The Game Census
The Isle cover art

The Isle

Afterthought LLC · 2015-12-01

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Dec 01, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.

17,484
playing now
80%
positive of 120k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,337
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

17,484 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

The Isle trailer thumbnail

The Isle official trailer (early access)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 17,484 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16,280 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,035/week).
  • · Review velocity up 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 3.0M–7.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 119,500 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2017-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.1k2.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,290 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,485 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,487 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 950 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 909 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 935 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 978 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,036 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 382 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 899 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 640 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,011 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,129 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,718 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,973 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 353 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,469 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,145 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,180 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 864 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 776 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,038 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,147 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 749 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 800 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 731 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 904 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,259 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 981 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 724 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 946 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,146 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,251 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 276 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,638 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 410 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,003 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 867 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,045 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,210 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 358 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 956 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 346 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 998 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 678 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 632 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 730 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 888 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 871 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 295 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 828 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 847 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,058 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 341 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,254 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,345 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,839 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 918 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 958 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,156 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 376 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 913 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 709 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,093 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 434 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,503 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 539 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 971 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,415 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 500 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,870 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 606 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,884 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 565 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,458 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 548 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,056 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 557 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,706 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 487 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

24k9.1k2026-08-06 22:00 — 14,963 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 9,587 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 15,490 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 15,885 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 11,244 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 16,937 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 16,939 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 12,216 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 18,408 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 16,562 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 9,831 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 15,725 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 14,547 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 9,064 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 15,380 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 14,525 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 10,475 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 18,528 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 18,297 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 12,594 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 17,437 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 19,721 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 16,037 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 20,115 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 22,995 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 15,298 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 17,036 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 23,194 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 17,484 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992015-12-022026-07-092015-12-02 — best price $16.992016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-06-23 — best price $13.392016-08-02 — best price $19.992017-06-22 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $19.992018-06-22 — best price $13.392019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $13.392019-07-30 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $13.392020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $13.392020-12-22 — best price $13.392021-05-03 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $16.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $13.392023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-10-26 — best price $13.392023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-26 — best price $13.392024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $13.392024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $13.392025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $13.392025-11-03 — best price $19.992026-03-20 — best price $13.392026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

5.4k5302026-08-17 13:12 — 2,747 viewers2026-08-27 13:12 — 3,849 viewers2026-08-27 14:12 — 4,636 viewers2026-08-27 15:12 — 5,399 viewers2026-08-27 16:12 — 5,066 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 1,068 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 785 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 782 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 729 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 573 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 530 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 604 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 1,100 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 2,038 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 2,558 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 2,360 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 2,337 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPPartial Controller SupportValve Anti-Cheat enabled

Where its players are

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

Player tags

Co-opActionHorrorHuntingSandboxSurvivalAdventureDinosaursRealisticOpen World

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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