ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe
Fair · Strategy · 2020
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $2.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 0.9h 11.4h to 100%
- Value
- $3.32/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 255 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.71 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
A sequel to the ISOLAND series, where you continue your journey to explore the story of the universe on this island.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel GMA 950, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 31 discounts in the 7 years tracked, the median cut is 35 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Botanicula ($14.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats Samorost 2 ($4.99, scores 61).
More about ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe
This site sampled 210 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to June 2026.
0.9 hours to finish it, 11 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 13 times the campaign.
The drop-off
95% start to 25% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
These games are so much fun, I'm not a good puzzler so I did use some help, but the story is very good! I really love games like this!
2 more reviews
The story takes place on this strange, barren planet with a crimson sky, ancient ruins, and this mysterious spaceship. As you explore the planet, you slowly start uncovering its mysteries through different objects, environmental clues, and puzzles. The art style is also really unique, just like the developer's other games. The puzzles are probably one of the harder parts of the game. A lot of them were pretty...
Very interesting puzzler with simple yet beautiful graphics and a simple yet nice story, that follows the ISOLAND universe theme. The puzzles vary from simple fetch-quests to fairly difficult ones that require some brainpower and/or good observational skills. There are also lots of secrets (ahem... second run) and interesting achievements, with a few missables. Also, the game saves your progress every time you quit...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1249010/isoland3-dust-of-the-universeReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.