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Surf across magnificent waves of sand and glistening waters on an epic quest to restore a lost ocean. From the visionary artist behind ABZÛ, The Pathless, and Journey, Sword of the Sea is an atmospheric surfing adventure with fast movement inspired by classic skateboarding and snowboarding games.

Sword of the Sea is a adventure, exploration and atmospheric game developed and published by Giant Squid.
Released on August 19th 2025 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 421 reviews of which 368 were positive and 53 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Sword of the Sea into these genres:

Adventure Exploration Atmospheric Singleplayer Stylized Skateboarding Snowboarding Action-Adventure Nature Story Rich Colorful Cinematic Fantasy Surreal Minimalist 3D Skating Skiing Swordplay Third Person

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-9400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Requires a CPU with the AVX2 instruction set
  • Memory: 12 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, 8GB or AMD Radeon RX 5600, 6GB or Intel Arc B570
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 15 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Any
  • VR Support: No
  • Additional Notes: Full DualSense controller support- disable Steam Input

User reviews & Ratings

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Aug. 2025
I really really enjoy this game, it's very similar to Journey at least in feel. The mechanics are smooth and its really fun to just board around and explore the beautiful game world. I have heard that some people are having issues with performance and resolution not being properly select able, that said I have had no issues with that. I've run into 1 minor bug the whole time I've played so far. Now onto the length, personally I don't compare how long a game is to the cost of it. I only compare cost to what I feel the value of my experience was. That said this game is short My first play through was around 4 hours, I didn't find everything though. My second I was intentionally trying to go fast and I think it came in around 1.7 ish hours, as there is an achievement for beating the game in under 2 (also you get some stuff from beating it the first time that makes it faster). That said I'm not done with the game, I fully intend to 100% this one so I'll probably put a few more hours into finding everything I missed. I also think this is one that I'll come back to in the future as I've done with Journey multiple times. I like that these games are short, they offer a well curated experience that you can complete in an afternoon if you want to. The only thing I want from this game that isn't in it right now (as far as I can tell) is just a free play mode in the trick attack arenas. I'd like to be able to mess around in them for longer than the timer allows, but that's a pretty minor thing. All told I love this game already. Journey is one of my favourite games of all time and this is definitely up there with it. Edit after 100%: Please let me skip the cutscenes after the first playthrough. I know for the most part they're pretty short, but I've seen them already. If I just want to mess around after completion it would be nice to be able to. If I wan't the full experience I can always start a new file.
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Aug. 2025
I feel like i NEED this kind of games at least once a year. The last year was Jusant. Now the Sword of the Sea. No cuscenes, no dialogs. You just glide through non-verbal storytelling like it's a beautiful dream that you don't want to wake up from and enjoy those few lovely hours.
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Aug. 2025
No idea what happened, but it was pretty cool. It's definitely good, I had fun, it was very pretty, and the music was great, but is it worth $30? probably not, took me about 3hrs to beat, though there's definitely a lot of achievements I didn't get that could've extended my playtime if I had tried to get them. If you liked Journey or ABZU, like I did, it's probably worth playing, but maybe wait for a sale if you don't have the money to spend on tons of games, and/or you're not certain you'll like it.
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Aug. 2025
What an ABZÛlutely wonderful JOURNEY of a game. I highly recommend it! Another masterpiece from Giant Squid!
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Aug. 2025
Early thoughts: It very obviously feels like a mix of Abzu and Journey, I loved both games so this is great. I've enjoyed it so far, music is amazing, no surprise there. Only complaint I have is that the performance is not good? I realise my rig is a bit old now, but I would imagine that a 3080 would be able to at least push 60 fps everywhere. Hoping there is a patch coming, I haven't dropped down to 30 fps in any game, let alone a toon game in all the years I've used this card.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Sword of the Sea is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

Sword of the Sea is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.

Sword of the Sea received 368 positive votes out of a total of 421 achieving a rating of 8.13.
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Sword of the Sea was developed and published by Giant Squid.

Sword of the Sea is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Sword of the Sea is not playable on MacOS.

Sword of the Sea is not playable on Linux.

Sword of the Sea is a single-player game.

Sword of the Sea does not currently offer any DLC.

Sword of the Sea does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Sword of the Sea supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Sword of the Sea is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Sword of the Sea
28.99€ Visit Store
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8.1
368
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Giant Squid
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Giant Squid
Release 19 Aug 2025
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