ISLANDERS
Coatsink · 2019 · Relaxing, City Builder, Strategy, Building, Puzzle
PC
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About ISLANDERS
✦ AI summary
Build relaxing cities on endless procedurally generated islands by placing buildings to earn points and unlock new structures. It's minimalist strategy without the stress—no resource micromanagement, no combat, just pure zen city-building with vibrant visuals and infinite replayability.
A quick note from the developers:
You want to build beautiful cities without investing hours on end into stressful resource management? Say no more! ISLANDERS should be right up your alley.
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands. Explore an infinite number of ever-changing new lands, expand your settlements from sprawling villages to vast cities and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere.
If you’re thinking about buying ISLANDERS please keep in mind that we are a very passionate but small team of three. This is not a blockbuster experience with hours and hours of content. What we’d like to offer you is a simple game that lets anybody create and explore their own little worlds, while providing enough depth for players who want to challenge themselves. And you can get it at the price of a medium sized pumpkin spice matcha caramel latte.
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have feedback, questions, or problems with the game. We’ll do our best to get back to you as quickly as possible and provide support if needed. Also let us know if you enjoyed the game, because that makes our day!
This game offers you:
- Intuitive and rewarding city building gameplay
- Endless amount of procedurally generated islands
- A relaxing atmosphere
- Beautiful, vibrant colors
- Great for playing every now and then, discovering some new islands and beating your high score
This game doesn’t have:
- Helicopters
- Guns
- Lootboxes
- A cinematic story
- Huge explosions (not even small ones actually)
- Online multiplayer
- Microtransactions
- Orcs
Wanna know the specifics?
The gameplay of ISLANDERS is pretty intuitive. You start with a set of buildings in your inventory that you can place on your island. Placing buildings is rewarded with points. The amount of points you get depends on what surrounds the buildings when you place them. Gather enough points to refill your inventory and unlock new buildings.
Once your city is big enough you may choose to travel to the next island (they are generated procedurally, so you can literally keep exploring forever). If you run out of buildings the game ends. This is where you high five yourself for beating the high score, take a proud last glance at the epic city you've built and start just one more round...
ISLANDERS is inspired by amazing games like:
- Bad North
- Anno
- The Settlers
- Sim City
- Kingdoms and Castles
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Right, so. Islanders. Here's a game that had the audacity to make me happy and then annoy me, which is more than most people manage. It looks simple. That's the trap, isn't it? You glance at it and go, "oh, a little city-builder, how sweet," and then three hours have vanished and you're placing a windmill with the intensity of a man defusing a bomb. It's a relaxing puzzle game where, and stay with me, you don't manage resources or fret about your citizens. Your citizens can sort themselves out. The entire point is scoring points by shoving buildings in the cleverest possible spot. That's it. That's the game. And it's brilliant. What actually gets me is that every island is its own little puzzle. You have to think ahead, plan where the next lot goes, because one gorgeous placement rains points and one idiotic one makes the whole island a miserable slog to finish. Easy to grasp. Genuinely hard to master. Like darts. And it's pretty. Clean, colourful little islands, calm music that fits so well you forget it's there. It's the kind of game where you say "ten minutes" and then discover it's dark outside and you've missed a meal. My real problem though is that i ha ve no burning urg…4 found this helpful
Super chill, kind of addictive. Played this for hours to keep my hands busy during D&D and was the most focused on the session ever. Highly recommend if you're like me and need a little extra something to be properly stimulated. Like if a stim toy was a video game.1 found this helpful
Very calm, but lacks depth
small but for the price great
Very relaxing while still keeping my mind active. I just love the sounds of the game so much.
Relaxing
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