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The Inner Sea

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37%Game Brain Score
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story, gameplay
56% User Score Based on 18 reviews

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The Inner Sea is a single player role playing game. It was developed by dsquare and was released on March 30, 2016. It received neutral reviews from players.

The Inner Sea is a sandbox like game with RPG elements set in the XVII century in a mysterious archipelago. You'll build up your fleet from a single ship, hire crew, engage in naval battles, embark on missions and trade your heart's content away!

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56%
Audience ScoreBased on 18 reviews
music5 positive mentions
stability1 negative mentions
  • Beautiful and unique art style with smooth gameplay and good controls that run well on lower-end PCs.
  • Relaxing and addictive sandbox gameplay with trading, exploration, and naval combat elements.
  • Responsive and supportive developer and community, with the potential for significant future content and improvements.
  • Game feels abandoned with very slow or no updates over multiple years, leaving it stuck in early access.
  • Limited content and features currently, including repetitive music, simplistic trading, lack of meaningful story or progression, and minimal ship/fleet variety.
  • Gameplay annoyances such as awkward ship steering, poor XP system, limited map controls (no rotation or fog of war), frequent crashes, and incomplete UI and information tools.
  • story
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story in this early access game is minimal, primarily focused on surviving a massive storm and choosing a ship faction, with little plot progression or notable endings. Missions provide insignificant experience or rewards, and much gameplay revolves around trading routes and ship battles rather than narrative depth. Overall, the story serves more as a backdrop for exploration and combat than as a compelling, structured plot.

    • “After a short story you can choose your ship from three different factions: the Old Continent, Cathay, and Arabia.”
    • “Following other ships around, either for a quest or just hoping to find a new location, showed me that most ships have certain trading routes, and if you keep close to a location to fill your hulls with fish and ivory, you will notice the same ships returning frequently to the harbour.”
    • “You travel from port to port, doing missions against very powerful foes.”
    • “For an early access game it is very reasonable, but as far as I can tell there is no plot other than getting caught in the eye of a huge storm. Is there an ending?”
    • “No known benefit for completing the missions.”
    • “The exp/gold per quest is insignificant compared to walrus farming and ship battles.”
  • music
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music is generally well-liked for fitting the game's tone and having a catchy, pleasant soundtrack, especially noted for its seafaring theme and impactful menu music. However, multiple users find the music repetitive and express a desire for more variety and additional tracks to enhance the experience over longer play sessions.

    • “I was struck at the menu screen with the beautiful music - though I did find it a bit repetitive after being in game for 20 minutes.”
    • “Lovely seafaring music.”
    • “The epic catchy looping music, the beautifully designed map with all manner of objects scattered around.”
    • “There needs to be a lot more music tracks.”
    • “The music gets old and needs some additional tracks.”
    • “The other irritation right now is the repetitive music.”
  • gameplay
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers a casual and calming experience focused on empire-building, with fixed costs and no supply-demand complexity. However, some players find collision mechanics frustrating, as allied ships can hinder maneuverability, and limited line of sight can lead to lost targets. Overall, it’s enjoyable and relaxing, suitable for unwinding after a busy day.

    • “The gameplay is calming – except for those moments that you finally find your target ship and you lose it again because the sailor in the crow’s nest has limited line of sight. The game is great to play after a hard day’s work.”
    • “Kind of like the thought of building your own empire and the gameplay is nice and casual.”
    • “The problem is that the collision mechanics cause your own 'wingman' ships to prevent your lead from turning quickly, adding a unique challenge.”
    • “The problem is that the collision mechanics mean your own 'wingman' ships prevent your lead from turning quickly.”
    • “Costs seem fixed with no supply and demand mechanics.”
    • “The gameplay is calming – except for those moments when you finally find your target ship and lose it again because the sailor in the crow’s nest has limited line of sight.”
  • graphics
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are generally praised for their simplicity and aesthetic appeal, fitting well with the game's style and allowing it to run on lower-powered machines. While not overly complex, the visuals are considered beautiful and on par with other games in the genre.

    • “The visuals are as good as the video shows.”
    • “The graphics are rather simple but do have a certain beauty about them which fits in nicely with the whole style of the game.”
    • “Aesthetically, it's downright beautiful.”
  • humor
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is a mix of hilarious moments and mildly annoying or frustrating parts, resulting in an overall uneven comedic experience.

    • “Some parts infuriating, some parts hilarious.”
    • “Twas hilarious but mildly annoying.”
  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game currently runs smoothly and is well-optimized, but there is potential for further improvements and additional content to enhance the experience.

    • “On the state it is in now, the game runs smoothly, although there is definitely room for improvement and a lot more content to be added.”
  • stability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game demonstrates strong stability with no glitches or crashes reported, though its challenging nature requires careful gameplay.

  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is considered inefficient, as quests, walrus farming, and ship battles yield minimal experience and gold, making progression slow and unrewarding.

    • “The exp and gold gained per quest is insignificant compared to the excessive time spent on walrus farming and ship battles.”
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The Inner Sea is a role playing game.

The Inner Sea is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

The Inner Sea was released on March 30, 2016.

The Inner Sea was developed by dsquare.

The Inner Sea has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its music but disliked it for its story.

The Inner Sea is a single player game.

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