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Isles of Sea and Sky
A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I'd like to issue a personal apology to this game. It absolutely rules! Some personal history below (feel free to tldr): I'm a Puzzle Freak and backed this game, was looking forward to it like crazy, loved the demo. When the full game came out I played 10 hours but totally…”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played“Think "Legend of Zelda" meets "La Mulana", with a dash of Sokoban, The Witness and hidden-object puzzle, and you've pretty much got this game. It's an easy enough game to get into at first, but once you start getting into the later stages, you'll be thankful for the Community…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“Starts awesome, but eventually became disappointing to me. The first few hours of this game are bliss - you are discovering one thing after another. The puzzles are small and contained, and it's generally clear where the next puzzle is. Some puzzles are too hard and you can come…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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v2.6a - Late Game Changes
Summary Pyramidion Quest requirement down to 110 Stars from 120. New clues for Frozen Spire A1. Fixed a bug where a post 120 star cutscene was triggering inconsistently. Full Notes Here
v2.6 - Hotfixes
25 JunFixed a bug where the game would freeze on Frozen Spire D1 when an air elemental threw a fire elemental.Fixed a bug where metal blocks were duplicating under certain conditions.29 JunFixed a bug
v2.6
Summary:Pyramidion quest locked behind 120 110 stars for new files. (See v2.6a notes in the link below).Frozen Spire meta puzzle improvements.Performance optimization.UI improvements.Bug fixes. Full U
Amazing Discount and Bundles during Cerebral Puzzle Showcase!
Greetings turtle riders! Cerebral Puzzle Showcase kicks off today and to celebrate, Isles of Sea and Sky will be 80% off until June 4! We also have some incredible bundles to check out:Hope you all en
v2.5e - Hotfix
Fixed a crash that would occur during a compatibility check for certain older files at startup.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Metroidvania · Retro · Atmospheric · Open World · Collectathon · Puzzle · Adventure · Sokoban · Exploration · Pixel Graphics · Old School · Mythology (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Romanian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 21 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.islesofseaandsky.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel or AMD dual core Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX11 or later compatible. DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX11 or later compatible.