Ocean's Heart similar games & best alternatives

Ocean's Heart

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

Ocean’s Heart is an epic top-down action RPG in which you explore a beautiful archipelago as a young woman named Tilia. Take on contracts to fight monsters, descend deep into ancient dungeons, defeat menacing foes, and unravel the mystery of Ocean’s Heart. All done in beautiful, bright pixel art.

What works
  • Charming nostalgic zelda-like gameplay
  • Large world with many secrets and side quests
  • Engaging exploration and puzzles
  • Beautiful pixel art and music
  • Relaxing and forgiving difficulty
Things to keep in mind
  • Controls can be clunky or unintuitive
  • Combat and bosses are easy and lack challenge
  • Some bugs and ui issues reported
  • Story and dialogue sometimes silly or uneven
  • Lack of map detail and backtracking can be tedious

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Ocean's Heart: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Why this game works

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