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Spirit Island
Developer Handelabra Games Inc.
Become the spirits of the land, and defend the island from colonizing Invaders spreading blight and destruction! Your spirits work with the native islanders to increase your power and drive the invading colonists from your island in this strategic area-control game. From the Steam store page
415 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
89
LovedLoved
183 positive · 23 negative
95% range 84–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 183 | 23 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 81 | 2 | 94 |
| Mastodon * | 13 | 1 | 16 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,226 of 1,340 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
89% recommend · 174 yes, 22 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 196 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,570 of 1,708 positive).
Players praise the digital adaptation as a faithful and convenient way to play the board game solo. [1][2][3] Some find the UI clunky and the undo system frustrating, especially in multiplayer. [4][5][6] Several reviewers note the DLC is expensive and the game is hard for newcomers. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [15]
If you want to play with friends, buyer beware that while the game is great, you cannot save a multiplayer game to resume it later.
- [1]
I am a Chinese player, and this digital board game is absolutely fantastic. I have purchased all the content for both the PC and iOS versions! Could you please add an option for Chinese language after all the DLC updates? This is really important to us. This board game already has a Chinese localization by a Chinese agent, which can serve as a reference. Thank you so much for creating such an interesting digital …
- [8]
it is honestly quite a fun great, though one word of caution - all of the DLC are FAR too expensvie, in my personal opinion. my understanding is that this game already exists as a board game, and while the base game is only 25 bucks (often reduced to just 5) all the DLC are similarly priced to the base game BUT never reduced to such a low level as the base game is. it is (in my opinion) very difficult and you might …
- [4]
I recommend this as a single-player complement to the physical game. I do not recommend for multiplayer. The UX, especially the undo mechanics, are too clunky. My regular Spirit Island in-person group tried playing this online one week and we found it substantially worse than the physical game for multiplayer. I do not recommend for "video game only". You should already have played, or plan to be playing, the …
- [2]
The game is in a great place now. I will still pull out the board game to play with friends, but for solo play I'll be sticking with the digital version and my steam deck. For anyone looking to play on the steam deck. Raise the resolution to 1080p for text clarity, and bind one of the back buttons to the magnifier tool through the controller settings. Battery life is good, but you can extend it by limiting your FPS. …
Summarised from 34 of the 367 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
89% of the 196 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Spirit Island. The complaint that keeps coming up: multiplayer lacks save functionality. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 415 · most liked firstDo you remember, when you were just a child, watching leaves dance and spin around in a playful pirouette? In those moments, you were seeing Sun-Bright Whirlwind. --- Study/Draw-Over/Fanart of Sun-Bright Whirlwind, by Lucas Durham, for the game Spirit Island! spiritislandwiki.com/index.php?ti...
neutral · AI labelView post →This week at #boardgames night, we returned to Spirit Island. In the first game, I played Hearth Vigil, and we got smashed by the level 2 French. The second I was Many Minds Move as One vs level 1 Habsburgs. I didn't fully grok my spirit's strategy but we got the win mainly thanks to my teammates!
neutral · AI labelView post →Spirit Island set for new publisher as designer declines Flat River Group renewal, plans complete art overhaul: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing some Spirit Island this Sunday! (+tea) #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Played Spirit Island, Formaggio, and one other game I can’t share details on yet. Solid game night.
positive · AI labelView post →Quote repost with your art that has stars! 🌠 Starlight Seeks Its Form 🌠 A sentient fallen star from the game Spirit Island #spiritisland #boardgame #artshare
neutral · AI labelView post →Gonna see if my brain can function for long enough to have a game of Spirit Island with my partner. #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →We ran a game of Spirit Island tonight where we sprinted to full terror for Halloween. You can feel the power creep with Breath of Darkness versus Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares but we had a good time. And wouldn't you know once the colonists had fled in terror this happened.
positive · AI labelView post →Five player Spirit Island tonight! (Yes, there are six characters in the game but I’m just doing whatever @patrickleder.bsky.social tells me to do on my turns so I don’t think I qualify as a “player.”)
positive · AI labelView post →Spirit Island at @leder.games HQ! It will be hard to play on the cardboard boards after this. #boardgames #tabletopgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Gentle folks, I have completed a game of Spirit Island with every Spirit and a few fan ones.
neutral · AI labelView post →A much needed game of Spirit Island at the end of a long week.
neutral · AI labelView post →I finally won a game of Spirit Island with Starlight Seeks It's Form. Previously my brain freezes each time I start the game. I believe I only have Shroud of Silent Mist left and I will have won the game with every Spirit.
positive · AI labelView post →Master and I spent the first day of spooky season curled up all cozy at home with some board games! It was a fully unplugged day which felt like a nice brain reset! We played Spirit Island, Star Wars: Rebellion, and Skulk Hollow which was a cute lil fox game AWA!
neutral · AI labelView post →Played Spirit Island for the first time last night. It’s definitely not for the faint of heart. 4 hours of playing later and I think I may understand the basics. It’s the most complicated board game I’ve ever played.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm Eric! I'm a freelance game designer, best known for Spirit Island. A recent-ish game I really enjoy is Daybreak; a less recent one is Argent: the Consortium. Lots of things make me happy, but lately, it's especially been my kids. They've really helped turn some days from rough to super-great.
