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Island for playing on your own computer. Download, unpack, launch. No account, no login.
One file per system, for Windows, macOS and Linux. Whatever comes after the download, the game fetches on its own at launch.
Windows
After the download
Unpack the ZIP (right-click → “Extract All”), then launch Island.exe in the Island folder. Windows shows the SmartScreen filter for new programs: click “More info” and then “Run anyway”.
SHA256
61b338c168378323e499894578d941b0c86faa8a49978f3774064f24623a7a06macOS
After the download
Double-click to unpack the ZIP, then launch Island.app. On first launch, macOS shows “Apple could not verify …”. Click “Done” there (NOT “Move to Trash”), then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → scroll down and click “Open Anyway” → confirm with your password. After that the app launches normally. Alternatively, in Terminal: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/Island.app
SHA256
9e111b49325e8ceb69a0647d292199e0c3c3866e7083a6d14e10451fd14be5d4Linux
After the download
Unpack the archive and launch the program in the resulting folder: tar -xzf island-0.12.0-20260916-1430-linux.tar.gz and then ./Island/Island. If your computer complains about a “SUID sandbox”, use ./Island/Island --no-sandbox instead.
SHA256
f372e996ac1bb202fe5ec96acd098342b7985c20c2cfff8c3c2d6137aaed3f4f
How the game stays up to date
Download once and you're set. On launch, the game checks on its own whether a newer version is available. If so, a bar appears in the bottom left; clicking “Update now” fetches only the changed files, not the whole package, and the game runs on the new version right away. You can also check by hand anytime via the menu “Game → Check for updates” (Ctrl+U, Cmd+U on Mac). You only need a file from here again if you're setting the game up on another computer.
Verify the file
Compare the checksum: on Linux and macOS with shasum -a 256 DATEI, on Windows with certutil -hashfile DATEI SHA256. If it doesn't match, download again and write to us.
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