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Islands of the Caliph

Schmidt Workshops · 2023-09-29

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 19, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Islands of the Caliph is an old-school inspired action RPG based on Middle Eastern folklore and Islamic spiritual tradition. A KEYBOARD ONLY 1980s style Dungeon Crawler with an open world.

Islands of the Caliph is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2023, priced at $6.49, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 284 reviews).

0
playing now
89%
positive of 284 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (97 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 284 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 66 of 99 observed days · $3.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
868620232026Week of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$6.492023-09-302026-10-142023-09-30 — best price $8.492023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-02-22 — best price $9.992024-04-15 — best price $9.992024-06-13 — best price $9.992024-08-13 — best price $7.992024-09-19 — best price $7.492024-10-28 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-03-03 — best price $9.992025-03-24 — best price $6.992025-05-01 — best price $7.492025-06-05 — best price $6.992025-07-18 — best price $9.992025-08-24 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $9.992025-12-01 — best price $7.492026-01-19 — best price $7.492026-03-05 — best price $7.492026-04-07 — best price $7.492026-05-20 — best price $7.492026-06-25 — best price $6.492026-08-01 — best price $6.992026-08-28 — best price $6.992026-09-03 — best price $6.992026-09-09 — best price $6.992026-09-15 — best price $6.492026-09-21 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $6.492026-10-03 — best price $6.492026-10-09 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
56.8%
earned "Picker"
8.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-01-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2975%15

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

Player tags

3DRPGCRPG1980sFaithRetroActionMythologyOld SchoolOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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