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A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.

Burly Men at Sea is a adventure, casual and indie game developed and published by Brain&Brain.
Released on September 29th 2016 is available on Windows and MacOS in 13 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Korean, Polish and Turkish.

It has received 483 reviews of which 304 were positive and 179 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.1 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on K4G.

The Steam community has classified Burly Men at Sea into these genres:

Adventure Casual Indie Visual Novel Minimalist 2D Point & Click Choices Matter Mythology Story Rich Short Choose Your Own Adventure Family Friendly Sailing Singleplayer Great Soundtrack Atmospheric Stylized Nonlinear Fantasy

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 SP1+
Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
Memory: 4 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 275 MB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.14+
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 275 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Aug. 2017

It's important to come at Burly Men at Sea with the mindset that this is NOT a game, at least in the conventional sense. Think of it more as a choose your ending storybook. Gameplay is minimal, it's mostly about reading and listening to the sounds that the world offers you. I've been playing for an hour and unlocked 50% of the stories/endings – I'm glad I bought this on sale. The story isn't life-changing, but it is cute and charming. I think this would ideally be a fun game to play with young children, and let them pick a new story route each time.

April 2017

A beautiful picture-book game with wonderful sounds and music, and gameplay that suprised me. The tagline 'A Quiet Game' is very true. This game is calm, and provides tiny delights throughout. If you enjoy art, if you enjoy stories, if you enjoy a quiet humor then this game is for you.

Oct. 2016

Burly Men at Sea, This game can be summerized as an interactive story with gorgeous visuals and calming sounds. In short, it'll be a game that you can play during your down time to take your mind off the events of the day and just relax a little. The game works like this: you, the 3 brothers, are inside a circle, which is your view of the world, by dragging this imaginary circle left or right, you explore the world and find new adventures. The game isn't linear, it has a number of branches and stories that you can explore, each with their own tales. The writing is amazing, although it's more or less a series of short stories, I really appriciate it. There are some funny jokes and some serious moments which all together set a beautiful tone to the world. Mix that with the wonderful sounds and music (and trust me you will enjoy this part a lot) and the wonderful, colorful minimalistic visuals and you end up with a true indie gem. Now to my understanding this isn't a very long game as you can tell from the price but it isn't lacking. Considering the gorgeous artstyle, sounds and the charming writing I think it's worth the price point and it should give you around 2-3 hours of entertainment. What you need to know is that this isn't a game for everyone, this is a series "of soft-choice based intractive short stories" so that's up to you to decide if that description is appealing to you or not. When i say "A series of soft-choice based interactive short stories" I mean that you make choices that shape different adventures and branch a path for you, however in the end once one adventure is over, you end up looping around to start another. This game isn't a "oh you died cause bad choices scenario", hence why i used "soft-choice based" as the description. Your choices still matter and give you different and unique paths and different stories, but it's more like a series of short adventures rather than a really driven out novel with major choices that drag on and affect you later on. So in short, some of the choices you might make are as simple as going left or going right and this'll give you a new adventure based on what you chose. I hope this serves as a good description for someone looking to buy this game and that if you're interested in that type of game, ends up as a buying point for you. Finally I'd just like to point out, there is a mobile version of this game as well, which you might find more suited to you. (since it'll be swiping left and right instead of dragging the screen with a mouse) In any case, buckle up and enjoy this one :)

Sept. 2016

So, where to start... Short? Yup. Challenging? Nope. Mind-bending puzzles? Nary a one. Super-whizzy realistic graphics? Definitely not. But if you've got any child left in you, any fondness for simple, charming stories, you'll love it. I did. For those that are old enough to remember (cough), it feels like a whimsical version of the old "Fighting Fantasy" books where you make a decision and then get told to turn to page 120 for the next bit of the story. Nothing nearly that forced here, it's all beautiful, smooth, stylish animation telling a seamless story which weaves in and out of almost invisible choices. And it means that the next time I play it, there will be a different story told. And pay attention to the backgrounds... Poke a puffin, tickle a chicken, furtle with fish. Beautiful, charming, childish, innocent. Not words you usually associate with video games, but this one deserves them all. It made me happy.

Sept. 2016

Really nice game with a great art style and amazing sound design. I wasn't sure what to expect but the price and the presentation drew me in. It is essentially an interactive story that encourages the player to try different outcomes and explore the world in as many ways possible. The writing is well done and very amusing. It fits in well with the quirky style of the environment. Overall I just found the whole experience relaxing and fun. There is no tutorial or directions that I saw but it is simple enough to catch on to the point and click (and drag?) style of mechanics. Saying to much though could give away the charm of discovering this little world for yourself. Very glad I gave it a go and would highly recommend it.

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Burly Men at Sea is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

Burly Men at Sea is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Burly Men at Sea received 304 positive votes out of a total of 483 achieving a rating of 6.09.

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Burly Men at Sea was developed and published by Brain&Brain.

Burly Men at Sea is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Burly Men at Sea is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Burly Men at Sea is not playable on Linux.

Burly Men at Sea is a single-player game.

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Burly Men at Sea does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Burly Men at Sea does not support Steam Remote Play.

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