The Isle: Evrima — Community Guide
Evrima • Community Guide
What is The Isle?
The Isle: Evrima is a gritty, relentless, open-world survival game where players take the role of dinosaurs in a hostile prehistoric landscape. Hunt or be hunted, grow from hatchling to apex predator, and survive long enough to leave your mark on the island.
Two ways to play: Survival, where you start out small and fragile and have to grow through each life stage before a single mistake ends you — or Sandbox, where you drop in as a full-grown apex with the pressure off. Either way the island is never empty: form packs and herds, raise nests, hold territory, and read the wind for whatever’s hunting you.
- Genre
- Open-world dinosaur survival
- Players
- 100+ per server
- Modes
- Survival & Sandbox
- Platform
- PC (Steam)
- Developer
- Afterthought LLC
- Status
- Early Access (since 2015)
This is a community-built reference. Get up to speed on every playable species, master the survival mechanics, explore the map, and find your pack.
FAQ
Is The Isle free to play?+
No. The Isle is a paid game on Steam (around $19.99, with regional pricing). There is no free version — the actively-developed Evrima branch is included with the base purchase.
How many players can a server hold?+
Most servers support up to 100 players at once, and some community servers push higher with custom configuration. The population cap is set by each server's host.
Is The Isle on console, or PC only?+
PC only — Windows, via Steam. There is no official console release, though the game runs on Steam Deck (rated Playable).