Casual · April 4, 2019

ISLANDERS (2019)

trophy38 achievementslocal_offer-70% current discountgroup1M–10M ownersrecommend16.0k recommendations
A quick note from the developers: You want to build beautiful cities without investing hours on end into stressful resource management? Say no more! ISLANDERS should be right up your alley. ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands. Explore an infinite number of ever-changing new lands, expand your settlements from sprawling villages to vast cities and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere. If you’re thinking about buying ISLANDERS please keep in mind that we are a very passionate but small team of three. This is not a blockbuster experience with hours and hours of content. What we’d like to offer you is a simple game that lets anybody create and explore their own little worlds, while providing enough depth for players who want to challenge themselves. And you can get it at the price of a medium sized pumpkin spice matcha caramel latte. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have feedback, questions, or problems with the game. We’ll do our best to get back to you as quickly as possible and provide support if needed. Also let us know if you enjoyed the game, because that makes our day! This game offers you: Intuitive and rewarding city building gameplay Endless amount of procedurally generated islands A relaxing atmosphere Beautiful, vibrant colors Great for playing every now and then, discovering some new islands and beating your high score This game doesn’t have: Helicopters Guns Lootboxes A cinematic story Huge explosions (not even small ones actually) Online multiplayer Microtransactions Orcs Wanna know the specifics? The gameplay of ISLANDERS is pretty intuitive. You start with a set of buildings in your inventory that you can place on your island. Placing buildings is rewarded with points. The amount of points you get depends on what surrounds the buildings when you place them. Gather enough points to refill your inventory and unlock new buildings. Once your city is big enough you may choose to travel to the next island (they are generated procedurally, so you can literally keep exploring forever). If you run out of buildings the game ends. This is where you high five yourself for beating the high score, take a proud last glance at the epic city you've built and start just one more round... ISLANDERS is inspired by amazing games like: Bad North Anno The Settlers Sim City Kingdoms and Castles

Casual releases from 2019

30 Casual titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Casual

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume16.3k Steam reviewsTop 14% in Casual
Positive rating95% positiveGenre average: 88% — this title sits in top 32%
Metacritic82/100Genre average 76 — top 25% of Casual titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 72% for session depth among Casual

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Relaxing · 252
  • City Builder · 219
  • Strategy · 187
  • Building · 168
  • Puzzle · 163
  • Indie · 159
  • Minimalist · 143
  • Singleplayer · 131
  • Beautiful · 115
  • Colony Sim · 112
  • Atmospheric · 91
  • Colorful · 77
  • Procedural Generation · 75
  • Addictive · 70
  • Replay Value · 64

Peer Casual titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Russian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Turkish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 16.3k reviews

15.5k positive · 816 negative

Metacritic

82/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

16.0k

Press Quotes

“Islanders is almost the perfect building game” Kotaku “[...] a vintage genre given a modern reworking [...]” Rock Paper Shotgun “Islanders is a beautiful example of intent in design.” Polygon

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Achievements

38

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 4, 2019
DeveloperCoatsink, GrizzlyGames, Stage Clear Studios
PublisherCoatsink
Base price$1.49 -70%
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksMetacritic page · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

  • Buy ISLANDERS