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ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

ISLANDERS is a relaxing, city builder and strategy game developed by Coatsink, GrizzlyGames and Stage Clear Studios and published by Coatsink.
Released on April 04th 2019 is available on Windows and MacOS in 12 languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil and Turkish.

It has received 16,316 reviews of which 15,434 were positive and 882 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.79€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified ISLANDERS into these genres:

Relaxing City Builder Strategy Building Puzzle Indie Minimalist Singleplayer Beautiful Colony Sim Atmospheric Colorful Procedural Generation Addictive Replay Value Score Attack 3D Top-Down Multiplayer Turn-Based Strategy

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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.
MacOS
  • 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.

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March 2026
Very nice game to end a tiring day with. Offers you 2 modes to play, HIgh score and SandBox. On High score your goal is to get the biggest score you can by placing buildings in the way an actual city would so it can work like one, which gives you points that represent your score, and at some point, you even change the island if your score gets too high. The island also gets changed if you mess up your score and lose. On Sandbox mode, you generate your own island however you like. You can add clifs, lakes, different types of wheather, etc. After generating your island, you design it (just like before) however you like, using the same things you find on High score mode: houses, mansions, lumberjacks, farms, etc. The graphics of this game are fine and the controls are very easy to get used to. Recommend
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Jan. 2026
I greatly enjoy playing Civilization VI, and one day I realized that one of my favorite parts of the game is stacking absolutely gargantuan adjacency bonuses for my districts. ISLANDERS is basically that idea boiled down to its core, which I ended up liking a lot. If you enjoy seeing big numbers, puzzle games, or just want something relaxing to unwind with, ISLANDERS is easy to recommend. I do wish there was a bit more to it, though. As far as I know, it’s no longer being worked on, which is unfortunate. Still, for its price, it offers solid value. I would’ve loved to see more variety in buildings something like a wool or milk industry using sheep, for example and a versus mode where two players take turns placing buildings on identical islands.
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Oct. 2025
quality game :) My wife and I play it all the time at night, helps her fall asleep
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Aug. 2025
This is is good, but the new one, NEW SHORES, is just a straight upgrade. There is no need to play this game if you are about to play new shores. I made this mistake, so I am here to warn you, go buy the newer version! However, this game is still good. Thanks, devs!
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July 2025
Islanders is a charming game about building a simple civilization on an island presented to you. In its original gameplay format, each "level" is a different generated island; you are at first given a small selection of buildings (potentially including farm plots and trees) to put down. Putting down any item gives you points, and buildings synergize with others to give you extra points (some conflict with each other and won't). You move on to the next level/island once your points circle fills up. When you've used up all the all the items you've been given, you get a choice to get more in 1 of 2 categories. They later added a sandbox mode to plop down any buildings anywhere, as well as a photo mode. There is no time pressure nor hard fail condition, only running out of buildings with not enough points having been accumulated to move to the next level/island. There are no actual people so no complaints/demands from them, and no money/income so this is much lighter & more chill than a SimCity-alike. It's fun and chill to play, enjoying the soft relaxing music and pleasant sound effects. It's secretly a puzzle game, as you quickly want to figure out how to best place buildings to get more score... and that gets your brain engaged.
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Frequently Asked Questions

ISLANDERS is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

No, ISLANDERS is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Yes, ISLANDERS received 15,434 positive votes out of a total of 16,316 achieving an impressive rating of 9.22.
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ISLANDERS was developed by Coatsink, GrizzlyGames and Stage Clear Studios and published by Coatsink.

Yes, ISLANDERS is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, ISLANDERS is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

No, ISLANDERS is not playable on Linux.

ISLANDERS is a single-player game.

No, ISLANDERS does not currently offer any DLC.

No, ISLANDERS does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, ISLANDERS does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, ISLANDERS is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for ISLANDERS.

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ISLANDERS
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Rating
9.2
15,434
882
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Coatsink, GrizzlyGames, Stage Clear Studios
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Release 04 Apr 2019
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