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Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale

Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale

Drop into massive, alien-built arenas and begin the frantic search for weapons and gear - all while trying to stay one step ahead of the advancing plasma field… or the sights of other contenders. ION offers its players a skill-driven, first-person-only Battle Royale all built into a unique sci-fi un

Released Jul 12, 2018 Developer Define Human Studios Platforms Windows Early AccessBattle RoyaleFPSMultiplayerAction
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

50.6%positive6,689 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game was actually fire.. I wish they would bring it back with an extraction shooter and 6v6 modes..”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“There are 9 islands, amazing.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“this purchase still stings”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

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May 25, 2022
1.9.3

Performance test update.

May 23, 2022
1.9.2

Restored missing water volumes and some other missing map actors. Turned brightness up another notch. Simplified the map setup a bit more which may improve some pop in issues (some framerate degradati

May 22, 2022
1.9.1

Fixed a major issue with friction not being applied on the ground when accelerating above max speed. This made the movement update pretty ridiculous, whoops... Now it should be working as intended. Fi

May 10, 2022
Still Alive

This update disables various third party services to restore basic functionality and currently allows players to connect to a test server in the US East region. It also rolls back or adjusts most chan

Dec 19, 2018
The Future of Islands of Nyne

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32660826/7a8f1c31d05baee961229e8188d14f000e5d5a5b.png Hello all, I’d be lying if I said it hasn’t been a challenging couple of weeks

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Battle Royale · FPS · Multiplayer · Action · Survival · Shooter · Indie · First-Person · Free to Play · Sci-fi · PvP (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP · In-App Purchases · Partial Controller Support · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://islandsofnyne.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 (x64) Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K CPU Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7850 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 25 GB available space