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Islets

Developer
Kyle Thompson
Publisher
Armor Games Studios
Released
24 August 2022
Age rating
PEGI N/A
UK price
£16.75

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Genres: platform , role playing rpg , adventure , indie

Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.

Best gaming PC for Islets in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Islets today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Armor Games Studios on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.

Minimum Recommended
OS Windows 7 Windows 10
CPU Intel Pentium E2180 (2 * 2000), AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e (2 * 2300), or equivalent Intel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400), AMD A8-3850 (4 * 2900), or equivalent
RAM 4 GB 8 GB
GPU GeForce GT 220 (1024 MB) or Radeon HD 4650 (1024 VRAM) GeForce GT 640 (2048 VRAM) or Radeon R7 250 (2048 VRAM)
Storage 1 GB 1 GB
DirectX 9.0 9.0

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Islets?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400), AMD A8-3850 (4 * 2900), and your GPU is at or above GeForce GT 640 (2048 VRAM), you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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