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Spirit of the Island
Developer 1M Bits Horde
A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Cross-Platform Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook dishes, gather resources, build shops and museum to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination! From the Steam store page
176 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
52
Mixed
86 positive · 78 negative
95% range 45–60%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 86 | 78 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
515 of 823 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
52% recommend · 89 yes, 81 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 170 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (1,253 of 1,907 positive).
Players find the game has a charming art style and relaxing gameplay, but many criticize its lack of guidance and bugs. [1][2][3] Some reviewers enjoy the depth of mechanics and value for money, especially on sale. [1][4][5] Others are frustrated by game-breaking issues, poor multiplayer, and a mobile-like feel. [6][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [6]
This game claims to support multiplayer, but unless you're the host, you're nothing more than a disposable errand boy. You can't complete quests, can't interact with key story elements, and are basically just there to carry materials and do the grunt work. It's frustrating, demeaning, and completely kills any sense of cooperative progression. Multiplayer should be about shared adventure – not turning your friends …
- [3]
I really wanted to like Spirit of the Island, and honestly, it does have potential. The art style is super cute, and the general vibe of the island and its characters had me interested at first. But unfortunately, there’s just too much working against the game for me to recommend it right now. There is some guidance in the beginning, but it fades pretty quickly. I often found myself unsure of what I was supposed to …
- [1]
This game is missing the mechanics explanation but the depth of the sandbox play is huge, I really like it. Purchase it if you like a relaxing farming and exploration rpg with tons of mechanics never used in other sim games (like the amusement park).
- [2]
Graphics: cute and warm. Gameplay: relaxing and fresh, different from other life sims. Story: didn't learn more but it is there. Quests: interesting but strange. Was amazed to see on Android and that it is all the same there, no content cuts - thst is amazing, a thumbs up for me
- [4]
Bought this game during sales and zero regret! Such amazing game and community! Admins are super active and helpful in the discord server tooo! Hopefully there will be new story line update soon :D
Summarised from 34 of the 184 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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The crowd is split on Spirit of the Island: 89 recommend it, 81 don't. Which camp are you in?
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60 of 176 · most liked firstThis game is missing the mechanics explanation but the depth of the sandbox play is huge, I really like it. Purchase it if you like a relaxing farming and exploration rpg with tons of mechanics never used in other sim games (like the amusement park).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game claims to support multiplayer, but unless you're the host, you're nothing more than a disposable errand boy. You can't complete quests, can't interact with key story elements, and are basically just there to carry materials and do the grunt work. It's frustrating, demeaning, and completely kills any sense of cooperative progression. Multiplayer should be about shared adventure – not turning your friends into second-class citizens. Fix this garbage system.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spirit of the Island is a mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as if it was a real PC game (it's not)... it's a cash grab from greedy mobile devs. This mobile app is a crowdfunded (showing us there is not so much wisdom in crowds sometimes) farming sim published by Facebook/META for Android and iPhone, and has been lazily ported to Steam as a cash grab. Stardew Valley opened a floodgate of badly made ripoff farming sims... you know the deal by now, you start off on some island or whatever,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First couple of hours into the game, I find an ancient camera. It has a high vendor value and I sell it off. Then 30 hours later, turns out this is a quest item and you cannot progress further in the game without it. Game over. It's an "OK" game for the most part, some annoying bugs, and the worst driving I've ever experienced in a game. EDIT: The ancient camera bug has since been fixed. Though they now tried to force me into reviewing the game. Choices are "e-mail us" or "review game", no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, I bounced off of this game quicker than any other farming sim. And I've played a lot of them. I don't need to go into many specifics when tons of negative reviews and even most positive reviews point out clear issues. There's a reason why almost all positive reviews have under 10 hours played and those with more hours are mostly from 4 years ago when this game first released. We have had so many indie farming games since then that there is 0 reason to play this one. 30 minutes in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got it in a bundle. Look the game isn't that good, but it's not that bad either. The bad is that you pretty much have to do everything manually, there's almost 0 automation (there's sprinklers but does that count). You can hire staff for your base but you can't order them to do any of the chores you do manually, which is a huge oversight. Like others said, there's not a lot to do in the town apart from very linear quests, it's a bit grindy, and its content is way too safe. Like, seeds,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sad I can't recommend this game, it had a lot of potential! But having absolutely no guidance or purpose to keep playing after the inital couple hours I just gave up. You get your main quests pretty much immediately and this keeps you from forming a relationship with the elder of the city. Because if you have an active quest with someone, you can't interact any other way with that person anymore. Happens rarely enough though, after around 4 hours I only ever had the main quest active and maybe…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like Spirit of the Island, and honestly, it does have potential. The art style is super cute, and the general vibe of the island and its characters had me interested at first. But unfortunately, there’s just too much working against the game for me to recommend it right now. There is some guidance in the beginning, but it fades pretty quickly. I often found myself unsure of what I was supposed to do next, how to do certain things, or even what materials I needed. It’s not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has the potential to be really charming, but it just dumps way too many mechanics and quests on you at once. It makes it hard to know where to go, and means you end up doing things in the wrong order and having to go back.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Getting to town is slow and painful, and the game has decided Im not allowed to run anymore. The tiny inventory sucks. The town is WAY TOO BIG and chasing around NPCs is not fun. The map is nearly useless without being able to zoom in. Im sick of compulsory socialising in these sorts of games. HARD PASS
