Brutal, thrilling survival with memorable moments
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Only game where you can die over and over and still be hooked.”
Steam review · 151.3 h played ↗
The Isle
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Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%Afterthought LLC2015Survival · Horror · Simulation
The verdict
A uniquely immersive, brutal dinosaur survival sim that is thrilling on the right server and with friends. Skip it if you dislike cheaters, bugs, slow development, or losing hours of growth to one death.
Great for
Dinosaur fans who enjoy hardcore, unforgiving survival and playing with friends on good unofficial servers
Main risk
Hours of growth wiped out by cheaters, bugs or crashes in a rough, hard-to-learn game
What players love
Immersive, realistic dinosaur life
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The level of realism is incredible. The dinosaurs feel alive, the world is immersive, and every encounter feels unpredictable and exciting.”
Steam review · 837.6 h played ↗
Must switch to the Evrima branch
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Evrima version is full of life and updated monthly.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
Fun with friends and a helpful community
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“So far the game is amazing with an awesome community to help out all of the new players!”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Beautiful graphics and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The graphics look great, especially dawn, dusk and the night sky.”
Steam review · 47.1 h played ↗
Deep, addictive growth and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“this games has got me by the throat and I cant stop playing lol”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Many bugs, crashes and lost progress
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“losing my 8th fully grown/prime elder dino to the game deciding it needs to crash while I'm MID FIGHT”
Steam review · 1044.5 h played ↗
Slow development and unresponsive devs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“11 years of Early Access. Let that sink in.”
Steam review · 64.8 h played ↗
Scarce food, empty map and walking-sim pacing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“often starving to death before any food is found. there just isn't enough wildlife.”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗
Rampant cheaters and weak moderation
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Game is filled with wall hackers, and reporting them does nothing.”
Steam review · 151.6 h played ↗
Poor optimization, lag and FPS drops
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Even with a solid setup, hitting 100 FPS on a populated server is difficult, even on the lowest settings.”
Steam review · 204.6 h played ↗
Toxic community, griefers and mixpacking
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“community is acidicly toxic.”
Steam review · 54.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable25 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-bit or later (64 Bit ONLY)
ProcessorQuad-core Intel or AMD processor, 3.0 GHz or faster.
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R9 280X series card or higher.
Storage25 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit or later (64 Bit ONLY)
ProcessorQuad-core Intel or AMD processor, 3.4 GHz or faster.
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Storage25 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64-bit or later (64 Bit ONLY)
ProcessorQuad-core Intel or AMD processor, 3.0 GHz or faster.
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R9 280X series card or higher.
Storage25 GB available space
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