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately, we ran out of time to finish this 4 player game of Spirit Island. We were so close to a win. A friend has this game really blinged out with all the expansions. Is there a game you love that you've blinged out with all the expansions or deluxe bits? #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →I just finished a game of Spirit Island as A Spread of Rampant Green with 16 power cards. I had to reclaim once all game.
neutral · AI labelView post →I can’t believe I let Spirit Island sit unplayed on my shelf for all these years. I hung out with chat while setting up and learning how to play on Twitch. It’s a really compelling game with a great theme. Looking forward to playing it again.
positive · AI labelView post →I feel like my profile makes me seem like I only work and go to the gym. While the past few days I’ve been playing the board game Spirit Island with my best friend because I’m loving it so much
positive · AI labelView post →In the middle of our first game of Spirit Island. I feel like we have made a few mistakes. But I'm looking forward to the next one already. #Boardgames #SpiritIsland
positive · AI labelView post →I want a Spirit Island spirit that is a giant Spider. No idea what the game play would be I just like spiders and giant versions of monsters.
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing some Spirit Island again. This game is so interesting, it's only my second playthrough. I made dice bags for the kickstarter 500 years ago
positive · AI labelView post →Holiday break or as I like to call it Spirit Island playing week. Had a really high scoring game today thanks to Time Spills Sideways against Russia 4.
positive · AI labelView post →If you want to play with friends, buyer beware that while the game is great, you cannot save a multiplayer game to resume it later.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spirit Island occupies a well-deserved place in the board game discourse. The recent release of Horizons of Spirit Island, a downscaled and simplified version of the game, got me thinking about the legacy and meaning of the game. Read it here: spacebiff.com/2024/03/06/h...
neutral · AI labelView post →Spirit Island got brought up in the Atopia discord recently and it's been on my mind so I figured I'd get it to the table. (Last play was Oct 2023, so it's on the #boardgame list to play this year anyways) Wish me luck!
neutral · AI labelView post →Game night: 5p Spirit Island @pupatlas.bsky.social @wolfpupblade.bsky.social @kittygheera.bsky.social Good time teaching new players and using the new Spirits
neutral · AI labelView post →Due to how bluesky works, here's a top 12. In no particular order. Spirit Island - Co-op, variable powers, high challenge Arkham Horror: The card game - Deck construction like magic the gathering, but co-op Castles of Burgundy - The best euro game Star Wars Rebellion - Epic war game.
neutral · AI labelView post →I design games and frequently fail to convince people to publish them! Favorite game: Spirit Island. Love the theme, how it always feels different, and the brain melt. Non game thing making me happy right now: Star Trek Lower Decks
neutral · AI labelView post →I am a Chinese player, and this digital board game is absolutely fantastic. I have purchased all the content for both the PC and iOS versions! Could you please add an option for Chinese language after all the DLC updates? This is really important to us. This board game already has a Chinese localization by a Chinese agent, which can serve as a reference. Thank you so much for creating such an interesting digital board game. It's like a love letter, making it unforgettable for me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am playing a big Spirit Island game later today to celebrate my imminent birthday. What Spirit am I playing?
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the illustrations I've gotten to do for the board game, Spirit Island. This has probably been one of my favorite companies to work for. Bonus kudos since my husband and our friends also really enjoy the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some Sunday afternoon Spirit Island. Love messing around with the aspects and Thunderspeaker ended up being a BEAST this game. I hope the game lands in a new home soon. Any news @rericreuss.bsky.social? I’ve heard what’s left of GTG may still be printing it but it seems like that’s uncertain?
positive · AI labelView post →Working with the Spirit Island for my game - Seeker: Quest #gamedev #procreate #gamedevelopment #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing Spirit Island while food cooks so that we can at least smash some type of white colonialism before it takes hold. X)
positive · AI labelView post →Today at the club. Spirit Island. What a marvelous game! #hobbystreak day 22
positive · AI labelView post →Forgot to log most of my Card Game plays, but love seeing Spirit Island where it deserves to be at the top of this list! @bgstatsapp.bsky.social #boardgames
positive · AI labelView post →After 3 attempts and ensuring we were diligent in following the rules we won a game of Spirit Island (by R. Eric Reuss published by @greaterthangames.bsky.social. we managed to get all the fear cards down! #boardgames #boardgamesky
positive · AI labelView post →All set up and ready to spend the morning learning how to play Spirit Island. #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Played another two great games of #SpiritIsland with @khevna.bsky.social and two friends 🤩 Still my favourite board game ever 🥰 #BoardGames #SpiritIsland @rericreuss.bsky.social @greaterthangames.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →I'm about to head into game 5 of Spirit Island this weekend.
