FAR: Lone Sails

The game’s art is soft and dreamy, with warm colors that make me want to curl up and watch the sunset on a cozy rooftop. The music is gentle and calming, like a soft purr that soothes your soul while you explore. Fixing up the vehicle, solving little puzzles, and pushing forward through the lonely landscapes feels like taking care of a shy neko who just needs a little love and attention. Rating: 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 — 5 paws of quiet love and adventure!

It's a nice, atmospheric, light management game. Do not expect any griping story, even the enviromental story telling isn't percticulary deep or interesting, but it was still a nice, fairly relaxing game. It's quite short too, so it does not overstay its wellcome.

Overall Rating: 9.5/10 Adventure: 10/10 An immersive journey through a haunting, post-apocalyptic world that combines exploration with puzzle-solving. The minimalist storytelling and environmental discovery make every moment feel meaningful. Graphics: 9/10 Beautiful, hand-painted visuals with a muted color palette that evoke a sense of desolation and serenity. The art style complements the game's atmosphere perfectly. Music & Sound: 9.5/10 The ambient soundtrack and subtle sound effects create a calming, immersive experience that heightens the emotional depth of the journey. Gameplay & Mechanics: 9/10 Simple yet engaging. Managing your vessel and solving environmental puzzles offers a satisfying and relaxing challenge, with intuitive controls that suit the meditative pace. Story & Atmosphere: 10/10 Told through visuals and environment rather than dialogue, the game builds a poignant, atmospheric narrative about resilience and exploration. Replayability: 8/10 While the core experience is linear, the tranquil world invites players to revisit and appreciate its beauty at their own pace.

This is a lovely little gentle puzzle game. None of the puzzles are very complex or taxing, but they are fun, and the the scenery is gorgeous, for a post apocalyptic wasteland. The music is lovely, and fits beautifully with each section, so never gets too repetitive. 10 out if 10, may even play it again to try and get the remaining achievements.

I'm going to be a dissenter and not recommend this game. It's pretty, it's fluid, it's easy, it controls well, it's cute and it's fun, but it's far too short and I never really felt challenged by it. The game play loop is so basic it couldn't keep me interested for the short play time, and there's never any danger or really anything to do at all except constantly fuel the ship, then jump out every ten minutes to hit the next button. It needed more, maybe a little story or a few uniquely creative sections.

Far: Lone Sails has a very specific aesthetic behind it. It’s casual and relaxing, yet there’s always a slight wonderment of what lurks in the wide open planes of the world you’re traveling through. In the game, you are a little nameless protagonist driving your land ship across a ruined post apocalyptic world. With each section of the game gorgeously realised with beautiful art and atmospheric sounds, Far: Lone Sails never failed to impress. The game is about two hours long and will mostly consist of you rolling from left to right on your land boat. While you travel, you have to keep your ship moving either by using fuel supplies you find on the ground or by catching wind in your sails. Occasionally you’ll find small puzzle sections to complete that will either give you an upgrade to your ship, such as better sails or a vacuum that automatically picks up fuel supplies, or it will simply let you keep moving. I never felt like these provided any real challenge. They feel like they exist simply to bring the art of Far: Lone Sails to life rather than to work as their own strong, or even successful, gameplay elements. However, even when I was just rolling across the landscape, making sure my ship wasn’t running out of fuel or going on fire, it was impossible to ignore all the beauty Far: Lone Sails has to offer. The art is absolutely stunning and is actually what drew me to the game in the first place. It’s a beautiful mixture of monochrome backgrounds with splashes of reds and oranges all painting a fantastic, rustic, ruined scene. Occasionally, when the wind caught my sails so I was moving along smoothly, when my boat wasn’t on fire and when I was just cruising along through some destroyed town, I could just jump out and stand on top of my boat. As the music swelled and the sky darkened, I just realised the absolute gorgeous beauty of the game. The design of Far: Lone Sails also holds some compelling lore and world building. Old ruined vessels, small photographs, and snippets of radio feedback all give subtle hints to the protagonist’s past and what happened to the world. This leaves the player to piece together their own understanding of the story in a way that very much reminded me of games such as Playdead’s Inside. However, I did feel these elements could have been delved into deeper, as it could have added some needed extra layers to the experience. All in all, while Far: Lone Sails is lacking in gameplay depth and could go a little deeper into it’s lore, It only took me a couple of hours to finish, which is pretty good in this case as otherwise I feel I could have easily become bored of the game and never finished it. However, the aesthetic is impeccable and creates a very unique playthrough that I enjoyed thoroughly. The art and music are absolutely beautiful, and I’d argue it’s worth playing simply for that. Verdict:9/10

A"Jumper". Better be exact! Not worth the time. It looked better on paper, however it is like having to do a job that you just paid to do. Cool concept though.

