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The Isle

Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.

Dinosaurs Survival Open World Multiplayer Simulation
Players now
20,912
All-time peak
26,877
24-hour change
-1.56%
Steam reviews
81.4% positive
94,804 reviews · via SteamSpy

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The Isle: A World Designed to Kill You



The Isle is intended to be a gritty, open-world survival horror game. Explore vast landscapes of dense forest and open plains, traverse treacherous mountains and wade through dark swamps where horrors lurk. Hidden within are ruins that hold insight as to what came before. Through it all, keep in mind there is only one goal: survive.

There is little in the way of hand holding or ulterior precepts to alter play styles or purpose. It's kill or be killed. In the end, the only one you can trust is yourself. Over the course of development the islands and their inhabitants will radically change, ever-evolving as players themselves learn how to flourish and thrive. Your mistakes will be punished. Expect no survivors.

Massive Prehistoric Multiplayer



Become the beast within. When joining The Isle, you can play as one of dozens of unique creatures, from tiny darting herbivores like Dryosaurus to blood-thirsty giants such as T. Rex or Allosaurus (with many more still to come!) As a dinosaur, you'll be the epitome of majestic, cunning and ferocious. Use your natural abilities and senses to stay off the menu and grow into a stronger, more capable creature.

Engage with a living prehistoric ecosystem as you become either predator or prey on servers featuring up to 100+ players, all of them as hungry and dangerous as you. Form packs/herds, create nests, defend your offspring, hunt, and claim territory. A single mistake can spell your demise.

Survival or Sandbox?



The Isle's core game mode is Survival, a tense and difficult experience where you need to grow fast or die young. Dinosaurs in Survival mode progress through several life stages, starting out small and vulnerable. Use your scent ability, night vision and wits to survive long enough to grow, becoming more powerful and unlock new abilities such as nesting. Because of the time needed to develop a full character life cycle, not every creature is or will be playable in Survival, though more will be added in future updates.


However, sometimes you don't want to struggle to survive, or you don't have the time to go through a dinosaur's whole life story. And that's okay. For players who want a less intense experience, Sandbox mode lets you play an expanded roster of dinosaurs (and soon humans!). You can jump right in as an adult super predator or a peaceful giant, with no major penalties or consequences from dying. We won't judge.

A Global Community Story



The Isle features a narrative told strictly through the environment, achievable only through immense cooperation among players. Are you stranded? Can you just leave? What is AE? How did the dinosaurs get here? What is the distant call that pierces the night?

It will take the entire community to answer these mysteries and unravel the purpose to their being on The Isle, and each discovery will directly affect the future of the game's storyline.

Future Development Goals



We realize that there is a long road ahead, and a lot of work to be done to turn this into the game we want it to be. Throughout development, we will be adding a lot more to The Isle and incorporating user feedback in how we evolve the experience. Some of our planned features include:

  • Playable aquatic and aerial creatures
  • Even more playable dinosaurs with complete life cycles
  • Two new playable factions: modern humans & the indigenous
  • Evolve into advanced "strain" versions of certain dinosaurs
  • Realistic dinosaur AI that uses complex behaviours
  • Additional world biome types such as thick jungles
  • Dynamic aerial drop-in spawn system
  • Global in-game world quest
  • Localization of all in-game menus & text
  • Better accessibility & customization options
  • Steam Achievements, Trading Cards, Emotes
  • Mod support using Steam Workshop

All that and more are on our radar going forward. We started with a plan of just a mere handful of playable carnivores, but based on player demand we expanded our scope, increased that number greatly and introduced herbivorous dinosaurs as well. Listening to our community has been instrumental in guiding our process and helped to correct our mistakes, and we hope that together we can transform The Isle into the ultimate dinosaur game.

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System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or later (64 Bit ONLY)
  • Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 3.0 GHz or faster.
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R9 280X series card or higher.
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: This game needs a dedicated graphics card to run. Integrated graphics cards will not work.

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit or later (64 Bit ONLY)
  • Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 3.4 GHz or faster.
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
Afterthought LLC
Brazilian rating
16
Steam Germany rating
18
Content warning
This game contains scenes of explicit violence and gore, as well as narrative situations not suitable for young audiences.
Controller support
partial
Features
Multi-player, MMO, PvP, Online PvP, Partial Controller Support, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled
Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

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Windows: unknown
macOS: unknown
Linux: unknown
Steam Deck
playable
Valve compatibility test
The on-screen keyboard may need to be opened manually.
Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (1)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesYesNo

Third-party requirements shown by Steam

Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA The Isle EULA
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Game Insights

Buy Verdict

Watch — $19.99.

Decent deal at 0% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.

▬ ~46 days until next sale

Multiplayer Viability

Healthy — 19.0K CCU.

Strong player base for matchmaking.

▬ Stable population

Update Momentum

Moderate Updates — 1 patches in last 30 days.

9 patches and 9 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.

▬ 1 patches this month

Value Score

Great Value — 100th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 100th percentile. Priced as Market at $13.39.

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Early Access Active

Time in EA
235 days
Updates
40
Current Players
14,327

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Isle worth buying right now?
Watch — $19.99. Decent deal at 0% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
When does The Isle go on sale?
Decent deal at 0% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
Is The Isle multiplayer dead?
Healthy — 19.0K CCU. Strong player base for matchmaking.
Is The Isle still getting updates?
Moderate Updates — 1 patches in last 30 days. 9 patches and 9 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.
How many players are currently playing The Isle?
20.9K players are currently in-game on Steam.
Is The Isle free to play?
The Isle costs $19.99 on Steam.
What genre is The Isle?
The Isle is a Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Early Access game.
Who developed The Isle?
The Isle was developed by Afterthought LLC and published by Afterthought LLC.
What platforms does The Isle support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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