Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time

Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time

Worth it · Narrative · 2018

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $2.99.

Length
2.3h 3.5h to 100%
Value
$1.30/hr
Reviews
95% of 307 positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 1 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 178 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

Raising the score
Reviews95% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 91% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Value$1.30/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 119 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Isoland 2: Ashes of Time is a puzzle game with a fascinating non-linear story, charming 2D hand-drawn art, numerous challenging puzzles, and unique twists. Besides numerous sci-fi references and easter-eggs hidden throughout the game, you’ll find things aren’t quite the same second time you play through the story.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, Intel GMA 950, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

The value story

5 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 52 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 25 weeks ago.

Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Donut County ($3.24, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats When the Darkness comes (free, scores 83).

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 10, 01:53 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

I wanted to like this game - I liked the original Isoland. There were two problems that prevented me from liking it however: 1 - there were too many (for my liking) puzzles which sere just puzzles, not connected by clues in the game to help solve them. Theses were mainly sliding block type puzzles, and were pretty difficult, which is OK in general but: 2 - they were slightly different each time you started the game...
Sandsaver01Not recommendedafter 1.8hAug 2020Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time scores 84/100 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/823580/isoland-2-ashes-of-time
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Reviews 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 Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

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Details

DeveloperCotton Game
PublisherLilith Games
GenreNarrative
Released2018
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate