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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
70% of 1,528
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
0
peak 24h 1
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
8 years ago
Oct 23, 2017

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

70% of 1,528 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.

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The Shrouded Isle

The Shrouded Isle system requirements

As published by the developer.

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
16
Steam features
Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

  • 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

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Italian.

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.