This game is really enjoyable 👍, but if you want to complete all achievements, you'll have to play four times, and then it may not be as enjoyable as the first time you completed the game.

A pleasant little game. It's got some subtle enviromental storytelling, a nice atmosphere, accompanied with music that I wish lasted longer. I got it on sale for 2.50€ or so, which seemed reasonable, I'd say it may worth about 5€, but the full 14.99€ price is a bit steep. For a game that takes roughly 3 hours first run, where any subsequent run is only for achievements, isn't worth 14.99€. I encountered only one glitch through the entire game, and that wasn't game-breaking, so that seems pretty decent for an indie game. I recommend it on sale.

A neat little game that i enjoyed a lot. Takes about 3 hrs to complete, but that's fine, it's still good. Nice atmosphere!

A rather short but beautifully made engaging game about operating a wundervehicle across a vast and desolate landscape. The game is very linear (literally you are always moving in the same direction) and features a number of environmental puzzles and very minor-to-non-existent resource management. Though there isn't a whole lot of game here and it probably won't make many people's top tier list it makes for a very memorable and endearing experience.

Subtle, immersive, adorable, profound. Terrific journey. The music, also, is next level.

What a gorgeous game, inspired environment, and beautiful storytelling through the surroundings

I guess the best way to explain this game is simple resource management and light puzzles, with light environmental story and nice scenery and soundtrack

Beautiful game! Wonderful handmade and heart-filled graphics! The music also just seals the immersion and makes this game 10/10! I do wish it was longer though!

Beautiful, peaceful, engaging. The puzzles are logical and thought-provoking, and are a necessary part of moving forward (literally). The soundtrack inspired all the intended emotions along the journey. I loved it.

brilliant unique game, really loved playing this one & have bought the sequel far changing tides. i really appreciate the colours of the buttons so that they stand out & are easy to navigate, the colour & art in this game are beautiful. i difficulty was just right, i only had to look up a single incident because i wasn't sure if was doing it right & it was the one & only time the machine blew up & i think i died but i cant remember now. it is a relaxing game , just this one incident was a bit hectic. would love this game to have an endless mode, it really is one of the best games i have played in a long time.

Nope... Not for me... No start, no ending, no motivation... It's too pretentious for my taste. Story needs more development, bigger machines, and so on. Great visuals and so on, but... no...

A really immersive game with simple gameplay that leaves you pondering what truly happened to the world.

Play with Headphones, to really enjoy the sound design. It's a puzzle game with very evocative environmental storytelling. It's also short. You can finish this in about 2-3 hours.

I don’t even know what to say… the mystery in the story, and how this little guy controls such a huge machine just to find someone else in this dead world… the music is amazing, and the visuals are stunning. This game is a masterpiece. I feel bad for anyone who hasn’t discovered it yet.

It lets you to create its own story. Sure, some elements guide you but it is not that narrative. Devs did great job with its environmental story telling. And lastly, If you like chill games like; Gris, Inside, Ori, etc. You'll need to try this one for sure. It's short, atmospheric and includes great soundtrack. (9/10)

Great game, great concept. Introduces enough tweaks on the core gameplay loop to keep things interesting, and a few grand set pieces to really set the world and scale.

A short atmospheric game, I highly recommend it

It's a good game but one unmissable achievement did not pop up. So, I beat it again but in vain. I guess some achievements are glitched.

The gameplay is a mix between side scroller and puzzles like limbo Beautiful art and ost Give it a shot a great game

This is one of the most relaxing and fun little game I've watched and played. Good music, atmosphere, it is hard to say anything bad about it and why from it being designed in that way for that specific type of game. It has done it's job of being the few best and fun to play again from time to time. Story is very nice without words being said for it or how you just know.

