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

The Isle is a dinosaurs, survival and open world game developed and published by Afterthought LLC.
Released on December 01st 2015 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 94,804 reviews of which 77,185 were positive and 17,619 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Isle into these genres:

Dinosaurs Survival Open World Multiplayer Simulation Hunting Realistic Massively Multiplayer Adventure Early Access Action Third Person Horror Co-op Sandbox Walking Simulator Team-Based RPG Strategy Indie

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System requirements

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Windows

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.

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March 2026

Do this before playing: Manage > Properties > Game Versions > Evrima . If you don't you will load into the first version of the game that hasn't been updated since 2022 and is basically abandonware. Evrima version is full of life and updated monthly.

March 2026

With around about 2000 hours with The Isle, I finally decided by now I should write a review. This is about a 50/50 split with both Legacy and Evrima. Evrima is the current updated branch. Here's how to access it: The Isle > Properties > Betas > Beta Participation > Evrima The Isle is a sandbox, creature survival game that scratches the hardcore itch. For gameplay, you choose either an official or unofficial (community) server, where you can then choose between Carnivore, Herbivore or Omnivore. You're thrown straight into the environment with no guidance, you learn everything through trial and error. This game will take a LOT of time to learn, as there are a lot of mechanics the game will not tell you. These vary from unique abilities the creatures have, as well as some environmental features. With the latest update introducing a gameplay loop called the Elder system, this otherwise goalless game now has a true incentive for your time spent, Once you're fully grown (100%) you will be faced with two choices: Entomb, or not. Entombing simply means: restarting your growth cycle while carrying over and buffing any mutation perks you selected. I must make an important note that they are NOT permanent and you will have to start over if you die in any other fashion. This adds a lot of high risk, high reward stakes. There is also the whole subject of 'prime' and 'frail' elders but that's too complicated to share here. Once you get over the initial steep learning curve, the game can be incredibly enjoyable IF (BIG IF) you don't take it too seriously. Larger animals will take several hours (up to 8-12 hours) to grow from juvenile to elder, so it's a very good idea to take into consideration how much commitment your patience can afford to endure. If you're buying the game ONLY to play the large carnivores or herbivores, you're in for a rough time. Graphically, the game is stunning. The art directives are masters of their craft with the designs of the animals themselves, as well as the textures and the animations that truly don't compare to anything else within this genre. The game is running on UE5, which infamously has a ton of optimisation problems, however I have noticed increased performance stability recently. Still a few crashes here and there but it's working itself out. I range from 60-100 frames on max settings. (My specs should be attached in the review.) Double check your specs to see if you can handle the game because Evrima is MUCH MORE intensive compared to the specs of legacy which are the ones presented on the steam page currently. There are a lot of bugs, as to be expected with Early Access titles. Evrima is very slow going with development but it's not really that difficult to just come back to it later if the state of the game isn't your cup of tea right now. TLDR: it's a great game for dinosaur enthusiastic nerds like myself, or if you enjoy the sandbox hardcore genre. It can take some practice but once you figure it out, it can actually be pretty rewarding to just enjoy the game for what it is. Play on community servers that enforce rules to keep the game from being full-on anarchy. Start small, do NOT begin with the huge animals (unless you're an absolute masochist), and embrace the act of survival.

Sept. 2025

I been playing this game for a looooong time. Absolutely love the game. However the Devs are a little sensitive about their product it seems. I complained in the discord about the Progression, and Legacy game modes being abandoned to begin working on Evrima. That warranted a 24 hour timeout and then a 60 day ban. I cannot, in good faith support a Developer who cannot handle some criticism. I highly recommend playing the game. Try to interact with the community as little as possible unless you only have praise to give. its all they want to hear.

July 2025

how to have a great time on this game and not be a Rumpelstiltskin like most of the bad reviews step 1-buy the game step 2-go to the game in the drop down menu and right click it step 3-go to properties... step 4-press betas step 5-beta participation>evrima step 6-once that installs press play i hope you found this review helpful now goodnight and don't let the trikes bite

May 2025

I love this game, best dino Sim out there. Best way to discribe it is "Dayz but with dinosaurs instead of people. "if you are going to buy this game you need to know 1 thing. dont install the game normally but instead opt into the beta and choose "Envrima" this is the version everyone is playing. if you install it normally you will end up in the "legacy" version with dead servers. The game doesnt hold your hand and has a lot of "hidden" features youtube is your friend. there are also a lot of good "unofficial servers" that have a lot more players per server and large discord community's if you need further help.

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The Isle is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Isle is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

The Isle received 77,185 positive votes out of a total of 94,804 achieving a rating of 8.04.

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The Isle was developed and published by Afterthought LLC.

The Isle is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Isle is not playable on MacOS.

The Isle is not playable on Linux.

The Isle is a multi-player game.

The Isle features PvP mode where you can test your skills against other players.

The Isle does not currently offer any DLC.

The Isle does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Isle does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Isle does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

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Afterthought LLC

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Afterthought LLC

Release 01 Dec 2015

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