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Spirit Island cover art

Spirit Island

Handelabra Games Inc. · 2020-07-29

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 29, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become the spirits of the land, and defend the island from colonizing Invaders spreading blight and destruction! Your spirits work with the native islanders to increase your power and drive the invading colonists from your island in this strategic area-control game.

87
playing now
92%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

87 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 87 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 219 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~27/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 33k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,671 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$18.71-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 12 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520202026Week of 2020-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

179662026-08-11 22:00 — 133 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 133 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 91 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 139 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 125 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 135 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 179 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 131 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 113 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 167 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 105 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 116 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 149 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 99 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 153 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 133 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 113 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 164 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 167 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 89 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 172 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 149 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 66 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 109 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 124 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 73 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 113 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 126 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 87 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.992020-04-162026-08-212020-04-16 — best price $21.242020-07-09 — best price $24.992020-10-21 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $24.992021-02-11 — best price $19.992021-03-29 — best price $24.992021-10-21 — best price $17.492021-12-01 — best price $24.992022-01-27 — best price $17.492022-03-07 — best price $24.992022-06-23 — best price $17.492022-08-29 — best price $24.992022-11-22 — best price $16.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-08-28 — best price $12.492023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-02-12 — best price $12.492024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-05-22 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-10-06 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-02-10 — best price $12.492025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-06-02 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-09-15 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-01-26 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-11 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-21 — best price $18.71
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
60.7%
earned "Save Your Island"
1.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud9 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1660%54

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

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieNatureFantasyStrategyTabletopCard GameBoard GameDestruction

Census log

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

Recent updates

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