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ISLANDERS

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4.2

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ISLANDERS
Description
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 numbe...
Genre:
Strategy - Turn-based - Puzzle
Tags:
Indie, Strategy, Atmospheric, Exploration, Turn-Based, show 8 more... Puzzle, Casual, Top-Down, Relaxing, Base Building, Procedural Generation, City builder, Cozy
Critics reviews
81 %
Recommend
TechRaptor
9/10
Critical Hit
8/10
User reviews

4.2/5

( 30 Reviews )

4.2

30 Reviews

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Product details
2019, Coatsink, GrizzlyGames, Stage Clear Studios, ...
System requirements
Windows 7, 8 or 10, Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX950 or hig...
Time to beat
3 hMain
6 h Main + Sides
7 h Completionist
5.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description

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
Popular achievements
Builder
Build 100 buildings.
common  ·  55.05%
Nice Spot
Earn 25 points from one building.
common  ·  77.69%
Brilliant Position
Earn 50 points from one building.
common  ·  74.41%
Perfectly Placed
Earn 75 points from one building.
common  ·  74.41%
Newcomer
Finish your first game.
common  ·  81.88%
Traveler
Explore 10 islands.
common  ·  40.47%
Settlement
Reach the 2nd island.
common  ·  74.57%
Colony
Reach the 3rd island.
common  ·  45.22%
Professional
Score 1,500 points in one match.
common  ·  37.42%
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
3 hMain
6 h Main + Sides
7 h Completionist
5.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Turn-based - Puzzle
Tags:
Indie, Strategy, Atmospheric, Exploration, Turn-Based, show 8 more... Puzzle, Casual, Top-Down, Relaxing, Base Building, Procedural Generation, City builder, Cozy
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2019-04-04T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Coatsink, GrizzlyGames, Stage Clear Studios / Coatsink
Size:
290 MB
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Game features
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Controller support
Overlay
Single-player
Languages
English
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Deutsch
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español
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Español (AL)
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français
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polski
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Português do Brasil
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Türkçe
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русский
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中文(简体)
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日本語
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한국어
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Critics reviews
78
Top Critic Average
81 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
TechRaptorby Samuel Guglielmo
9/10
Islanders is a deceptively simple puzzle game where you build little cities to score points. More importantly, it's the absolutely perfect game for making beautiful picturesque villages you can fall asleep and dream about.
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Critical Hitby Alessandro Barbosa
8/10
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 explore. It's the charming visuals and meditative soundtrack that make your brief stays worth it, enrapturing you in a relaxing aesthetic as you try to survive as long as you can.
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User reviews

Posted on: January 15, 2025

belgurath

Verified owner

Games: 77 Reviews: 6

A relaxing time-sink

Do I wish the gameplay were a tad more structured/algorithmic? Sure. But it's a deceptively engaging and complex game for how simple the gamepley loop is and I've been enjoying playing it (new player) over the last few days.

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Posted on: February 23, 2025

CinixAquise

Verified owner

Games: 25 Reviews: 2

relaxing zen game

it's a relaxing puzzle city builder. A good zen game to relax and play in my opinion. Got the game for about 1$ and more than worth it though so if 5 is iffy for this sort of thing, just wait for a sale.

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Posted on: May 3, 2025

Huegelstaedt

Verified owner

Games: 684 Reviews: 31

Relaxed little puzzle city builder

I already owned that game on another platform, but completely forgot about it. I bought it on GOG and as soon as I started playing I fell in love with this game again. It's so charming and relaxing. A perfect little game to play when you are tired and just want something nice to do. I really like the art style and while this game is really simple, there is a lot of room to pertect your build. I'm not really into hardcore optimizing, so I just try to do it as best as I can, while not stressing over it too much. But I wouldn't be surprised if they were some try-hards who really perfected their gameplay. While I really like this game, I doubt most people will get a lot of playtime out of it. Just play it for a few hours, then uninstall it and do it again a few weeks or even months later.

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Posted on: June 20, 2025

Warpendragn

Games: 13 Reviews: 1

Extremely Satisfying

really nice gentle graphics, nice music. I love that it can be as simple or as complicated a puzzle as you decide each time you play. o/

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Posted on: July 12, 2025

ahagymasi

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Games: 139 Reviews: 1

really fun game

lots of fun and really tests the brain!

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