ISLANDS: Non-Places on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The familiar becomes magical in this critically acclaimed interactive artscape. Explore ten scenes inspired by the everyday and let your expectations of reality be transformed. Carl Burton's other work has been featured in the New York Times, Serial, Colossal, and Medium.

ISLANDS: Non-Places is a indie, casual and surreal game developed by Carl Burton and published by Carlburton Llc.
Released on November 17th 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 353 reviews of which 290 were positive and 63 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 3.99€ on Steam.


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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7+ 64 Bit
  • Processor: 1.7 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Storage: 250 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: El Capitan 10.11
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Storage: 250 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04
  • Processor: Intel i5 Quad-Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD 4000
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Warning: The Linux version is provided as-is. I'm unable to provide support.

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025
Wonderful little collection of sound collage dioramas.
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Nov. 2024
A fun experience. Less of a "game" and more of an interactive art piece. I found it memorable and peaceful. If you like liminal spaces, this game has em.
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Oct. 2024
April 2024
A beautiful interactive art exhibition that perfectly captures the serene side of liminal spaces long before that term was popular.
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April 2024
Just barely a thumps up. The visuals and atmosphere are certainly what you want to experience this for, especially if you are into Vaporwave. However, it is not intellectually pleasing and feels more like something you would show a toddler to keep them busy.
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ISLANDS: Non-Places
7.7
290
63
Online players
0
Developer
Carl Burton
Publisher
Carlburton Llc
Release 17 Nov 2016
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