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Islets cover art

Islets

Kyle Thompson · Armor Games Studios · 2022-08-24

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 23, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Sep 23, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Aug 24, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 24, 2022 (Xbox One), Aug 24, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 24, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.

15
playing now
95%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
8h
to beat · completionist 8.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Islets is a 2022 video game developed by Kyle Thompson and published by Armor Games Studios for Windows, Nintendo Switch and Xbox. Upon release, the game received generally positive reviews.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 352 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity up 65% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–111k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,460 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-60%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2026-01-09) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 31 of 56 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13513520222026Week of 2022-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-08-11 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002022-08-242026-08-302022-08-24 — best price $19.992022-12-12 — best price $15.992023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-03-06 — best price $19.992023-04-10 — best price $15.992023-05-26 — best price $15.992023-06-11 — best price $13.992023-07-26 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $15.992023-11-13 — best price $11.992023-12-13 — best price $11.992024-01-05 — best price $19.992024-02-06 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-04-17 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-09-27 — best price $19.992024-11-16 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-23 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-20 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $8.992025-10-23 — best price $19.992025-11-25 — best price $8.992026-01-03 — best price $19.992026-01-29 — best price $8.992026-03-02 — best price $19.992026-04-17 — best price $7.992026-05-13 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-08-01 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3642026-05-29 — 6 pageviews2026-06-01 — 22 pageviews2026-06-04 — 19 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 14 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 30 pageviews2026-08-26 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
87.9%
earned "A Little Stronger"
54.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,75022%44
Xbox One (Xbox)26024%44
PS5 (PlayStation)17043%45
Switch (Nintendo)670%0
PS4 (PlayStation)2245%45
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteActionNatureFantasyColorfulAdventureOpen WorldPlatformerStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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