ISLANDERS

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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.
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About ISLANDERS

About this game

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

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
April 04, 2019
Developers:
Coatsink
GrizzlyGames

Stage Clear Studios
Publisher:
Coatsink
Supported Languages:
English
Features:
Steam Achievements
Steam Cloud

Steam Leaderboards

Singleplayer

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS *: Windows 7, 8 or 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX950 or higher
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
  • Sound Card: We don't really think you need one. Just humming your favorite tune while playing is perfectly fine.

Recommended:

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 3.00GHz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX970
  • Sound Card: Have one.

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: MacOS X Yosemite (10.10)
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX950 or higher
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
  • Sound Card: We don't really think you need one. Just humming your favorite tune while playing is perfectly fine.

Recommended:

  • OS: MacOS X Mojave (10.14)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 3.00GHz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX970
  • Sound Card: Have one.

Critic Reviews

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Hardcore Gamer

80 / 100
"Islanders is a relaxing little builder more concerned with letting you get right to making the town than bogging you down with the details. There’s a learning curve, of course,...

Critical Hit

80 / 100
"Islanders is simple and straight-forward but still manages to make each of its city-building runs engrossing with a high-score to chase and procedurally-generated spaces to...

The Games Machine

88 / 100
"Islanders is a uniquely-designed city builder that offers a relaxed experience even if you only have ten minutes to spare."
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ISLANDERS Statistics

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0% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

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Simple
11.11%
Easy
25.93%
Just Right
51.85%
Tough
11.11%
Unforgiving
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Relax & enjoy! 51.85%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
6.9%
Played It
31.03%
Halfway
20.69%
Beat It
17.24%
Conquered It
24.14%
Completionist! 24.14%  of players have Conquered It

ISLANDERS User Reviews

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User Rating

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100% of users would recommend this.
3.5

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Coolboi21111
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There are no other choices on M1 or any mac. This is a good game for not more than few minutes, confusing game tactics and just pretty linear. This game should be worth less than 2 dollars for what it offers.
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Phantom
When I go this game I didn't think it would be as addicting as I found it out to be! I am a sucker for games with great graphics and honestly, Islanders does not disappoint. It looks really nice, the style is unique and nice to looks at. It's colorful and cheery in a way. The gameplay is easy, you only need your mouse and the rules are simple and easy to get behind. Yes, sometimes it's a bit frustrating when you have to choose between bad and worse building packs but all in all it's fair and a lot of fun to build on these very different islands. I find myself going back again and again to it, whether to play challenge mode or freeplay. The game is definitely worth a buy!
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Frequently Asked Questions

Somewhere in the middle. 37% of GameFAQs users said ISLANDERS is Simple or Easy. 52% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 11% of GameFAQs users said ISLANDERS is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, ISLANDERS is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck.
Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7, 8 or 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX950 or higher
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
  • Sound Card: We don't really think you need one. Just humming your favorite tune while playing is perfectly fine.
Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 3.00GHz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX970
  • Sound Card: Have one.
Minimum:
  • OS: MacOS X Yosemite (10.10)
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX950 or higher
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
  • Sound Card: We don't really think you need one. Just humming your favorite tune while playing is perfectly fine.
Recommended:
  • OS: MacOS X Mojave (10.14)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 3.00GHz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX970
  • Sound Card: Have one.
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 7 hours.
Yes, ISLANDERS has broad critical consensus. 100% of critics on Metacritic recommend ISLANDERS. The Metascore is 82 out of 100.
ISLANDERS was released on April 04, 2019
Yes, ISLANDERS supports MacOS.
ISLANDERS is published by Coatsink
ISLANDERS was developed by Coatsink, GrizzlyGames, and Stage Clear Studios

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