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The Island

Ibis Games · 2021-08-10

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Island - "Island") - a computer game with an open world and a first-person view in the genre of survival.

46%
positive of 105 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

In this game, you need to survive after a shipwreck. Create items and collect resources. Build a small shelter, a large house on the beach or in the woods. Kill dangerous animals. Get food and build a fire. Do everything to survive.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 21,483 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 105 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2025-01-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520202026Week of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.592020-08-312026-09-072020-08-31 — best price $8.992020-12-04 — best price $6.742020-12-22 — best price $4.492021-02-01 — best price $4.992021-03-19 — best price $4.242021-05-31 — best price $4.992021-07-19 — best price $3.742021-08-17 — best price $4.992021-10-20 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-02-28 — best price $1.792022-08-01 — best price $1.292022-09-12 — best price $1.992022-11-14 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-02-20 — best price $1.692023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-05-15 — best price $1.492023-07-24 — best price $1.992023-11-21 — best price $1.292024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $1.592024-06-03 — best price $1.992024-08-31 — best price $1.592024-10-28 — best price $1.992024-12-20 — best price $0.792025-01-20 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-04-14 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $1.192025-07-28 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-10-20 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-05-25 — best price $1.392026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-08-31 — best price $1.392026-09-07 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

6DOFActionHuntingBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.