ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input, • a fact this genre's score does not use. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 3.2-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Super chill, kind of addictive. Played this for hours to keep my hands busy during D&D and was the most focused on the session ever. Highly recommend if you're like me and need a little extra something to be properly stimulated. Like if a stim toy was a video game.
Right, so. Islanders. Here's a game that had the audacity to make me happy and then annoy me, which is more than most people manage. It looks simple. That's the trap, isn't it? You glance at it and go, "oh, a little city-builder, how sweet," and then three hours have vanished and you're placing a windmill with the intensity of a man defusing a bomb. It's a relaxing puzzle game where, and stay with me, you don't...
Very relaxing while still keeping my mind active. I just love the sounds of the game so much.
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BANGER · Strategy · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes. A BANGER at $1.49.
about 3.2h$1.49 (~)
Better value than 100% of Strategy games
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ISLANDERS scores 91/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/1046030/islanders<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/1046030/islanders"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/1046030" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/1046030/islanders)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 3h ago.
Low $1.24High $4.99Now $1.4970% off high
Price line + bands by tier:BANGERPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
Peak 46Low 46Latest 46
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
The lowest price on record is $1.24, set in November 2024. It has been discounted 59 times in the 7 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. Today's $1.49 at 70 percent off still sits 20 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Steam's global achievement data says about under 1 percent of players ever finish it. On a 3.2-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.