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Isle of Arrows cover art

Isle of Arrows

Gridpop · 2022-09-08

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 27, 2022 (Android), Nov 03, 2022 (iOS), Sep 08, 2022 (Mac), Sep 08, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Isle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, and build your own paths. Can you find the perfect spot for each tile to beat the RNG and defend against waves of invaders?

Isle of Arrows is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2022 priced at $12.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 1105 reviews).

24
playing now
79%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (257 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,105 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.79 at Steam (2026-03-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20020020222026Week of 2022-09-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3992026-09-15 14:00 — 27 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 31 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 21 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 21 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 27 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 21 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 18 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 34 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
25420Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 254 · peak 581Nov 2022 — avg 114 · peak 389Jan 2023 — avg 74 · peak 161Mar 2023 — avg 55 · peak 100May 2023 — avg 36 · peak 63Jul 2023 — avg 50 · peak 104Sep 2023 — avg 44 · peak 88Nov 2023 — avg 40 · peak 78Jan 2024 — avg 42 · peak 79Mar 2024 — avg 32 · peak 60May 2024 — avg 31 · peak 61Jul 2024 — avg 33 · peak 68Sep 2024 — avg 49 · peak 107Nov 2024 — avg 33 · peak 63Jan 2025 — avg 37 · peak 75Mar 2025 — avg 31 · peak 60May 2025 — avg 29 · peak 54Jul 2025 — avg 24 · peak 47Sep 2025 — avg 24 · peak 43Nov 2025 — avg 24 · peak 44Jan 2026 — avg 25 · peak 47Mar 2026 — avg 23 · peak 48May 2026 — avg 20 · peak 38Jul 2026 — avg 23 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$7.792022-09-082026-07-092022-09-08 — best price $11.692022-11-22 — best price $10.392022-12-03 — best price $11.692022-12-23 — best price $10.392023-02-02 — best price $10.392023-03-16 — best price $10.392023-06-29 — best price $10.392023-07-14 — best price $10.392023-08-28 — best price $9.742023-10-19 — best price $10.392023-11-21 — best price $10.392023-12-21 — best price $9.742024-01-29 — best price $9.742024-03-14 — best price $9.742024-05-13 — best price $9.742024-06-27 — best price $9.742024-07-29 — best price $9.742024-11-27 — best price $9.742024-12-19 — best price $9.742025-02-17 — best price $9.092025-03-13 — best price $9.742025-06-26 — best price $9.092025-09-29 — best price $9.092025-12-18 — best price $9.092026-03-09 — best price $7.792026-03-19 — best price $9.092026-06-25 — best price $7.792026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
16%
earned "Spearhead"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)43114%9

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

Player tags

CasualPuzzleBuildingColorfulMedievalStrategyTop-DownBoard GameMinimalistRogue-like

Census log

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

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