diff --git a/fxgl-entity/src/main/kotlin/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/TilesetLoader.kt b/fxgl-entity/src/main/kotlin/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/TilesetLoader.kt
index 31f2f8d5a..e94db5580 100644
--- a/fxgl-entity/src/main/kotlin/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/TilesetLoader.kt
+++ b/fxgl-entity/src/main/kotlin/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/TilesetLoader.kt
@@ -305,15 +305,24 @@ class TilesetLoader(private val map: TiledMap, private val mapURL: URL) {
         return ImageView(bufferBottom)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Loads the layer using an isometric projection:
+     * buffer x = (x-y) * map.tilewidth / 2
+     * buffer y = (x+y) * map.tileheight / 2
+     *
+     * in the first case above, we use (maxY - y) instead of just y because we flip the y axis,
+     * where maxY = layer.height - 1
+     */
     fun loadViewIsometric(layerName: String): Node {
-        log.warning("Isometric maps are not fully implemented: https://github.com/AlmasB/FXGL/issues/1151")
         log.debug("Loading isometric view for layer $layerName")
 
         val layer = map.getLayerByName(layerName)
 
+        // from the formula above, we calculate maximal dimensions of the buffer
+        // +1 to handle rounding errors due to integer division
         val buffer = WritableImage(
-                layer.width * map.tilewidth,
-                layer.height * map.tileheight
+                (layer.width + layer.height) * (map.tilewidth / 2 + 1),
+                (layer.width + layer.height) * (map.tileheight / 2 + 1)
         )
 
         log.debug("Created buffer with size ${buffer.width}x${buffer.height}")
@@ -364,10 +373,24 @@ class TilesetLoader(private val map: TiledMap, private val mapURL: URL) {
                 srcy = 0
             }
 
-            buffer.pixelWriter.setPixels(x * map.tilewidth, y * map.tileheight,
-                    w, h, sourceImage.pixelReader,
-                    srcx,
-                    srcy)
+            val bufferX = (x + map.height-1 - y) * map.tilewidth / 2
+            val bufferY = (x + y) * map.tileheight / 2
+
+            // pixelWriter.setPixels replaces pixels, does not blend them
+            // in order to take into account transparency, we have to draw pixels 1 by 1
+            for (dy in 0 until h) {
+                for (dx in 0 until w) {
+                    val c = sourceImage.pixelReader.getColor(srcx + dx, srcy + dy)
+
+                    if (c != Color.TRANSPARENT) {
+                        buffer.pixelWriter.setColor(
+                                bufferX + dx,
+                                bufferY + dy,
+                                c
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         return ImageView(buffer)
diff --git a/fxgl-entity/src/test/kotlin/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/TMXLevelLoaderTest.kt b/fxgl-entity/src/test/kotlin/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/TMXLevelLoaderTest.kt
index b51efff4c..34b054600 100644
--- a/fxgl-entity/src/test/kotlin/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/TMXLevelLoaderTest.kt
+++ b/fxgl-entity/src/test/kotlin/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/TMXLevelLoaderTest.kt
@@ -189,6 +189,15 @@ class TMXLevelLoaderTest {
         assertThat(view.image.pixelReader.getColor(31,16), `is`((Color.TRANSPARENT)))
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `Load isometric tmx level`() {
+        val world = GameWorld()
+
+        val level = TMXLevelLoader().load(javaClass.getResource("iso/simple.tmx"), world)
+
+        assertThat(level.entities.size, `is`(2))
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @CsvSource("sewers_v1_1_2.tmx", "sewers_v1_2_3.tmx", "sewers_v1_9_0.tmx")
     fun parse(mapName: String) {
diff --git a/fxgl-entity/src/test/resources/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/iso/barrel.png b/fxgl-entity/src/test/resources/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/iso/barrel.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab0df938a
Binary files /dev/null and b/fxgl-entity/src/test/resources/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/iso/barrel.png differ
diff --git a/fxgl-entity/src/test/resources/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/iso/simple.tmx b/fxgl-entity/src/test/resources/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/iso/simple.tmx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc915f322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fxgl-entity/src/test/resources/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/iso/simple.tmx
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<map version="1.9" tiledversion="1.9.0" orientation="isometric" renderorder="right-down" width="25" height="16" tilewidth="128" tileheight="64" infinite="0" nextlayerid="3" nextobjectid="1">
+ <tileset firstgid="1" name="tile1" tilewidth="133" tileheight="83" tilecount="1" columns="1">
+  <image source="tile1.png" trans="ffffff" width="133" height="83"/>
+ </tileset>
+ <tileset firstgid="2" name="barrel" tilewidth="133" tileheight="83" tilecount="1" columns="1">
+  <image source="barrel.png" trans="ffffff" width="133" height="83"/>
+ </tileset>
+ <layer id="1" name="floor" width="25" height="16">
+  <data encoding="csv">
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
+</data>
+ </layer>
+ <layer id="2" name="decor" width="25" height="16">
+  <data encoding="csv">
+0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
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+</data>
+ </layer>
+</map>
diff --git a/fxgl-entity/src/test/resources/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/iso/tile1.png b/fxgl-entity/src/test/resources/com/almasb/fxgl/entity/level/tiled/iso/tile1.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7d48eea1
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