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Sinking Island

White Birds Productions · Microids · 2014-12-05

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Aug 25, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Walter Jones, a billionaire had planned on opening up a resort for the rich and famous, but was killed before his dream could be achieved. It's up to Detective Jack Norm to crack the case by interviewing the people on Sinking Island to get valuable clues. A game from Benoit Sokal.

Sinking Island is a $7.99 Adventure game released in 2014, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed (69% of 283 reviews) sentiment.

2
playing now
69%
positive of 283 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
54/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Sinking Island is a third-person perspective adventure game that uses point and click game mechanics. It was released in France on October 4, 2007, and in the United States on August 12, 2008. It was developed by White Birds Productions, a company founded and led by Benoît Sokal.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.1k–17k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$1.59-80%
GamersGate$1.60-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.35 at GameBillet (2021-07-02) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 106 of 159 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152026Week of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.81$0.632015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.192015-09-02 — best price $9.952016-05-02 — best price $1.992017-03-13 — best price $1.592018-02-15 — best price $2.952018-12-12 — best price $7.992019-06-26 — best price $1.992020-01-10 — best price $6.352020-05-22 — best price $7.192020-08-03 — best price $0.672020-10-04 — best price $7.992020-12-07 — best price $0.672021-03-09 — best price $0.672021-05-11 — best price $5.872021-07-21 — best price $5.872021-09-14 — best price $7.192021-11-16 — best price $7.992022-02-05 — best price $5.872022-04-06 — best price $0.792022-06-06 — best price $7.192022-10-27 — best price $0.792023-02-10 — best price $7.182023-06-29 — best price $0.792023-10-30 — best price $1.592024-01-29 — best price $7.992024-04-17 — best price $1.192024-08-01 — best price $7.992024-10-10 — best price $1.062025-01-11 — best price $7.992025-04-15 — best price $1.592025-07-11 — best price $7.992025-10-08 — best price $7.992026-01-03 — best price $7.992026-03-20 — best price $7.912026-06-13 — best price $6.872026-09-03 — best price $1.592026-10-03 — best price $1.592026-10-14 — best price $1.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2452026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 9 pageviews2026-06-08 — 13 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 13 pageviews2026-06-28 — 13 pageviews2026-07-02 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 17 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 5 pageviews2026-08-19 — 17 pageviews2026-08-23 — 17 pageviews2026-08-27 — 24 pageviews2026-08-31 — 10 pageviews2026-09-04 — 11 pageviews2026-09-08 — 12 pageviews2026-09-12 — 10 pageviews2026-09-16 — 11 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 14 pageviews2026-10-02 — 16 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Russian

Player tags

PuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveAtmosphericPoint & Click

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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