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing Spirit Island on my birthday. This is the best game ever made. Solo and at two, it sings like nothing else. My truest joy. #boardgames
positive · AI labelView post →This afternoon we got in a game of Horrified, we failed miserably. Fighting the Jersey Devil and Ozark Howler in the same game is not reccommed. Then we lost defending the Island in Spirit Island. #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Last game of my Christmas time off was Spirit Island on Tuesday! We almost braved adding an expansion this time, but decided on one last base-only game. We had a very convincing win - seemed like a very powerful combination of spirits. #boardgames
positive · AI labelView post →Played some more Leviathan Wilds today with my partner. This game is quickly climbing the ranks for me and hits a similar sorta part in my brain as Spirit Island but lighter in a way that works well for the pace it's aiming for. Experimented with some different class/character combos! #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →I played a really high level game of SI last night with Scotland and Prussia. I would like to see a mode for SI that adds a way harder Stage 4 and no way to win. Instead the game goes until the players fail. Spirit Island endless mode if you will.
neutral · AI labelView post →I hate to give a game that I've played so much a bad review, but even as a superfan of the Spirit Island board game the digital version is lacking. It really is a shame because this game could be so much better but it seems like the development team is very small and they are mainly focused on new content. Also the game has gotten significantly better over the years, so I have hope that maybe the game will reach its true potential. I would only recomend buying this game if you are a big fan…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DEEPLY frustrating multiplayer friction. Turns are 'simultaneous' but are broken up by seemingly arbitrary actions locking the game for all players ("Other player is picking a power card to discard! God forbid you...even look at your own cards!!"). Undoing is opaque and tedious and requires everyone to click through. The game itself seems pretty intriguing, if requiring a sherpa who knows how to play to prevent utter failure. Just play this one in person.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spirit Island, still my favorite board game of all time, and the best solo game out there. Solo 3 spirits (Eyes, Wandering Voice and Shroud stranded) against England 6. Fear win with one blight left and a score of 68. #boardgames #soloboardgames
positive · AI labelView post →Bad news: Our game of Spirit Island took too long, now I ran out of time to go swimming (and still manage all the other family plans this evening) Good news: At least we won! (It looked pretty dire for a while there…) #boardGames
positive · AI labelView post →Given the state of the world it is time to shift of the colonialist board game that is Catan and get people into the anti imperialist Spirit Island
positive · AI labelView post →I love spirit island! And Lure is such a strong spirit during the blitz scenario! #boardgames #SpiritIsland #tabletop
positive · AI labelView post →We had a blast playing -yet another- game of Spirit Island this weekend with @khevna.bsky.social and 2 friends (and are going to play another one tonight). I think it may be my favourite board game of all time 🤔 #boardgames
positive · AI labelView post →Tough, but Spirit Island Food Chain Magnate Arkham Horror The Card Game Orléans The Gallerist Dominant Species Android: Netrunner Codenames Yokohama Village
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's all 12 games I played this month. Tea Witches was my most-anticipated play of the month. Spirit Island is my all-time favorite game at 2p with my wife. Vantage is a masterpiece and The Four Doors has replaced the Forbidden series for me. A good month overall! #boardgames
positive · AI labelView post →Learning how to play Spirit Island. Love the theme and mechanics so far, but I got destroyed in my first game! 😰 #bggcommunity #tabletopgames #boardgamegateway #boardgames #spiritisland
neutral · AI labelView post →It's bitterly ironic that Spirit Island - a game about indigenous spirits resisting colonial incursion - was destroyed by oppressive empires waging a trade war.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ended the day playing Slay The Spire. This is in my top 2 co-op games of all time. If Spirit Island didn't exist, StS would be number one. Just a stupendous adaptation. #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Did try a game of Spirit Island again after half year not playing. anddd I lost 😂. I love board games that are hard, but losing so fast makes me sad. Oh well just need to get used to the game again. Slow and steady wins the race. I get two expansion for this game for my birthday 😍 (14-2).
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