Sephonie
Melos Han-Tani · 2022 · 3D Platformer, Story Rich, Nature, Adventure, Atmospheric
PC
Very Positive95% · 215
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About Sephonie
Jump through cavernous depths
In this 3D, story-driven platforming adventure, explore an uninhabited island's massive cave network. Learn about the heroes' psyches as you explore lush caverns, subterranean oceans, and surreal cityscapes, all while meeting surprising creatures! By Anodyne & Angeline Era's devs!Platform with acrobatic moves
Use an acrobatic moveset to navigate lush, jade canopies and rusty sandstone spires. Fling yourself over high ledges using the satisfying Teledash Vault and deftly Wallrun across dangerous outcroppings.Grapple through the air with the help of long-tongued Ribbats or climb tall cliffs via sticky-ridged Gripshrooms. Linking with certain creatures will grant you new abilities to reach the farthest depths of the island.
Solve puzzles to learn about creatures
Research the island's unknown creatures by Linking with them! Using the one-of-a-kind "Puzzle Grid" system, overcome each creature's challenges by freely placing a series of colored tiles, forming large islands of one color.
A story of shipwrecked scientists
In the near future, three biologists are on a joint mission to use their state-of-the-art ONYX implants to research the creatures of the uninhabited Sephonie Island. But as they approach the island, a sudden storm leaves them shipwrecked.Amy Lim, Taiwanese-American and bold leader, hails from the midwestern USA town of Bloomington. Riyou Hayashi, an analytically-minded Japanese-Taiwanese researcher, calls the bustling Tokyo his home. And Ing-wen Lin, a kind and considerate Taiwanese scientist, lives in Taipei.The trio will find their motivations and loyalties put to the test as they navigate Sephonie’s caverns, facing not only physical challenges but also their deepest memories and dreams. As they grow more intimate with each other and the island, an ancient force, brewing deep in the island's abyss, may threaten their newfound relationship, and the world...
Explore a 3D platformer like never before
- A 6-8+ hour, one-of-a-kind, experimental, story-driven 3D platformer adventure.
- Master a parkour-esque moveset to sprint, wallrun, jump, and fling yourself through Sephonie Island’s rocky and physical caverns!
- A beautiful and varied cave system filled with all manner of large and surprising creatures.
- A deep, emotional story about the close bonds of a trio, the priorities of nations, and the delicate connection of humans and nature.
- The postgame “Bubble Adventure” and fiendish hidden items provide a fun challenge for advanced spelunkers.
- A human experience crafted entirely by the IGF Grand Prize-nominated duo of Marina Kittaka and Melos Han-Tani, behind works such as Anodyne and Angeline Era.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
What a letdown. Sephonie is a weird mix of 3D platformer and puzzle game, following a team of three international scientists on their mission to explore a mysterious uncharted island. While this game's style and premise are unique and the dreamlike atmosphere and bizarre level design nicely complement each other, the execution is so damn clunky it's just not fun to play. First problem: the gameplay. This game wants you to do some freaky parkour, but controls during the platforming sections feel frustratingly sluggish, imprecise and inconsistent. Every now and then, you'll link with the islands native species via a trivially easy tetromino puzzle. The combination of the two feels a bit like chessboxing: mostly done for the novelty and unlikely to deliver a top performance in either sport. Second problem: the story: It's disjointed, badly edited and there's just too much of it. In addition to the actual happenings of the game, there's a strange narrator's backdrop and a plethora of wordy and inconsequential flashbacks to the three protagonists respective childhoods. The ending also throws you for an unneeded (and ultimately pointless) loop. I can respect Sephonie as the ambitious…4 found this helpful
Emotionally dense and artistic. It's also pretty fun when it works. Could do with some tweaks... but I'm not really here for the most well crafted platforming experience so much as I am the narrative, atmosphere, and presentation... though there's also a nice little puzzle game that you come across throughout the experience. Excellent music too. I won't forget you, Sephonie.
Sephonie has solid platforming and a very well crafted world. It's environments make full use of it's platforming mechanics. The controls will likely seem clunky to a lot of people, but I personally had a lot of fun with it. The Puzzles are okay. I enjoyed them, even though they weren't very difficult at all. It offered a welcome break from the platforming I suppose? The game does a great job at building up your skills and tests you adequately in the final area. The games areas look and sound fantastic. The narrative while interesting, feels overwhelming, especially early into the game. While the way it's framed is certainly unorthodox, once I came to better understand it I was hooked and left feeling very connected to the games protagonists. Although I'm still unsure how to feel about the post-game epilogue. Despite this uncertainty, the game will definitely stick with me for how it immerses you into its world with both its gameplay and narrative.
i had a lot of fun going for 100%! Always love when games hide collectables in out of bounds areas.
If you're a fan of their other games, yes, but the parkour is a bit wonky.
Unique gameplay that kind of feels like a blend of cinematic platformer with something more traditional. The world and story are exceptional standouts and just being in the world of Sephonie is a delight. Vibes are off the charts, must play for platformer or surreal game fans
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