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Island Notes

Island Notes

Shipwrecked on a mysterious island, choose self-preservation or alliances. Master base-building, farming, fishing, romance and pet taming in this morally-charged survival simulator that blends strategy with human drama. Forge bonds, conquer nature, and evolve your humanity.

Released Aug 21, 2025 Developer KangBaoGame Platforms Windows AdventureOpen WorldRPGSandboxDating Sim
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

82.4%positive933 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“After playing for a few hours, I can tell this game’s pretty open-ended, especially with the NPCs and buildings. The NPCs can do all sorts of stuff, and tons of buildings unlock early on—definitely gonna be more advanced ones later. There’s even a pet-hatching thing too, hope…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Island Notes is an open-world survival RPG that mixes wilderness exploration with crafting, construction, farming, combat, companion management, creature raising, and relationship development. Its premise begins with a yacht accident that leaves the protagonist and several other…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Not recommended · 36 found this helpful

“devs are so full of them self they ban users who ask for a real Dating experince like sex and they broke the only nudity mod we had so screw these people dont buy it the game is unplayable anyway it was only good for the potential of a good sex sim”

— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

513all-time peak
0 250 500 2026 266 avg · Aug 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

20achievements
16.9%median completion
0.3%rarest: Bear Grylls Player
91.8% of players 80.8% of players 63.1% of players 47.7% of players 42.6% of players 40.6% of players 36.4% of players 27.9% of players 27.2% of players 20.2% of players 16.9% of players 14.7% of players 10.9% of players 2.1% of players 1.5% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.5% of players 0.3% of players 91.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
91.8%Mysterious Deserted Island — You have arrived at a mysterious deserted island.
80.8%Beginning Development — You have crafted an axe, spear, and campfire.
63.1%Helper in Place — You have hatched your first pet.
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Bear Grylls Player — Survived 50 days on the island in a custom difficulty above Hard
0.5%Hardcore Player — Survived 50 days on the island in Hardcore Mode.
1.0%Survival King — Survived more than 150 days on the island with companions.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$12.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$12.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US12.99 USD
EU12.79 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia18.95 AUD
Canada16.99 CAD
Japan1,500 JPY
Brazil41.99 BRL
China49.90 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$7.4 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 26, 2026
Update Fixes:

Update Fixes: Fixed issues where pets did not regenerate health while mounted and where pet status effects did not refresh properly. (Note: Before the fix, while mounted, pets would not refresh status

Aug 09, 2026
Update Fixes:

Update Fixes: Optimized the lighting flickering issue. (In previous versions, the player's light sources were limited to 50. I originally believed that when the count exceeded 50, the game editor woul

Aug 05, 2026
Update Fixes:

Update Fixes: Adjusted pet behavior so that after leveling up, its satiety is automatically refilled to maximum. Added a cap to the satiety depletion rate (previously it was calculated based on max he

Aug 03, 2026
Fixed the issue where the new quick mount feature (G key) caused a reduction in

Fixed the issue where the new quick mount feature (G key) caused a reduction in the number of follow slots.

Aug 03, 2026
Update Fixes:

Update Fixes: Fixed an issue where mounting would unfollow one pet when the follow count exceeded the limit. (Since mounting occupies one follow slot, a prompt will now appear when the limit is exceed

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsAdventure · Open World · RPG · Sandbox · Dating Sim · Runner · Creature Collector · FPS · 3D · First-Person · Sexual Content · Fantasy (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , German, Russian, Korean *
Achievements20
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Win7/8/10 Processor: i3-9320 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1050 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 20 GB available space