# Ishmael

Summer DB entity ID: 4a42a88c\-98a1\-45ff\-8117\-e64d16d5d759

Steam App ID: 981310

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\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Jordan Magnuson

- Publisher: Jordan Magnuson

- Release date: Dec 10, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie, RPG, Simulation

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/981310/ss\_ff75aad81affaa8caf3d33d0f58e6e88985a38f1\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1614011000, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/981310/ss\_ed32062547627820f390d616570aa9b2607a5654\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1614011000, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/981310/ss\_66924eec2ac74f9dccbdb72e2bbadade3f100266\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1614011000, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/981310/ss\_2dce89db1dc191f55b89f1287b99730cf129fb8c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1614011000, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/981310/ss\_a11fe491f03df0013d67658760a59eb75d833b27\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1614011000

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 83

- Steam positive reviews: 48

- Steam negative reviews: 35

- Steam positive percentage: 57.83132530120482%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/4a42a88c-98a1-45ff-8117-e64d16d5d759/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/4a42a88c-98a1-45ff-8117-e64d16d5d759/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:45:02\.788593\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:45:04\.156036\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:45:03\.814585\+00:00

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Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"4a42a88c\-98a1\-45ff\-8117\-e64d16d5d759","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\}

Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/981310/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/4a42a88c-98a1-45ff-8117-e64d16d5d759)