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The Shrouded Isle

Turn-based cult management with hidden sins and seasonal sacrifices

Jongwoo Kim, Erica Lahaie, FX Bilodeau, Tanya Short · Published by Kitfox Games · Released Aug 4, 2017

IndieSimulation

Reviews
Mostly Positive
71% of 1,254
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
0
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
7 years ago
Jul 14, 2019
Minimum PC
1024 x 768
2 GB RAM · 1 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 69/100 (critic reviews)

What is The Shrouded Isle?

The Shrouded Isle is a single-player, turn-based management game set in an isolated island village whose cult prepares for a sea god's awakening. As high priest, you appoint advisors from five families, investigate villagers' hidden traits, manage family favor, and sacrifice an advisor at the end of each season. Villagers' traits change from run to run.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy balancing family demands through turn-based decisions
  • +you like deducing hidden traits before choosing sacrifices
  • +you want a bleak cult setting with hard choices

Not for you if...

  • −you want fast action rather than turn-based management
  • −you want clear guidance before learning by failure

What players say

71% of 1,254 reviews are positive

Players praise the art, music, and bleak atmosphere. They often complain that runs grow repetitive and that random outcomes make particular endings frustrating to reach.

How many players finish The Shrouded Isle?

13% of Steam players have unlocked «Awakened», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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The Shrouded Isle system requirements

Minimum: 1024 x 768, 2 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run The Shrouded Isle?

The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.

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Minimum

OS
Windows XP SP2 or later
Processor
SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics
1024 x 768 or larger resolution
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
1 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0

Does The Shrouded Isle have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does The Shrouded Isle run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
16
Steam features
Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Italian.

Does The Shrouded Isle use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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1 DLC available.