Camp Paradise: Island Resort Tycoon

Creator Guide

Camp Paradise is a cozy resort-building and management game with cleaning, repairing, decorating and guest management. The demo is designed to give you a clear look at the core gameplay and is available to cover immediately with no embargo.

This campaign provides access to the free public Steam demo, not the full game. Camp Paradise will be taking part in Steam Next Fest in October 2026. Creators who enjoy the demo are welcome to contact me about covering the full release closer to launch.

For videos and streams, the opening transformation works particularly well: players begin with a neglected island and gradually clean it up, repair its facilities and turn it into a working holiday resort.

Your Island. Their Paradise.

You've bought a neglected tropical island. Rubbish litters the beaches, the power is failing, and an old lighthouse watches over a resort that never quite got started. There is somewhere special beneath the mess. You just need to put in the work.

Camp Paradise is a cozy island resort tycoon that combines hands-on first-person work with top-down management. Restore the island yourself, build the facilities your guests need, and gradually turn a forgotten campsite into a holiday destination worth talking about.

Get Your Hands Dirty

At the beginning, there is no maintenance crew coming to save you. Explore the island in first person, collect loose rubbish, haul larger waste away by hand, scrub away grime, restore essential infrastructure and bring the neglected solar panels back online.

The transformation starts at ground level. Every cleared beach and repaired facility brings the island one step closer to welcoming its first guests.

Build a Resort of Your Own

Switch to Overview Mode to shape the island from above. Place campsites, food and drink facilities, toilets, showers, seating, lighting and leisure amenities wherever they make sense. Paint paths through the landscape, decorate empty spaces and build a power network capable of keeping everything running.

Start with the essentials. As your reputation grows, add more comfortable accommodation and unlock headline attractions such as jet skis, hot-air balloon rides and a ferris wheel.

Welcome Guests and Listen to Them

Campers and day visitors arrive by ferry with their own needs, preferences and expectations. Check them in, assign campers a suitable plot and make sure everyone can find food, drinks, toilets, rest and something enjoyable to do. Some guests may even bring their dogs along for the holiday.

Watch their expressions and thought bubbles while they explore, then read the reviews they leave behind. Happy guests improve your reputation and fund the resort's next expansion. Neglected needs, poor facilities and bad planning can send them home early. Their rating will reflect the experience you gave them.

Grow from Caretaker to Manager

As the island expands, doing every job yourself stops being practical. Hire staff to collect rubbish, clean facilities, repair broken amenities and respond when something catches fire.

Use your tablet to manage the resort: monitor finances, adjust prices, track island conditions, review guest feedback and decide where to invest next. The better you understand what is working and what is not, the more confidently you can grow.

Keep the Island Running

A beautiful resort still needs working infrastructure. Restore and expand the island's power supply. Position distributors to cover the amenities that need electricity, and balance demand as the resort grows. Larger attractions create new opportunities, but they also bring greater costs, maintenance and responsibility.

Day turns to night, ferries come and go, guests follow their own routines and the island changes around the decisions you make. There is always another problem to solve, another corner to improve and another reason for guests to return.

Clear the beaches. Restore the power. Welcome your first guests. Build something worth escaping to.