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Islands of the Caliph

Schmidt Workshops · 2023-09-29

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
89%
positive of 283 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 54% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 283 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99-30%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99-30%

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 36 of 61 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$6.492023-09-302026-08-302023-09-30 — best price $8.492023-11-21 — best price $7.992024-02-01 — best price $7.992024-02-22 — best price $9.992024-04-04 — best price $9.992024-04-26 — best price $9.992024-06-13 — best price $9.992024-07-22 — best price $7.992024-08-26 — best price $7.492024-09-19 — best price $7.492024-10-17 — best price $7.992024-11-12 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-01-20 — best price $9.992025-03-03 — best price $9.992025-03-19 — best price $7.492025-04-03 — best price $6.992025-05-01 — best price $7.492025-05-20 — best price $6.992025-06-18 — best price $7.492025-07-18 — best price $9.992025-08-13 — best price $6.992025-09-11 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-20 — best price $7.492025-11-05 — best price $9.992025-12-01 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-01-26 — best price $9.992026-03-05 — best price $7.492026-04-03 — best price $9.992026-04-29 — best price $9.992026-05-20 — best price $7.492026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-07-13 — best price $6.992026-08-01 — best price $6.992026-08-25 — best price $6.992026-08-30 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

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.

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