Island Dash

Island Dash

Released Aug 2017

You are controlling the Tourist through the whole Island. Your goal is to collect as much money as quickly as possible, so the Tourist can buy himself a Hotdog. If you are to slow and he runs out of calories, he will die. :( Do you think you can make it?

84% positive · 497 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Island Dash is a small free-to-play indie game released on August 30, 2017, created by a student developer team. The store description describes it as a "work in progress" project with plans to add features over time, and promises of new minigames and content in future updates. However, the only developer communication after launch was a post on January 8, 2018, where the team apologized for delays and cited school commitments, noting they had worked on an Android side project and that work on Island Dash would "continue in Summer" (presumably Summer 2018). No further posts, patches, or updates have appeared since that January 2018 message. The promised summer 2018 continuation never materialized in any public communication, and the developer has been silent since January 8, 2018 — over eight years ago. The game shipped with approximately 10–15 minutes of gameplay and appears to have launched as a largely finished small product, with the post-launch content promises never fulfilled. Given the complete absence of developer activity since early 2018 and the fact that this is a very small student project, the game is effectively complete in its released state.
Evidence
Developer apologizes for delay citing school stress, mentions an Android side project, and says work on Island Dash will continue 'in Summer.' This is the last known communication from the developer.
news post · Jan 8, 2018 source ambiguous
medium
Store description promises ongoing updates and new features/minigames in future versions, describing the game as a 'work in progress' project
description · Aug 30, 2017 source content planned
low

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Flo Knödl
Achievements
1
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

look & feel
IslandDash is a 3D Open-world Minigame.
It was created by a small group of people with passion and pride.

idea
We are planning Island Dash as a "work in progress" project.
In the first version the game only is a Minigame with a approximated 10-15 min gameplay time,
but with every update we will implement new cool features that will improve the games niceness.

what to expect
On your journey you are ought to collect some coconuts
with your Cococollector3000 while avoiding evil crabs,
help Pizza-Diego by bringing him some pineapples or
even catch a parrot for an old pirate.
In the current version you can expect approximately 10 to 15 minutes Gameplay,
but we are working hard to include new features and Minigames in further versions.

story
On a lovely little Island named „Porto Parmesano“ a Tourist is sleeping at the beach.
Suddenly as the Hotdog seller shouts out „Hotdogs, fresh Hotdogs!!“ the Tourist slowly awakes.
As he arrives at the Hotdog stand he realises that he lost all his money.

Now it is your job to collect some money for him.
How many calories will he remain when he finally gets his HotDog?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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