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR - Don't waste your time or money; even on steep discount, this is *at best* an early development / pre-release quality game that has no hope of ever being improved. I wanted to like this game but there are critical issues that make it unplayable, imho. In short, this feels like a game in early- to mid-development, definitely NOT a game that is in full release, especially considering that it was released nearly a full 2 years ago. At this point, I just assume this is as good as it's going…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So many major game breaking bugs, biggest one including saves being wiped and having to restart missions countless times. Highly dont suggest until this game is actually worked on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a TON of potential, but it falls short. Right now it feels more like an Early Access than a full release. It boggles my mind that this came out two years ago. Pros: -The art style is nice. -Lots of different workbenches and item progression. -This game has a little bit of everything,... farming, shopkeep, combat, etc. Cons: -The map is terrible. You have a 1-stage zoom that barely gives you any closer of a look at the grainy landscape. -The quest details are terrible,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is fun for the first few hours, but it gets pretty repetitive and grindy, story is extremely bland and not that engaging, same goes for events, you also do not interact much on the town since there is literally nothing important to do there aside from doing the main quest and bulletin board, the stores are also not that useful since the items they sell can just be collected easilly, you can spam honey bees to earn alot of gold or buy the dlc for faster gold production, The only good thing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As I write this review, I see people's comments about the game being $5, but for me it was $19.49 so I really can't overlook the general incomplete feeling of the game - it's not *unplayable* but seeing this compared to alternatives like Stardew Valley, I genuinely expected a higher degree of polishing. Issues: - The quest list goes to the bottom of your screen and past it too - There's improper grammar in the quests in the way of capitalization - There was no tooltip indication, save for WASD…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game since it claims to have online multiplayer. Came to find out that the "multiplayer" is essentially just a large sandbox mode with only one quest - the final quest in the entire main story line. The multiplayer is a skeleton of its single player version. The only saving grace is that I only paid $3 for this game. If you are looking for a farming sim/base building game with a story line to play with your friends. THIS AIN'T IT. If you're looking for an open sandbox world with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The co-op in this game is abysmal. My partner and I tried to get this game to work for an hour and change, but with frequent issues. Things like the host needing to hit quest triggers or the game would lock in various ways. One of the early quests, for instance, is to drink water in the tutorial. I was the host, but my partner drank the water which completed the quest but did not hit the trigger for the next quest, locking us out. Had to restart. Another early quest is to repair a bridge to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first when I started playing this game, I assumed it was in Early Access as most of the features in this game seem to be half cooked. There are soooo many easy to fix exploits in the game that makes it seem like the devs just gave up at some point. For example, you can max out your Social skill in 5-10 mins by just continuously talking to the same NPC over and over. Just as when trying to max out an NPC's social level, you just spam the interaction and within seconds, you have maxed it out.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game, but it's so unpolished and, quite frankly, boring. The leveling system is so screwed up, it's difficult to progress. For example, I leveled exploration and crafting to max in the first in-game season but have barely hit 1 star for electronics or combat. Simply because there aren't opportunities to level those. To level electronics, you have to make a bunch of four types of parts from one bench - which are essentially useless because you aren't high…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last news was almost 2 years ago so probably an abandoned game the little I have played I have enjoyed but yeah no news at all since 4 Aug 2024 on steam
