This is an UP vote only for Time Management hardcore players... otherwise a DOWN vote. Too bad there isn't a NEUTRAL recommendation because that's what I would like to give it. Basically the game is decent except for the Cons below. I played windowed mode which may have something to do with some of the Cons. Would I play it again? NOPE!

Pros:
o 4 difficulty levels (I played on NOTIME and got gold on all levels except L18. More on that later)
o Cute animations and graphics
o Mostly fun to play

Cons:
o Impossible to get gold on L18 (at least in NOTIME windowed mode). Hidden item is NOT available. I even checked on YouTube.
o Too many merchants and fast-to-burn-out campfires make some levels excessively long and boring.
o Dark graphics makes finding hidden items hard to find (I set gamma to 1.50).
o Sluggish game play (slow to end levels, cursor gets stuck, etc).
o Have to finish picking up all gems & finding all hidden items BEFORE attempting to finish last task.
o Some goal descriptions overlap making it impossible to read others.
o Altars require 12 items but spacing makes it look like only 2.
o Some building upgrade lists display over UPGRADE button making it hard to upgrade buildings.

It is a decent time management/clear the road type of game. It doesn't do anything innovative or amazing, but it is pleasant to play.

Nice, same like other games for this series. Rather easy.

Its just a simple management simulator with basic tasks and a very easy hidden object minigame, as well as an ingame achievement/collect-a-thon system. There is no depth to it past smart resource management, making it a strategy game only in the most basic sense of the word. This will be appealing to people who want to use light puzzle solving skills to kill an hour or two. If that is your wheelhouse, you will probably have no issues with this. However the fact it can't correctly run at fullscreen cause its locked at a weird resolution is annoying. The game also has its fair share of glitches, and I don't think its worth the price. I would give this a neutral recommendation if I could.

Classic but pleasant

pretty good. polished, multiqueue, no hassles

Game not well optimized, fairly common frame drops and freezes, crashes to be expected, otherwise fairly fun game if you can get past that.

I've played all the Island Tribe games 2-5 and 5 was so easy it was a waste of time. I played the "hard" mode and I won every level effortlessly. Island Tribe 3 is the best of the series.