Nostalgia · since 2006

650kmLost at sea

Before Nemo Point Island, there was 650km.com: an online survival game, in French, where nearly 500,000 registered players learned to survive on an island in their swim shorts. Welcome, old-timers.

Get notified when 650km returns Watch the Before / After series

The story

From an online game to a remake

2003Alain Truffier imagines the island’s world, its tone and its characters.
2006650km.com launches, “the adventure game in swim shorts”: an online survival game where knowledge is what keeps you alive.
2008V2: to handle the busiest nights, the game moves from PHP to Java and hosts every player on a single server. A Spanish version, 650km.es, follows.
500,000Nearly 500,000 registered players over the years, mostly in France.
2026Studio Dekronia, in Montréal, is making Nemo Point Island, the remake of 650km, for PC.

Life on the island

Remember?

FishingEquip your rod, click, cross your fingers.
Setting snaresCome back an hour later to see what you caught.
Reading to surviveEvery book you found unlocked new crafts.
Building your campShelter, water collector, tools: one tab, a few icons, hours of play.
Levelling up without XPYou levelled up by completing goals.

The event of the month

The Ruins: the date nobody missed

Once a month, for one or two weeks, the Ruins opened their doors. Every survivor rushed in at the same time, and it was THE date not to miss.

“Prepare well before you go in, and above all… stay on your guard!”650km newsletter, June 2008 (translated)

A dungeon, room after roomDifferent scenarios, exclusive rooms, dead ends… and the “leave the ruins” action to get out in time.
60% energy to get inGetting in cost 60% of your energy. Once inside, you lost no more. Fell into a coma? Back to camp.
Treasures and fangsPlants, items, unseen books, quests, rare armour and weapons… and sometimes a black panther or a bear around the corner.
Every island had its ruinsOmphalos on Inaho, the Karaho labyrinth, the Mokona dungeons, and the archipelago’s last surface dungeon, on Melanah.

The nights the servers shook

Every time they opened, all the players logged in at once. To handle those peaks, 650km left its 2006 PHP server for a Java (Tomcat) V2 able to host every player on a single server. And it held.

In Nemo Point Island, the roguelike Ruins mode is its direct heir.

Original wallpapers

The 650km gallery

The wallpapers players used to put on their desktops, as we found them in the game’s archives.

Artwork by the Omegames art team, the studio behind 650km (2006 to 2009). Did you draw for 650km? Write to us at direction@dekronia.com: we would love to credit you.

Before / After

650km and Nemo Point Island, side by side

Eight videos, one system per episode: we brought the 2009 version of 650km back online and filmed it next to the Nemo Point Island alpha (videos in French).

Out on November 2

Episode 1Fishing
Out on November 4

Episode 2Hunting
Out on November 6

Episode 3Traps
Out on November 8

Episode 4Crafting
Out on November 10

Episode 5The camp
Out on November 12

Episode 6Gathering
Out on November 14

Episode 7Level goals
Out on November 16

Episode 8Moving around

The whole series on YouTube

650km retro

Soon, you can play it again

We are bringing 650km back online, right here, as it was in 2009. Same island, same rules, same pace.

An honest note: we could not recover the data from back then. Everyone starts from scratch, on a new version. Old usernames are not reserved: first come, first served.

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