A video game inspired by the Bermuda Triangle is enjoying some success since its digital release.

Dead in Bermuda, which is not set in Bermuda, tasks players with managing the needs of eight air-crash survivors trapped on a dangerous and mysterious island similar to that seen on the television programme, Lost.

Game designer Matthieu Richez said: “The game takes places on a fictional island which would be located somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle. I used various myths about the Bermuda Triangle in the game to build the story.

“The obvious one is the legend that many aircraft were lost in the Triangle, it’s the start of the story, the plane of the main characters crash on this island without reason. We also used the look of a Douglas DC-3 for the plane, which is one of the first aircraft to have been supposedly lost to the Triangle.”

He also noted an “easter egg” — a hidden detail within the game — references the cargo ship Genesis, which was lost in 1999.

“I also used some healing water and fountain of youth myths in the game, inspired by Bimini Islands,” he said. “With Bimini Road linked to Atlantis, it felt right.”

“I may use other myths from the Triangle in Dead In Bermuda 2 when we we’ll have the opportunity to do it, like UFO’s coming from blue holes, magnetic forces and secret military bases.”

The game, by independent game developer CCCP, has garnered mostly positive reviews since its release last year on the AppStore and Steam digital store.

While the game does not feature Bermuda as we know it, instead finding inspiration from the myth of the Bermuda Triangle, other games have highlighted the Island in the past.

The Top Spin series of tennis games have twice featured Bermuda as a venue, while the Bermuda national football team appeared in the 2014 FIFA World Cup game.

Bermuda was also once highlighted as a potential prize for gamers. In 1982, in an effort to promote the video game Atlantis, developer Imagic promised those who earned the highest scores a trip to Bermuda, where they would compete to win a $10,000 chest of gold.

Neither the gold nor the trip to the Island ever materialised, but ten finalists did receive a copy of Atlantis II, which, due to its extreme scarcity, can now fetch up to $18,000 at auction.