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ISLANDERS: New Shores

ISLANDERS: New Shores

Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

Released Jul 10, 2025 Developer The Station Publisher Coatsink, Thunderful Publishing Platforms Windows · Mac CasualStrategyCity BuilderRelaxingBuilding
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (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.

96.2%positive1,303 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“New Shores is more of the same, both in the good and bad way. After playing Islanders to a relative 'end', I was excited about this new iteration of the series. From the start the game has some good gameplay improvements, as well as a more solid art direction. In short it kept…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“I spent hundreds of hours on this game at this point so I kinda feel obligated to review it. Islanders : New Shores is a perfect sequel to the first game, iterating on an already brilliant formula. Visually pleasant, extremely satisfying, the minimalistic gameplay loop offers a…”

— a player, Steam review · 729 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“pretty good extension actually. I was skeptical but turns out this is a nice rework with good ideas.”

— a player, Steam review · 7 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.

709all-time peak
0 250 500 2026 208 avg · Jul 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.

62achievements
13.0%median completion
0.1%rarest: Professional Challenger
74.3% of players 66.0% of players 63.2% of players 56.5% of players 55.0% of players 53.9% of players 44.8% of players 44.3% of players 38.6% of players 38.2% of players 36.9% of players 29.1% of players 28.2% of players 25.9% of players 25.9% of players 25.6% of players 24.0% of players 24.0% of players 22.6% of players 21.4% of players 20.9% of players 20.7% of players 19.7% of players 17.0% of players 16.9% of players 16.6% of players 15.4% of players 14.9% of players 14.6% of players 14.2% of players 14.1% of players 13.0% of players 11.3% of players 8.0% of players 7.7% of players 7.6% of players 6.3% of players 3.7% of players 1.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 74.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.3%Nice Spot — Earn at least 35 points from one building.
66.0%Builder — Build 60 buildings on the same island.
63.2%Forested — Place a Lumberjack that scores with at least 15 Trees.
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Professional Challenger — Complete 16 challenges.
0.1%Couldn't Stop — Earn at least 5,000 points on the first island in the "Can't Stop Won't Stop" Challenge.
0.1%Can't Stop Won't Stop — Earn at least 200,000 points in the "Can't Stop Won't Stop" Challenge.

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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK7.99 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

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

China≈$6.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$11

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.

Nov 27, 2025
Bug fixes for Winter patch

A few mistakes made their way into the latest patch which has now been fixed. - Wrong icon used for the Adaptable boon. - certain buildings not appearing in Chilling Gifts. - Achievements not being un

Nov 26, 2025
Winter Seasonal Update

Hello ISLANDERS, This is the final patch for 2025, we hope you have enjoyed all the content this year! The following patch notes are for build # b807ca19 - check the game main menu top right corner to

Nov 20, 2025
ISLANDERS: Mobile is Available Now!

Hey ISLANDERS fans! Following on from our announcement a little while ago, we are pleased to tell you that ISLANDERS: Mobile is now available on iOS & Android. To find it just search for 'ISLANDERS: M

Nov 10, 2025
ISLANDERS: Mobile - Announcement

Hey ISLANDERS fans! Big news from our little archipelago - ISLANDERS: New Shores is making its way to mobile! Launching November 20th, ISLANDERS: Mobile brings the full relaxing, minimalist city-build

Oct 30, 2025
Small Patch

- Fortune Tellers can no longer be rewarded when using the Replace boon. - Crash when using replace with only one type of building unlocked in the building pool.

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsCasual · Strategy · City Builder · Relaxing · Building · Indie · Colorful · Puzzle · Atmospheric · Procedural Generation · Colony Sim · Turn-Based Strategy (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian
ControllerFull support
Achievements62
Official sitehttps://playislanders.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Corei7 4770K Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space