Skip to content
Enter Submit to view all results. Ctrl+Enter View and filter in instant search.
Close ×
Search powered by Algolia

Ishmael

Wishlist Follow Ignore Install Unwatch Watch
App ID 981310
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Jordan Magnuson
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 29425452
Last Record Update 6 June 2025 – 19:23:30 UTC ()
Release Date 10 December 2018 – 22:14:21 UTC ()
❓ 54.88%
83 reviews
0
In-Game

Ishmael is a short multimedia-enhanced hypertext story about perpetual cycles of displacement and violence as seen through the lens of a child. Takes about 15 minutes to read/play through.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Jordan Magnuson
metacritic_name Ishmael
ReleaseState released
Publisher Jordan Magnuson
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 7 April 2017 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/JordanMagnuson
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Casual (4), Free to Play (37), Indie (23), RPG (3), Simulation (28)
Steam Release Date 10 December 2018 – 22:14:21 UTC ()
Original Release Date 7 April 2017 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1491548400)
Store Asset Modification Time 22 February 2021 – 16:21:37 UTC () (1614010897)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
library_heroen
library_logoen
logo_position ↴
pinned_positionBottomLeft
width_pct50
height_pct50
Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 5
review_percentage 56
Detected Technologies (?) NWJS SDK, NodeJS SDK
restricted_countries DE
Germany
Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 10 November 2018 – 19:21:27 UTC (), in changelist #5367768
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

📝 Text-Based 📚 Interactive Fiction 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 📚 Visual Novel 🆓 Free to Play 🌱 Indie 😌 Casual 🤏 Short 📚 Story Rich ⚗️ Experimental 🌫 Atmospheric 🏛️ Political Sim 🗳️ Politics 🧙‍♂ Philosophical 💔 Emotional 👆 Clicker 🔎 Point & Click 🧫 Life Sim 🗳️ Political 🗺️ Adventure

Categories

Single-player Profile Features Limited

Assets

Load all asset images
clienticon 630077d1bd7a5d646e9ca65413d96d1f32e8ac9a
clienttga 53227cd7272c38409eba8abbe7025c80f0986025
icon 1a5e9de3e645393b883a953c18994bf608b4807b
logo 90fc05def866f002f3e1a7f69871d57931f92f71
logo_small 90fc05def866f002f3e1a7f69871d57931f92f71_thumb
small_capsule
englishcapsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
englishheader.jpg
library_assets_full
library_capsule ↴
image/englishlibrary_600x900.jpg
image2x/englishlibrary_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/englishlibrary_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/englishlogo.png
logo_position/pinned_positionBottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct50
logo_position/height_pct50
Assets
main_capsulecapsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsulecapsule_231x87.jpg
headerheader.jpg
page_backgroundpage_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
hero_capsulehero_capsule.jpg
library_capsulelibrary_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2xlibrary_600x900_2x.jpg
library_herolibrary_hero.jpg
community_icon1a5e9de3e645393b883a953c18994bf608b4807b.jpg
page_background_pathapp/981310
raw_page_backgroundpage_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp22 February 2021 – 16:23:20 UTC
Trailers
256735188 ↴
trailer_nameAbout Ishmael
trailer_category0
trailer_480p/video/webm256735188/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4256735188/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm256735188/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4256735188/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm256735188/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4256735188/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium256735188/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full256735188/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id195389
all_agestrue
is_highlighttrue
timestamp1542092654
Ad-free Steam data for everyone since 2012
Support SteamDB • Donate or contribute
Open link