Such an amazing game, like actually beautiful game. +1

Short but sweet game about just you and your vessel heading to the right. No dialog, just a calm soundtrack and the sounds of you and your vessel. There are a few puzzles in the game, but all are fairly simple and even if you're not puzzle inclined should be easy to figure out. Enjoyed my time with this game.

Environmental story telling at its best. If there's anything lacking to this game, its a sequel. Ohw wait .. there is one

loved the game would recommend to everyone, the music is too goooooodddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Phenomenal Game. Completely got my money's worth. It's interesting how the game evoked emotion for 'things', grown attachments, and knowing departure.

Music and visual style are quite lovely, although I think they are a bit over-praised. The game itself is a nice, chill short journey. I do recommend it, but due to it being extremely short (hardly over 2 hours) and not being MINDBLOWING in any way, I also recommend getting it while on sale.

Total chill out for 2h gameplay. Worth it for one evening. Looks similar to LIMBO, INSIDE.

10/10 game, short yet was very fun, was confusing in most part, but i love the art style, recommended.

This game is essentially Inside but on wheels. I love that there's no tutorial and you learn how to run your machine by pressing all the buttons. The buttons are physical as well, meaning there's no prompt, you just move your character and interact by pushing, standing on or jumping to trigger these buttons. Puzzles will gently make you discover new ways to interact with the different tools at your disposal. The game is regularly heavily discounted so you should pick it up with no regrets. There's even a demo to try it if you are really unsure. I bought my copy straight after running the demo - to check how it would run on the Steam Deck, which I'm happy to say runs it perfectly.

Really well put together game, with beautiful music and visuals :)

A gem of a game with a haunting atmosphere and a musical score to match it.

One of the best little games I've ever played. A bit expensive at full price, I think. I bought it for €1.50 during the sales, a real bargain!

Good visuals and relaxing gameplay On sale for a buck rn go buy it

Devs please next game, make it just an hour for the playtime. Seems like it's almost 4 hours. Too long for guys like me, I have family to support.

The game is really well made visually, but it was totally monotonous gameplay experience.

I appreciate the atmosphere and art direction but I found many points that were infuriatingly badly communicated. This wouldn't be a problem if everything didn't take so long. If a few animations were faster and the same content was around an hour long with the mechanics being a bit better explained I would have had a lovely time. Instead I spent an hour and a half extra dragging myself through a game I had stopped enjoying out of spite just to say I'd finished it. If you have the patience of a saint for 2-3 hours? You might enjoy this. You might then also find out that you'll have to play 2-3 more times to get all the achievements. Including speedrunning it.

An excellent artistic piece, but not really a game. It relies on environmental storytelling instead of having anything procedurally generated or having an overarching goal; the only reason to play is to see the plan the developers had set out for you. (The "other okomotive" was something I figured out shortly before it actually revealed itself, which also somewhat cheapened the reveal for me.) There is an achievement to finish the game in 99 minutes or less, and you can finish it in less than 3 hours without even trying, to put matters into perspective about just how short it actually is. If you were hoping for something like Oregon Trail or Death Road to Canada, you're in for disappointment. But if you temper all those expectations, you'll still find the experience eerily beautiful.

already play PIRATED, but game so good i bought it. This game soothing. 9/10

"Far: Long Sails"? More like Near: Sort Sails. For what the game is, its good but they want $15 for a game that is 2-3 long with hardly any content. I've played demo's with more play time and content than this game. Its worth $1.50 and should be that full price, not sale price if not free. I can imagine the boat one is just as short.

Positive experience in a tiny dreamlike world FAR from the hustle bustle of every day life.

Sublime storytelling, set pieces, and artwork. A bit light on content, but very high on quality. Excellent soundtrack as well. Maybe they will make some DLC? Or a sequel? Edit: They made a sequel! It's also really good!

Game is only a couple hours long and doesn't have an ending. felt like a waste of time and the game never even started

I like how chill it is in an immersive way. There are toys and trinkets that I could use a fuel, but I feel like I'm collecting to preserve the last remaining remnants of my people.