The Game Census
ISLANDS: Non-Places cover art

ISLANDS: Non-Places

Carl Burton · Carlburton Llc · 2016-11-17

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 17, 2016 (Linux), Nov 17, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 17, 2016 (iOS), Nov 17, 2016 (Mac)

The familiar becomes magical in this critically acclaimed interactive artscape. Explore ten scenes inspired by the everyday and let your expectations of reality be transformed. Carl Burton's other work has been featured in the New York Times, Serial, Colossal, and Medium.

ISLANDS: Non-Places is a Casual and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 372 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 372 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Islands: Non-Places is a 2016 abstract art game developed and published independently by artist and animator Carl Burton, best known for the animated GIF illustrations he created for season two of the Serial podcast. The game was released on November 17, 2016, on iOS, Windows, Mac, and Linux, and consists of a series of anonymous, liminal environments – the eponymous "non-places". These scenes appear mundane at first, but become increasingly surreal as the player interacts with the objects within.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 63% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (37 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 29,131 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.3k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 372 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2017-05-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220162026Week of 2016-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992016-11-172026-08-172016-11-17 — best price $3.992017-01-12 — best price $2.992017-02-28 — best price $3.992017-05-15 — best price $4.992017-09-28 — best price $0.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992017-12-27 — best price $4.992018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-05-10 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992019-01-04 — best price $4.992019-05-10 — best price $1.992019-09-12 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-03-16 — best price $0.992020-05-21 — best price $4.992020-08-28 — best price $0.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-04-30 — best price $3.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $3.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992025-08-04 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-10-27 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-01-19 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-04-13 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $2.992026-08-17 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1402026-05-29 — 4 pageviews2026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 2 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 6 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 0 pageviews2026-07-20 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 2 pageviews2026-08-09 — 2 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-29 — 6 pageviews2026-09-02 — 6 pageviews2026-09-06 — 3 pageviews2026-09-10 — 6 pageviews2026-09-14 — 6 pageviews2026-09-18 — 3 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1 pageviews2026-09-26 — 1 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 3 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieCasualSurrealAbstractRelaxingAtmosphericExperimental

Census log

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

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