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ISLANDERS cover art

ISLANDERS

Coatsink · 2019-04-04

SteamGOG

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 04, 2019 (Linux), Apr 04, 2019 (Mac), Apr 04, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

41
playing now
94%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (42 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

41 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Islanders is a casual city-building game developed and published by German indie game studio Grizzly Games. It was initially released on Steam for Microsoft Windows on 4 April 2019, and support for macOS and Linux was added in June that year. A version for consoles was released for Nintendo Switch on 11 August 2021 and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 26 August 2021. This version was published by Coatsink, which announced it had acquired the franchise from Grizzly Games in May 2022. A version for the Meta Quest line of virtual reality headsets was released on 28 September 2023. A sequel, Islanders: New Shores, was released in July 2025.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 269 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~34/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,515 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 420k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,782 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.06 at GamersGate (2025-03-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 69 of 102 observed days · $0.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20192026Week of 2019-04-01: 1,439 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,078 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,184 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

44112026-08-06 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 33 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 38 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 33 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 26 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 30 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 26 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 23 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 28 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.212019-04-042026-08-302019-04-04 — best price $4.492019-11-26 — best price $3.492020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-10-28 — best price $2.492022-11-22 — best price $3.742023-05-05 — best price $3.742023-08-14 — best price $3.202023-09-26 — best price $4.222023-11-25 — best price $4.222023-12-30 — best price $4.222024-02-06 — best price $4.992024-03-08 — best price $4.992024-04-01 — best price $4.992024-05-14 — best price $3.892024-06-04 — best price $1.742024-07-15 — best price $3.892024-08-16 — best price $3.822024-09-14 — best price $3.822024-10-20 — best price $3.822024-12-19 — best price $1.242025-01-26 — best price $3.892025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-12 — best price $4.552025-06-05 — best price $2.492025-07-24 — best price $1.992025-09-10 — best price $3.892025-10-07 — best price $1.992025-11-27 — best price $2.452025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-02-28 — best price $1.992026-04-03 — best price $4.992026-05-07 — best price $3.892026-05-23 — best price $4.992026-06-20 — best price $4.942026-08-01 — best price $4.942026-08-30 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5152026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-01 — 23 pageviews2026-06-04 — 30 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-13 — 19 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-19 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 16 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 51 pageviews2026-07-01 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 24 pageviews2026-07-07 — 28 pageviews2026-07-10 — 16 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-19 — 24 pageviews2026-07-22 — 23 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 19 pageviews2026-08-12 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 20 pageviews2026-08-18 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-24 — 20 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
93.9%
earned "Newcomer"
27.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)24,3461%38
PS4 (PlayStation)1,22946%27
Xbox One (Xbox)77213%26
PS4 (PlayStation)50141%27
Switch (Nintendo)1860%0

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

Player tags

IndiePuzzleBuildingColorfulRelaxingStrategyAddictiveBeautifulColony SimMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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