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Islets

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

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Islets is an Action and Adventure game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 2487 reviews).

17
playing now
95%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (391 ratings)
8h
to beat · completionist 8.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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
  • · 17 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 10% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–112k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,487 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
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 51 of 94 observed days · $12.00 above the 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

5782026-09-15 00:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 28 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 16 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 20 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 21 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 25 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 37 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 57 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 29 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 37 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 28 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
663Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 66 · peak 132Oct 2022 — avg 8 · peak 33Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 27Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Aug 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 26Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 41Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Jun 2024 — avg 15 · peak 58Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 39Oct 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Feb 2025 — avg 16 · peak 56Apr 2025 — avg 27 · peak 75Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 35Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 41Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 51Apr 2026 — avg 14 · peak 41Jun 2026 — avg 17 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 36
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002022-08-242026-10-142022-08-24 — best price $19.992022-12-23 — best price $15.992023-02-13 — best price $15.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-24 — best price $13.992023-06-11 — best price $13.992023-08-02 — best price $13.992023-09-12 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-06 — best price $19.992024-03-20 — best price $11.992024-05-24 — best price $9.992024-08-15 — best price $9.992024-09-19 — best price $9.992024-11-16 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $9.992025-02-02 — best price $9.992025-03-17 — best price $19.992025-04-18 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-26 — best price $8.992025-10-07 — best price $8.992025-11-10 — best price $8.992026-01-01 — best price $19.992026-01-29 — best price $8.992026-03-05 — best price $19.992026-04-30 — best price $7.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-07-23 — best price $7.992026-08-28 — best price $7.992026-09-03 — best price $7.992026-09-09 — best price $7.992026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $7.992026-10-03 — best price $7.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

16042026-05-29 — 6 pageviews2026-06-02 — 21 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 9 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 6 pageviews2026-06-26 — 16 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 15 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 16 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 17 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 36 pageviews2026-08-29 — 24 pageviews2026-09-02 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 23 pageviews2026-09-10 — 15 pageviews2026-09-14 — 21 pageviews2026-09-18 — 21 pageviews2026-09-22 — 106 pageviews2026-09-26 — 64 pageviews2026-09-30 — 112 pageviews2026-10-04 — 121 pageviews2026-10-08 — 72 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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