Exploration lifesim with great potential
Early Access out of the way, should you get it now? There is plenty of content already, so you won't be bored until the 10-15 hour mark. There still are plenty of bugs, but none gamebreaking. The game is mostly missing side content, as the main quest is already implemented.
Overall this game is a farming sim with a focus on exploration in the tropical Caribbean-like setting and tourism. You are able to explore different islands and earn money by making the archipelago a tourist spot and selling your wares to tourists. You can build crops, tend to animals and build a farm, but can also automate it later on in order to fully concentrate on exploration.
There is a survival element to it, as you have to manage food, drink and sleep. Apart from that you have other farming sim classics like mines, fishing minigames, a town with townsfolk, and festivals. The main difference is the availability of other islands that you can travel to, explore for riches and free from pirate control via combat.
The artstyle is cutesy and uses lots of warm colours. The music is fitting for the setting, but won't stick in your head.
My only gripes are the astounding size of the maps (getting from your farm to the town on foot will take four or five ingame hours) and the somewhat shallow social system. Conversation with villagers is deeper than just talking to them once a day, as you have multiple answer options and have to pick the right option for friendships to deepen. But with not even 15 villagers the huge main island feels pretty barren, and there's not much you can actually do with them yet. If you want a game focusing on the social sim, try out World's Dawn instead, or maybe wait until this game comes out of early access.
Overall it's a great game if you're looking for a chill farming and islandhopping experience. I haven't been this excited for an early access farming sim since Portia.