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Ancient Islands

Avernus Software, Art Games Studio S.A. · Art Games Studio S.A. · 2022-10-26

Steam

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tower-defense mixed with economy elements. It features complex skill trees, resource trading, building your own village, and setting individual tactics for each tower. Can you defend what you've built from hordes of enemies? Visit Ancient Islands and test your tactical sense!

Ancient Islands is an Action and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (91% of 32 reviews).

1
playing now
91%
positive of 32 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2024-05-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820222026Week of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$1.792022-10-262026-07-272022-10-26 — best price $8.092023-01-05 — best price $8.992023-01-23 — best price $6.742023-03-06 — best price $5.842023-03-23 — best price $8.992023-05-29 — best price $4.942023-07-13 — best price $8.992023-10-30 — best price $4.042023-11-28 — best price $8.992023-12-21 — best price $3.142024-01-29 — best price $8.992024-03-14 — best price $2.242024-04-22 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $1.792024-08-05 — best price $8.992024-11-04 — best price $1.792024-12-04 — best price $8.992025-01-20 — best price $1.792025-02-22 — best price $8.992025-04-07 — best price $1.792025-05-26 — best price $8.992025-07-14 — best price $1.792025-09-08 — best price $8.992025-11-03 — best price $1.792026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-03-09 — best price $1.792026-03-26 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $1.792026-07-27 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
54.3%
earned "Billionaire (I)"
25.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Polish

Player tags

2DIndieClickerBuildingColorfulStrategyTacticalDifficultIsometricManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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