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Beasts of Maravilla Island

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

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Beasts of Maravilla Island is a $9.99 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2021, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 516 reviews).

1
playing now
87%
positive of 516 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3.77★
PlayStation Store rating (60 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 200% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

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

Current store prices

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 89 of 134 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620212026Week of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51Jun 2021May 2023Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8

▲ +1 avg players vs prior month — May 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992021-06-122026-10-102021-06-12 — 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 $7.892026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 0 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1 pageviews2026-07-08 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-09 — 4 pageviews2026-08-13 — 2 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2 pageviews2026-08-25 — 0 pageviews2026-08-29 — 2 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1 pageviews2026-09-06 — 2 pageviews2026-09-10 — 5 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 4 pageviews2026-09-30 — 1 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1 pageviews2026-10-11 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
95%
earned "Aspiring Wildlife Photographer"
31.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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