Wayward Strand

I really like this game because it takes place over a peaceful long weekend inside a flying hospital. You slowly walk through quiet hallways, visit patients, and spend time listening to their everyday conversations, memories, and personal stories. It’s a very calm and relaxing experience, and it never feels rushed or stressful. What makes it especially interesting is how real the characters feel. Everyone has their own routines and things going on at the same time, so it feels less like a scripted game and more like you’re actually visiting a living place. As time passes, different events happen around the airship, so you can’t see everything in one playthrough. That made me slow down and just choose where I wanted to go and who I wanted to spend time with. I also really enjoyed how much focus there is on small, ordinary moments. You sit with patients, listen to their stories, and slowly get to know them through casual conversations. I never felt like I needed to rush or chase achievements. I just enjoyed being there and taking my time with each interaction. The game also made me think a lot about companionship, especially for older people. It reminded me of my own grandparents, a…

A good and unique game about interacting with patients in an airborne hospital. In this game you play as Casey, a 14 year old girl tasked by her mother to spend some time and help with the patients for 3 days. I think there's around 8-10 people that you can interact with, not sure about the number, but some characters only have a limited amount of conversation (like the chef Devin) Control is mostly point and click, with lots of dialogue options to choose from, some of the options have time limits though, but there is no death scenes, just that your dialogue options and who you chose to spend time with will affect the conversation at the end of the game. The Pros: -The game has so many possibilities, each of the patients has their own stories to tell, and you can also know more about a patient by talking with another patient, and some people may be in a different location depending on the time of day, so it's pretty fun getting to stalk them and also knowing their stories. - Game is fully voiced, and the voice acting is great in my opinion! - Lots of various characters on the ship, each with their own quirks/ personality, like Esther who is into mystical things, mr.avery w…

Very wholesome, heartfelt and unique. Truly felt like spending a long weekend in a special place with special people. I'm gonna miss their company.

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For the record, works great on Steam Deck. It's like a cozy investigation game, where the whole boat is full of stories and people and what you experience is based entirely on where you choose to be at any given moment, or what plot thread you decide to pick at. Four hours, in and out. It's nice.

Wayward Strand is not what I expected at all but honestly was such a cozy game and I loved every second of it.