Slice of Sea similar games & best alternatives

Slice of Sea

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2021

Should you play it?

Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Collect items, solve puzzles and lead Seaweed back home to the sea.

What works
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art
  • Immersive atmospheric music
  • Challenging and rewarding puzzles
  • Large open world with exploration
  • Nostalgic references to developer's previous games
Things to keep in mind
  • Some pixel hunting and backtracking required
  • Lack of clear guidance can cause frustration
  • Minimal narrative and story depth
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Controls can feel clunky at times

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • realMyst: Masterpiece Edition

  • Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

  • The Inheritance of Crimson Manor

  • Deponia: The Complete Journey

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • Sam & Max Save the World

  • Gordian Rooms 1: A curious heritage

  • Underground Blossom

  • Lumino City
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • Gordian Rooms 1: A curious heritage

  • The Journey Down: Chapter Three
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Exploration

    Divine Divinity
  • Autonomy

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  • Creativity

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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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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).

Slice of Sea: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression, Thrill.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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