Ishmael

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App ID	981310
App Type	Game
Developer	Jordan Magnuson
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

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_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	50
height_pct	50

Is free on the store?

Yes

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

NWJS SDK, NodeJS SDK

restricted_countries

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

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

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logo

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logo_small

90fc05def866f002f3e1a7f69871d57931f92f71_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	50
logo_position/height_pct	50

Assets

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small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	1a5e9de3e645393b883a953c18994bf608b4807b.jpg
page_background_path	app/981310
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	22 February 2021 – 16:23:20 UTC

Trailers

256735188 ↴
trailer_name	About Ishmael
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256735188/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256735188/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4	256735188/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	256735188/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	256735188/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256735188/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256735188/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	195389
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1542092654

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