Island Cities - Jigsaw Puzzle
Worth it · Short indie · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $1.99.
- Length
- 4.3h 4.6h to 100%
- Value
- $0.46/hr
- Reviews
- 94% of 245 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 10 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
Arrange the town islands and see them come to life. Just swap the blocks of a 3D jigsaw puzzle.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Graphics card supporting DirectX 9.0c, 399 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
40 discounts in the 4 years on record, a median of 30 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, A Shelter Full of Cats ($4.99, scores 90) beats it on value, while it beats A Little to the Left ($14.99, scores 57).
More about Island Cities - Jigsaw Puzzle
None of the 214 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2022 to July 2026.
The drop-off
90% start to 29% 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
Start with the first game if new to this. It had some later levels that twisted your brain a bit. This one is a great follow-up to it. A bit easier and only some levels towards the end a bit higher difficulty. And by difficulty i mean the setups are complex enough that you really need to check the original image now and then and not just rely on memory. Excellent entertainment when your brain is overloaded and...
2 more reviews
Yeah, it's a fun little casual game to play while you're on the phone, talking to your divorce attorney about the terms of your custody arrangement. It was worth the $0.50 I spent on it, unlike the thousands I spent on my ungrateful ex-wife.
This game has two serious issues: it is too short and there are no add-on games or DLC. This is an amazing puzzle game, the best balance I've found of interesting, challenging, and satisfying. The graphics are simple but visually engaging. For me the game is also a good brain exercise since I have a very poor memory. It's fun to try to memorize the puzzle before reproducing it, but I never can. that's ok since I...
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Cite this score
Island Cities - Jigsaw Puzzle scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2093900/island-cities-jigsaw-puzzleReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.