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Oceans

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59%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:music
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
59% User Score Based on 51 reviews

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Oceans is a single player and multiplayer survival turn-based strategy game. It was developed by North Star Games and was released on November 16, 2022. It received neutral reviews from players.

Adapt your Species to survive and thrive in the Oceans depths in this turn-based strategy game based on the hit board game Oceans.

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59%Audience ScoreBased on 51 reviews
music2 positive mentions
stability10 negative mentions
  • The game is highly tactical and fun, with strong strategic depth and unique creature-building mechanics.
  • The AI can be challenging at higher difficulty levels, providing a good single-player experience when it works properly.
  • The game is a faithful and enjoyable digital adaptation of the physical board game, with beautiful art and a strong core design.
  • The game suffers from frequent crashing, freezing, and bugs that disrupt gameplay and make it frustrating to play.
  • Only supports 1v1 mode, lacking the multiplayer options of the physical game, which diminishes the experience.
  • The monetization model is considered consumer-hostile, with essential features like harder AI and multiplayer locked behind paywalls.

  • stability

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    9% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 91% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent bugs causing crashes, freezes, and persistent on-screen glitches, which significantly impact playability. Despite its fun concept, the stability issues and limited AI quality hinder the overall experience.

    • “It crashes and/or freezes.”
    • “Very buggy, some traits don't even function, and there is only 1v1 right now, but it's still a pretty fun game when it works.”
    • “Great game but crashes/freezes; zoomed-in cards just stay on the screen and won't go away.”

  • monetization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The monetization of this game is widely criticized as a cash grab, with heavy reliance on microtransactions that feel necessary to access the full experience. This approach detracts from the overall value and diminishes player willingness to invest.

    • “Anyway this mobile app is a cash grab, it's a poorly done conversion of a board/card game called Ocean, only worse because it's designed for iPhones.”
    • “On pricing and value for gamers, this isn't really free as the game is infested with mobile app store-like microtransactions required to unlock the full game.”
    • “I don't deny them the right to make profit but this monetization scheme is backward and doesn't really make me want to buy the game.”

  • gameplay

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The gameplay features solid mechanics but suffers from technical issues, such as failing to recognize certain cards properly, which disrupts the otherwise engaging and strategic gameplay loop.

    • “Game mechanics are nice!”
    • “Mechanics don't work, e.g., penalizes me for not having a 'deep' card attached to my species, so I put another one on and it doesn't detect that either.”
    • “Which is terrible when you've got a winning gameplay loop on the go.”

  • graphics

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The graphics receive criticism for their outdated and lacklustre 2D visuals, with users noting the game's failure to adopt more modern 3D graphics despite industry standards established since the mid-1990s.

    • “The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?).”

  • music

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music receives mixed feedback, with some users criticizing generic tracks for disrupting the atmosphere, while others praise the soundtrack as great.

    • “Soundtrack is great too.”

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is well-optimized for tablets, providing smooth performance and an intuitive touch interface designed for finger use.

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Oceans is a survival turn-based strategy game. Common tags for Oceans include turn-based, indie, nature, deckbuilding, tabletop and others.

Oceans is available on PC, Mac OS, Steam Deck and Windows.

Oceans was released on November 16, 2022.

Oceans was developed by North Star Games.

Oceans has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Oceans for its music but disliked it for its stability.

Oceans is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Evolution Board Game, Roll Player - The Board Game, Card Hog, XenoShyft, A Token War and others.