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ISLANDERS: New Shores cover art

ISLANDERS: New Shores

The Station · Coatsink · 2025-07-10

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 10, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 10, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jul 10, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 10, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 10, 2025 (Mac)

Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

96%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
4.63★
PlayStation Store rating (116 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)
Islanders: New Shores is a casual city-building game developed by Swedish studio The Station and published by Coatsink. It was released on 10 July 2025 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S and on Steam for Windows and MacOS. Acting as a sequel to Islanders, players must utilize buildings to place on an island to succeed. It features a high score mode and sandbox mode. It received generally positive critic reviews.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (243 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 11,664 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,287 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-01-05) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 26 of 47 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23523520252026Week of 2025-07-10: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$4.502025-07-102026-08-212025-07-10 — best price $8.992025-08-26 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992025-10-19 — best price $7.492025-12-02 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $6.492026-01-12 — best price $9.992026-03-06 — best price $7.192026-03-12 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $6.492026-03-30 — best price $9.992026-04-22 — best price $9.992026-04-27 — best price $4.502026-05-11 — best price $6.492026-05-14 — best price $4.502026-05-18 — best price $7.192026-05-23 — best price $9.992026-06-01 — best price $7.192026-06-07 — best price $9.992026-06-13 — best price $7.192026-06-23 — best price $9.492026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-22 — best price $9.992026-07-31 — best price $6.492026-08-17 — best price $4.502026-08-21 — best price $7.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2402026-06-08 — 3 pageviews2026-06-11 — 2 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-20 — 0 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-26 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 2 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-22 — 24 pageviews2026-08-25 — 2 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1 pageviews2026-08-31 — 5 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-05 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.2%
earned "Nice Spot"
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-07-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1961%62
PS5 (PlayStation)1861%63
Xbox Series (Xbox)751%62
Switch (Nintendo)220%0

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

Census log

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

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