Rank 01Why this
Same challenging mood as The Isle.
- $9.89 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Verified
- 2017
Games like The Isle
- 23 games
- Updated Oct 5, 2026
Players who liked The Isle also play
The closest matches to The Isle: ARK: Survival Evolved, Beasts of Bermuda, Animalia Survival, Rust, and Project Zomboid. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Same tense mood as The Isle.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
Rank 03Why this
Same stressful mood as The Isle.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2021
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Afterthought LLC
- Price: $19.99checked Nov 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 78% of 56,572 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Deep dinosaur specific combat mechanics
- Dinosaurs feel powerful but vulnerable
- Hours of growth can be erased in seconds
- Bleak
- Challenging
- Stressful
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About The Isle
The closest matches to The Isle: ARK: Survival Evolved, Beasts of Bermuda, Animalia Survival, Rust, and Project Zomboid. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Isle is your kind of game, the closest matches are ARK: Survival Evolved, Beasts of Bermuda and Animalia Survival — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as bleak, challenging and stressful, and single out its dino growth progression and hacker mitigation. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
The Isle is a multiplayer survival simulation released in 2015 by Afterthought LLC, where players navigate open-world environments as various dinosaur species. The game centers on growth-progression mechanics where players develop their creatures from juvenile to adult stages while hunting, foraging, and competing for territory control in a PvP survival setting. Reviewers note the deep combat mechanics that are specific to each dinosaur type, and players describe the experience as tense and challenging, with the constant threat that significant growth progress can be undone in moments. The Isle runs at $19.99 USD and is marked as playable on Steam Deck, holding a 78% positive rating from over 56,000 Steam reviews.
About The Isle: Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.
Is The Isle worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 78% of 56,572 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 78% positive across 1,734 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 40 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 109 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Deep dinosaur specific combat mechanics
- Dinosaurs feel powerful but vulnerable
- Hours of growth can be erased in seconds
- Unforgiving survival gameplay
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“They released a patch months ago that broke fish and wildlife spawns, and they still haven't fixed it. Clown devs.”
“This game used to be super fun. Now, it's plagued with hackers and bugs. The devs slowly put out broken assets rather than fix the problems with the game. Used to have a lot of fun, but now it's just frustrating to play. I will change this…”
People who play it also play: ARK: Survival Evolved, Beasts of Bermuda, Animalia Survival
Frequently asked about The Isle
Can I run it?
Does The Isle run on Steam Deck?
The Isle is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Isle cost?
The Isle is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Isle have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Isle supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to The Isle?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Isle are ARK: Survival Evolved, Beasts of Bermuda, Animalia Survival.
Who developed The Isle?
The Isle was developed by Afterthought LLC.