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love games like Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon so I thought I would love this game. The concept of different islands & tourists is new and has so much potential. However the Islands are boring after the first time going to each new island since nothing changes. Its way too easy to get to level 5 for each category, and honestly feels very grindy in a non-fun way. You can have employees, but they can't help with any farming or crafting which feels like a loss. Its so easy to make money and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's cute, and playable, but it feels very unfinished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Full of half idea's that just never received any polish. Seems like the developer thought of something to add and only added it halfway and moved on to something else. It wanted to be Stardew so bad but with a twist(Tourism), and barely scratched the surface of anything. -There's a museum on your island, but it's only consists of your gear you craft, bugs, and a small section for special drops. It's two floors and the basement is roped off like there's going to be more. The museum serves no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game crashes CONSTANTLY. I tried to play it on the Steam deck three separate times and each time it crashed upon reaching my farm. I tried to play it on my tablet. Three of my play hours were from sitting on the initial loading screen before the game even began because it froze there, twice, and I hoped the second time it might go if I just give it a moment? (and then was distracted by real life for a few hours.) Nope, didn't ever go. I HAVE to play it on my high quality gaming computer…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was expecting more of this game. The pace is weird, sometimes slow, sometimes fast. The crafting looks like all random with no linear progression. The story and NPC are nice but the other game elements don't seem to go alongside it. Why add mining and harvesting? It seems like this game tried to clone the general feeling of a life-sim but didn't introduce their own elements into it, therefore it's very shallow and uninteresting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The games fun but feels unfinished and unpolished, at just 25 hours ive completed everything with my GF besides maxing out my fishing and social skills, the travel mechanic is interesting but very quickly u end up with maxed gear and everything is a breese. didnt even make it past mid summer, and therew 2 more seasons that dont really change much for the game. dialog is kind of weird and feels written by someone who does not know how people talk. characters will say goodbye then add an extra…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has its charm, but it just feels a little hollow. The ui is extremely clunky at times, trying to move something from my hotbar removes my mouse temporarily and turns my control scheme to controller? Might just be a bug on my end. The tutorial was hard to get through as it just SLAMS you with text boxes. I can see a charm to this game as I mentioned with its art style but the art style is one of the few saving graces for this game at the moment.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As the game is right now - I would not recommend. It has a lot of potential and from what I do remember playing of it - this is a fun game. It just has a lot of bugs that make it difficult to delve deeper into the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was excited to play this game but the camera angle put me off, the fact you can’t spin the camera around only go up and down I didn’t like. Other than the camera angle it could have been a great game, if you don’t mind the camera issue then overall it would be a decent play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels like it tries to shorthand all of the interactions with the supporting characters. Like it borrows from tropes, but does so poorly. It also does a poor job of explaining what you are meant to do to progress. At best it's disappointing at worst it is aggravating either way there was no point in which I felt I was having fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While my opinion on this game may change, I currently find this game hard to play. The tutorials are pretty much an info dump of information, with the text boxes often having a full paragraph of information, which is not something I want to read when I'm trying to do something. Since the camera is stationary, I couldn't play for a little while due to injuring one of my fingers, but when I got to play again, something had changed to where there are now two black bars on either side of the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok, resource gathering and management game.. That feels kinda pointless cause the main plot advances at snails pace. There are a lot of activities and buildings to build for tourists coming to the island but it just feels pointless, like extra things to do while you grow older.. And the menu's in the game, the seem to suck the living life out of you. It just feels like work and I play videogames so I can forget about work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to like this game, I really do. It's your standard cozy farming sim with the twist being that you get to travel to different islands and fight pirates. Sounds awesome in theory, but its missing something that makes other farming sims like this one, so addictive and fun. The game works just fine, graphics are cute, and there's nothing necessarily wrong with it, but it's one of those situations where there are so many other, far better cozy farming sim games out there, that I don't want to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to like this game. It has a lot of charm and mechanics that I tend to enjoy in a cozy farm sim. However, I really only play games like this multiplayer and the game continues to have the same problems the as the first time round when my partner and I played. Firstly all connections go through their servers. I get this is probably to facilitate cross-platform, however, if the primary client leaves, it obviously boots the secondary client(s). But also if the secondary client leaves or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game keeps crashing. Thumbs down.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game during sales and zero regret! Such amazing game and community! Admins are super active and helpful in the discord server tooo! Hopefully there will be new story line update soon :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Creating multiplayer match is a hassle. Invite friend button is a lie. It takes like 10-15 clicks to host a game. Also, hot keys do not save -- you have to rebind every time you load the game :( The wife loves it so we keep coming back.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not worth your time, its a scuffed imitation of Stardew Valley
