherworldly crops.
Chum fast by fishing in the ocean, with over 60 reelable fish, plants, and rocks.
Keep your ears peeled for a 31-track OST composed by the artist CalamityRhapsody.
Experience an unfolding story full of intrigue... and mystery.
Discover the world of Kolob, via its effects on the isolated fishing village.
Meet the townsfolk:
Pluripotent Fester, a former freedom fighter and political writer for the liberation of Argyre for Pluripotentkind. Depressive, and in exile.
Brucehilda, a grandaunt, plumber, and resident of the island for over 60 years. And a doppelgänger, of her "twin sister".
The Postman, a gender-nonspecific mid-twenties youth from the mainland, new to their Postmanly job on the island.
Leonargo, a scholarly sea people from the depths, fished up and localized a few years before Island Off Outer Darkness takes place.
Aleks, an awkward farmer on the desolate rock and lover of his devoted partner Bucephalus.
Bucephalus, Aleks' partner-turned-horse who has a love for botany and the culinary arts.
And many more!
At absolutely no point in development was generative AI used, and Island Off Outer Darkness is 100% human-made.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated Radeon Graphics
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: High Definition Audio Controller
- Additional Notes: Zug's laptop, a Dell Inspiron 14. The game can run on worse setups than this.
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8600L CPU @ 3.60GHz, 3600 MHz, 6 Cores, 6 Logical Processors
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: NVIDIA High Definition Audio
- Additional Notes: Zug's setup, which the entire game was developed and tested on.
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
v2.2.1 Now Live
Just backporting some menu controller support I implemented in IOODancing for its eventual Collections menu update. And some other minor QoL stuff. And also doing 6.6.'s "I'm lost and dunno what to do" better.Changes:Fixed neighbor issues on settings menuFixed neighbor issues on Extras menuBackported Gallery controller support from IOODancing.Backported Sound Test controller support from IOODancing.Added a "showall" toggle to settings to disable all gameplay locks on Gallery and Compendium content.Added a note to display settings on how to enable experimental 1440p support.Clarified some dialogue with A.G.C.'s "where is", added some stuff hinting about Ukulen's hidden dialogue on 6.6..Removed arrow from 6.6..Fixed the weathervane being misaligned by -0.099/0.005 units.Read full article on Community Announcements (Zugerujk)AnnouncementsOfficial
Island Off Outer Dancing OST Now Available
The original soundtrack for the sequel to Island Off Outer Darkness is now available on Bandcamp! Get it here!Read full article on Community Announcements (Zugerujk)AnnouncementsOfficial
v2.2.0 Now Live
I randomly had a font of energy this morning and my wrist isn't hurting anymore so I banged out a small update I've had planned awhile to pair with IOODancing's recent release. If you haven't seen yet, IOOD's sequel is out, go download it, it's free.Patch notes:Redesigned the layout of 12.6.'s aberration.Slightly changed Marnia's dialogue to accommodate these changes.Swapped positions of Bald Eagle and Crow on 13.6..Slightly changed Marnia's dialogue to accommodate this change, as well as added a little to flesh out the difference.Added short snippets of new dialogue very sparsely to fill out some previously-lacking dialogue trees.Added one spotlight on Rekkieg to 8.6. and 12.6. to better guide players out into the seabed.Added an arrow of yellow paint to 6.6..Added some topic links in Bucephalus, Aleks, and Clavichord's dialogues that they previously lacked.Added Leonargo's description of Alligator Icefish within Island Off Outer Dancing to its Compendium entry (tagged as from IOODancing).Added Presentable Liberty and Zombie Strippers! to the Art that Inspired Island Off Outer Darkness section.Normalized spelling of "Collasan".Restored the code that specified which audio bus circumstantially-played sound effects would play on.As such, many sound effects previously under the "SFX Menu" umbrella are now the correct sound type.Changed the strand sound on 8.6. and 12.6. to match the strand sound at the end of the game.Changed the stranding sound type to "SFX Noises".Changed Clavichord's locational reference with A.G.CFixed incorrectly-set-up ☇ responses in Bucephalus' 5.4. firsttalk.Fixed Bevans crashing the game on 2.1. if talked to a second time.Fixed misspelling of Aulerie Grande-Ceil in 1.5.'s encube entry.Fixed ENDLESS... being 0.4 units off-centerI wanna end this with a note: some environments have different appearances within Island Off Outer Dancing, most notably the abyss day (which is bluer and has purple undertones instead of pure black shadows). I have no p...Read full article on Community Announcements (Zugerujk)AnnouncementsOfficial
Island Off Outer Dancing Out Now!
What it says on the tin! Download it here, for FREE!Read full article on Community Announcements (Zugerujk)AnnouncementsOfficial
Island Off Outer Dancing releasing August 28th!
You won't have to wait much longer, 'cause Island Off Outer Dancing is releasing next Friday for free! Wishlist it and pick it up when it launches. If you haven't bought Island Off Outer Darkness yet, it's on sale for 30% off 'till the end of the month, giving you plenty of time to finish it in time for Island Off Outer Dancing.Best wishes, y'all, and thanks for all the support!Read full article on Community Announcements (Zugerujk)
