Sapling
bland man studios · 2021 · Casual, Relaxing, Walking Simulator, 3D, First-Person
PC
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About Sapling
As the world's first spoken-word video game, Sapling packs a emotional punch in it's brief and metaphorical story.
Sapling is a narrative-driven walking simulator game that tells the story of love, loss, and, hope - in not much more than 5 minutes of gameplay.
With calm narration, an original soundtrack, and a unique writing style, we hope this heart-breaking tale can be a part of your life, story, and healing.
Sapling has been described as wholesome, soulful, and kind - but maybe bittersweet is the right word
Sapling is a narrative-driven walking simulator game that tells the story of love, loss, and, hope - in not much more than 5 minutes of gameplay.
With calm narration, an original soundtrack, and a unique writing style, we hope this heart-breaking tale can be a part of your life, story, and healing.
Sapling has been described as wholesome, soulful, and kind - but maybe bittersweet is the right word
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Sapling is a brief, free narrative walking simulator with a charming art style and relaxing atmosphere that players find calming and emotionally touching, though some appreciate its shortness as fitting for the experience. The main criticism is its extreme brevity—around 4-5 minutes of actual gameplay—which frustrates those expecting more content, alongside minor technical issues like lack of control customization and unnecessarily high mouse sensitivity for such a short experience.
⠀9 found this helpful
[h1]Before I played Sapling, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]3 found this helpful
[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/9686972/]Follow "[b]First Person Exploration and Puzzle Games[/b]" for more games like this![/url][/quote] A narrative walking simulator with 4 minutes of gameplay. I literally had to sit at the main menu for an extra minute just to write this review. Like most bad Unreal games, the game opens up VR even though it doesn't support it. I'm not really sure there's anything to recommend here. It takes longer to read some of the reviews than to play the game. It's an [i]extremely[/i] short story about some plants, with like two animations to watch.2 found this helpful
Sapling Positives: + Cute little "story" + Very calm and relaxing + Nice artstyle + Relaxing music + Good voiceover + Its free Negatives: - Almost nothing to do or see - Extremely short length (they were not joking about 5 minutes) If you feel stressed and need some minutes to calm down, play this game. Total Score: 7/101 found this helpful
Cute little game. Yes, it's short, but that's okay. It's a very sweet story. I extended my play-time by watching the duck on the pond, wandering around, and taking a bunch of screenshots, haha. I tried to boundary-break the fence (a little) and failed, but I got on top of the house! XD Pity you can't go inside, but oh well. Couple suggestions: It would be nice if there were keybind options. I am left-handed, and it makes WASD very awkward for me to use. It would have been better if I could use arrow keys to move around instead, but not a huge deal when the game is so short. Also, mouse sensitivity was awfully high, it would be helpful if there was a way to turn that down. Again not a huge deal for a 5-minute game, but anything longer, and it might get annoying, heh. Just some things you might want to keep in mind for future games. I'm certainly not going to complain when the game is free-to-play, though, haha.
A short but hauntingly sweet experience- Sapling will stick with you.
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