Return to Mysterious Island
Fair · Narrative · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $7.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.5h 7.4h to 100%
- Value
- $1.45/hr
- Reviews
- 84% of 479 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 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Join intrepid sailor and recent island castaway Mina as she explores the hidden secrets within the Jules Verne classic inspired Mysterious Island. Gather key articles left from the island’s previous inhabitants and combine them in unique and interesting ways to stay alive and stay hopeful for rescue.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 107 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 17 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 76 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 ($8.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats The Search ($3.99, scores 30).
More about Return to Mysterious Island
1 of the 233 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 101 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 25 percent of everything written about it.
Players
- Players online
- 3 when we last checked, on Oct 9, 03:52 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Amazing game!! I adore old PC point and click adventure games so this one really hit the spot! Unfortunately tho.. I had to continue playing this outside of steam and open the game with just the .exe file because opening it from Steam the 2nd time I tried to play again after a break, it completely crashed every time! Maybe dont get it on Steam to be safe!
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I remember first playing this game as one of the very first experiences on an old pc that my parents owned. The puzzles were difficult then and still are now for me at least. I love the sketched artwork scenes and the sense of mystery that sets in the further you progress into the game. My only negative feedback was that it refused to work on my newer PC and the only way I could play it was on my Steam Deck. 10/10...
it's tedious! i feel like i missed a fair share of game content and puzzles, but i don't want to replay. my mouse was sooo slow at times... and options for solving puzzles were confusing. no sorting of the inventory drived me mad. i don't even know how i finished, felt too fast. I like puzzle games. They can look terrible, but if they have a compelling narration - i'm in love. No comprehensive story here, besides...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Return to Mysterious Island scores 55/100 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/277110/return-to-mysterious-islandReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.