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Isles of Sea and Sky

Cicada Games · 2024-05-22

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.

Isles of Sea and Sky is a 2024 Adventure and Indie game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1651 reviews).

26
playing now
92%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Isles of Sea and Sky is a 2024 puzzle video game. The player explores a series of islands and is presented with block-pushing puzzles in the style of Sokoban. The game is nonlinear and open world: the player can explore the world and approach puzzles in an open-ended order, and puzzles are not necessarily solvable when the player first encounters them, requiring abilities and tools unlocked later. Developed by three-person indie studio Cicada Games and published by Gamera Games, the game was first funded via Kickstarter in 2020 before being released for Windows in May 2024.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 322 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~40/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–74k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,651 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 16 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23423420242026Week of 2024-05-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3862026-09-15 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 18 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 24 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 34 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 25 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 23 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
36811May 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 368 · peak 654Jun 2024 — avg 120 · peak 422Jul 2024 — avg 45 · peak 102Aug 2024 — avg 16 · peak 41Sep 2024 — avg 24 · peak 75Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 45Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 43Dec 2024 — avg 18 · peak 47Jan 2025 — avg 24 · peak 63Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 49Mar 2025 — avg 23 · peak 69Apr 2025 — avg 44 · peak 159May 2025 — avg 29 · peak 116Jun 2025 — avg 39 · peak 137Jul 2025 — avg 30 · peak 303Aug 2025 — avg 105 · peak 286Sep 2025 — avg 20 · peak 58Oct 2025 — avg 21 · peak 51Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 44Dec 2025 — avg 32 · peak 79Jan 2026 — avg 30 · peak 73Feb 2026 — avg 34 · peak 93Mar 2026 — avg 28 · peak 69Apr 2026 — avg 38 · peak 88May 2026 — avg 32 · peak 123Jun 2026 — avg 46 · peak 103Jul 2026 — avg 48 · peak 114Aug 2026 — avg 36 · peak 68
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.992024-05-222026-08-202024-05-22 — best price $17.992024-06-27 — best price $17.992024-07-20 — best price $19.992024-09-30 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-09 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-06-05 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-13 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-10 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-11 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-28 — best price $19.992026-06-04 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-07 — best price $3.992026-08-09 — best price $3.992026-08-11 — best price $3.992026-08-13 — best price $3.992026-08-20 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

16632026-07-04 — 51 pageviews2026-07-07 — 39 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 26 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 7 pageviews2026-08-06 — 21 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-18 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 11 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-30 — 15 pageviews2026-09-02 — 9 pageviews2026-09-05 — 7 pageviews2026-09-08 — 8 pageviews2026-09-11 — 5 pageviews2026-09-14 — 14 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 18 pageviews2026-09-23 — 10 pageviews2026-09-26 — 18 pageviews2026-09-29 — 5 pageviews2026-10-02 — 39 pageviews2026-10-05 — 47 pageviews2026-10-08 — 122 pageviews2026-10-09 — 76 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
93.6%
earned "Turtle Rider"
47.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Polish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-05-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8127%21

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

Player tags

RetroPuzzleSokobanAdventureMythologyNonlinearOld SchoolOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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