About This Game

Spread your fire. Block your friends. Claim the most Wisps.

Fire Isle is a turn-based strategy party game for 1–4 players inspired by the popular board game Blokus®. You play as a fire burning across an island. Big Mongo, the King of the Isle, launches pieces of himself, called Wisps, all around the island. Each turn, burn the tiles next to your fires to spread toward the latest Wisp. Burn a Wisp's tile first and it's yours. The fire with the most Wisps wins.

If you've played the board game Blokus, you get the idea: grow out from your own pieces, take the space your rivals need and leave them nowhere to go. Only here, nobody waits for a turn. Everyone races for the same tiles at the same time.

Every match is a free-for-all. Burn the cheap route your friend was counting on. Hide a trap on the tile they need next. Cut them off with a wall of Snow. Steal your friend's fire and sneak into the tiles they've been selfishly hoarding.

Your friend spent three turns spreading toward one? Snatch it with seconds left on the clock. Claim more of King Mongo's Wisps than your fiery brethren to be crowned his successor, the next King of Fire Isle.

Happy, Sad, Angry or Grumpy is just your look. Your class is how you fight.

Thief: steal an enemy fire beside yours to break their lines or shut them out.

Traveler: lob a fire over oceans, rivers, mountains, and enemy lines.

Storm Caster: summon an island-wide rainstorm that hurts your friends more than it hurts you.

Wisp Fiend: imagine not being able to just buy Wisps? Couldn't be you, L peasants.

Trapper: scatter exploding hidden traps around the map and watch your friends walk right into them at the best moments.

Warden: whoever said Sand, Stone, and Snow were hard to burn? For others, maybe, but not for you. Wall off rivals' paths with rough terrain at a moment's notice.

With 100+ cards to pick from, you can bend the rules, from cheaper fires to longer rainstorms and everything in between.

Unlike Cards, Items are one-time-use and where things get more aggressive. Slow down whoever's closest to winning with a Fire Extinguisher, jack up everyone else's prices with a Cold Front, make traps half-priced, and more.

Take advantage of what's available on every island; no two are exactly the same. Grass burns out fast, Forests and Swamps burn slower, Coal explodes in a burst of free fires, Ravines act as shortcuts, Rivers make crossing pricey, and Volcanoes launch your fire anywhere on the island.

Friends, Bots or Both

Host a lobby with your own rules, browse matches or send invites through Steam. No group tonight? Fill any empty seats with randoms or bots ranging in skill level from Journalist (it'd struggle to beat the tutorial if it tried) to Hard (it doesn't just target Wisps, it targets YOU).

After matches, Wisps you claimed can be spent at the Shop on cosmetics you and all your friends will see.

Pick a fire, pick a class, and pick some friends to duke it out with.

10% of all earnings from game purchases go directly to supporting Cape Ivy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. You can also donate directly to Cape Ivy by going to Cape Ivy's website.

Photosensitive Seizure Warning: This game contains some flashing visual effects that may trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy. Stop playing and consult a doctor if you feel unwell.

Blokus is a registered trademark of its owner. Fire Isle is not affiliated with or endorsed by its owner.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some of Fire Isle's wood-themed UI art, as well as some of the game's optional cosmetic items, was initially created using generative AI as a base. I then personally edited all of this art in Photoshop, Krita, Substance Painter, Blender and similar software to better match the game's art style. I am committed to and have been actively working on replacing all AI generated assets within the game since March 2026 with the help of an amazing volunteer artist.