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game just feels bad to play on Mouse and Keyboard. Should have a "The Developers of this game recommend a controller." warning on it cause M&KB is a no. Refunded cause of it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The beginning of this game is super slow going, the days are too short, the walk to town is too long, and the game seems pretty overwhelming. However, as you play through the frustration, it does become more interesting and achievable. The boating and islands are fun to visit. The abundance of items to craft seems impossible, yet it gives an abundance of items to strive for. I wish I had known to begin sooner with raising animals, since they are the key to making money in the first year. I am…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very chill and cozy. I would put this in a list of very simple games. It's got a very easy to understand building and crafting system. Basically this is one of those that you can play and not really pay attention to it, and you'll still end up fine. Now for the bad, the interactions with the npcs sometimes get locked in a single cycle, not letting you actually talk to the person until you finish the quest that was given. This is the case with the town elder, you cant raise your relationship…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is cute. For less than 5$ to get all content, it feels like robbing the devs. Sounds like the 2 players coop is great too so if you have a friend to share this with, it's extra extra value! Sleep mechanic not bothering too much. You still have to sleep (or drink coffee or stuff like this) but you don't randomly get knocked out for not sleeping. That's honestly the most annoying part of most games like Stardew Valley, My time at Portia, etc. And it's the exact same reasons I started to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It says steam cloud but cloud saves are broken. Otherwise it's a somewhat janky farming sim. Works on the steam deck. I bought the game and DLC on sale for 5 bucks. Not disappointed with the purchase.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes i would recommend this but...as a new player so far imma bit frustrated.....how to build a chest?....how to get an ingot? Thinking it will be more fun but at the starting point a bit frustrated.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Graphics: cute and warm. Gameplay: relaxing and fresh, different from other life sims. Story: didn't learn more but it is there. Quests: interesting but strange. Was amazed to see on Android and that it is all the same there, no content cuts - thst is amazing, a thumbs up for me
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lacks lots of QOL. Building roads etc is a pain. Tourists flock in packs and are stupid. I hired some staff and noone bought anything from my shop. I explored a few islands, but they were also pretty much the same. Most of the time playing I was wishing I was playing Portia or Stardew Valley instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its not very fun. Feels like its still in early access.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like the concept, and I think the creators have a great idea, but a lot of this feels drawn out. The character interaction system is confusing, it doesn't tell you what to do in a lot of places, and basic actions take forever. There's a lot of bias as I've spent hundreds of hours in stardew and I think I'm expecting a stardew 2, and this is a very different game. It's creative and it tries to make a unique experience, but a lot of the ways it strives for uniqueness falls a little…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game feels unfinished, not polished in controls, full of bugs and soulless NPCs. If I hadn't gotten the game almost for free, I would really be pissed. Really a shame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is easy to play with mouse and keyboard. It's fun and you can progress fairly rapidly. The tutorial is helpful but could be better. Some information is available on the internet but some of it is outdated and it would be nice if there was a comprehensive player manual.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is sooo wonky. The art is cute, but the UI and a lot of other things need to been worked on. It feels like an early access game. I only bought it because it was on sale and dirt cheap.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're looking for a fun, low-key, and make-it-your-own game - this one is for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is terrible. Do not but it. It will make you mad and annoyed because it doesn't work. You can't quickslot the houses to rent them out, you can't quickslot the summer seeds to plant them. These may seem like small things but you can't progress in the game without these things. Overall a waste of time and money. Shame really
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The worst tutorial i have ever seen, walk 2 steps up pops a tutorial. walk 2 steps up pops another tutorial, 2 more steps and another tutorial, 50 tutorials late... can I play yet?????? inventory space is far to tiny, to many items to gather with no place to store the items, to craft another little chest you need space in your inventory for like 4 or 5 different items, but you have no space. The shop only open in a morning... seriously!!!. food spoils to quickly. Build a farm they say, it'll be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never seen this game before and saw the sale. Suddenly found myself enjoying the vibes the game provides. So many mechanica I didnt try yet... Trading, tourists, exploration - really enjoyed. I have also purchased it for iOs to enjoy playing when on the road.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Island of BUGS do this bug... done that bug.... such lame game design and worthless can't wait to finish the last island
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Given how long I've waited to play this game, I have to say I'm thoroughly disappointed. It's laggy, glitchy, directionless, ponderous and frustrating. The game may have two play modes, but only Legacy has the beginnings of giving you any idea of what to do. Honestly, it feels like this one is pre-alpha stage at best.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe I'll give this a go again in a few months. At the moment I just kind of feel thrown into the game without much direction and incentive to continue. Just "here is a workbench, now make some screws" and "here is some dirt, now plant a potato".
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would be good if players disconnecting wouldn't also kick the host and causing progress to be lost
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Could be good if multiplayer was fixed. Like others in the community have reported many times there is a hardlocking bug with the first bridge being repaired with either the host or the secondary player not being able to repair or cross the bridge once the other repairs it. So essentially you'll have one player stuck on the farm. Rejoining a host will also reprompt all the tutorials popping up which can be quite annoying the 10th - 50th time rejoining trying to get past said bridge issue.
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