Isles of Sea and Sky

A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.

Release
Recommendations
649
Metacritic
85
Steam

An Oceanic Open World Puzzle Adventure

You awaken as a castaway on an untouched, unfamiliar island with no memory of how you arrived and unsure what to do next. Explore ancient islands, forging your own path as you uncover hidden secrets, solve compelling block-pushing puzzles, and unearth a mystifying narrative in this puzzle adventure game. With no set path or order, you determine your fate and decide which puzzles you want to solve first.

Nonlinear Puzzles with Agency

Get stuck on a specific puzzle? Isles of Sea and Sky is open world and nonlinear, giving you the freedom to come and go as you please to specific puzzles, new areas, or return to old areas with a new perspective, allowing you to progress further in the game.


A Delightful Atmosphere with Unexpected Friendships and a Memorable Story

Immerse yourself in the vibrant, serene, and retro-inspired atmosphere while discovering and unleashing extraordinary powers, gathering collectables, and awakening delightful new friends along the way. Stay on your toes because unexpected elements spring to life or offer assistance when you least expect it. Discover a rich, memorable and universal narrative centered around the myth of creation, told only through imagery with no text.


Flexible, Rewarding, and Novel Puzzling

Think outside the box and challenge yourself with innovative and rewarding puzzles that will often surprise you and subvert your expectations while piquing your curiosity. With directional movement only, intuitive mechanics, and flexibility in puzzling, Isles of Sea and Sky is accessible and approachable for all skill levels.

With novel puzzle design, a meditative environment, and a meaningful story, Isles of Sea and Sky invites you to indulge in an oceanic world of fantastical puzzling while getting lost uncovering the unexpected.

Features

  • Solve open world puzzles: Complete puzzles and explore in whatever order you choose. Get stuck? Feel free to leave a puzzle and return to it later with a new perspective.
  • Intuitive and accessible puzzling: Controls are simple and directional only; designed so that people of most physical abilities can enjoy.
  • For puzzle novices and experts: Isles of Sea and Sky is designed for all skill levels making sure there’s plenty to do, collect, and challenge yourself with if you’re a puzzle expert, but that the game is also approachable for puzzling beginners.
  • Immerse yourself in a serene, vibrant world: This vibrant, retro, and atmospheric environment is captivating and offers a chill and ambient soundtrack for deeper gameplay immersion
  • Uncover a rich, meaningful story: Isles of Sea and Sky tells a meaningful and memorable story utilizing only images and no text.
  • Discover hidden secrets: The game is chock full of hidden items and areas. Collecting every star is no easy task!

Metacritic

85

Price

Max: 19,50€

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Min: 13,65€

Reviews

“I actually couldn’t stop playing Isles of Sea and Sky – and I think a big part of that was that I was constantly hopping between different modes of play.”
Game Maker's Toolkit

“Isles of Sea and Sky explores so many strong ideas in its puzzles to create a really clever game, where ideas can transfer from puzzle to puzzle, or room to room, but it always feels like you’re solving something completely new.”
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