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Beasts of Maravilla Island cover art

Beasts of Maravilla Island

Banana Bird Studios, LLC · Whitethorn Games · 2021-06-12

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 12, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 12, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jul 09, 2021 (Xbox One), Jun 12, 2021 (Mac), Jun 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 03, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

Beasts of Maravilla Island is a 3D adventure game where you take on the role of a young wildlife photographer who traverses Maravilla Island's magical ecosystems to discover extraordinary creatures, learn their behaviors, and, most importantly, photograph their majesty.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 516 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Beasts of Maravilla Island is a photography video game developed by Banana Bird Studios and published by Whitethorn Digital. It was released for Windows, macOS, and Nintendo Switch in June 2021, for Xbox One in July 2021, and for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in November 2022. The player takes the role of Maria Montez, a young wildlife photographer who travels to a magical island in order to document its creatures, in an effort to make people believe in magic and restore the island's power.

Health check

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  • · Top 40% of 11,314 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 516 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-04-21) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 98 of 142 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992021-06-122026-08-292021-06-12 — best price $8.992021-10-22 — best price $9.992021-12-12 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-05-09 — best price $5.992022-07-12 — best price $4.802022-08-23 — best price $4.232022-10-01 — best price $9.992022-12-08 — best price $5.992023-01-17 — best price $8.832023-03-27 — best price $4.562023-05-08 — best price $5.432023-06-23 — best price $4.992023-07-24 — best price $5.442023-08-31 — best price $8.052023-11-21 — best price $5.492024-01-12 — best price $4.992024-02-24 — best price $9.992024-04-12 — best price $4.792024-05-27 — best price $9.992024-07-01 — best price $4.792024-08-05 — best price $4.492024-09-24 — best price $7.862024-11-14 — best price $4.492025-01-06 — best price $3.162025-03-03 — best price $3.792025-04-29 — best price $9.992025-07-01 — best price $3.192025-08-14 — best price $9.992025-09-30 — best price $9.992025-11-17 — best price $6.472025-12-22 — best price $6.472026-01-24 — best price $9.992026-02-24 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-01 — best price $9.992026-06-02 — best price $2.492026-07-29 — best price $7.892026-08-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)4,95428%31
Steam (Steam)1,07829%31
PS5 (PlayStation)14261%31
PS4 (PlayStation)5973%31
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DCuteCasualPuzzleDragonsFantasyColorfulRelaxingStylizedExploration

Census log

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

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