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Burly Men at Sea

Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about a trio of large, bearded fishermen who step away from the ordinary to seek adventure. Set in early 20th-century Scandinavia, the game's story branches through a series of…

75 29 September 2016 from $2.99

Burly Men at Sea is an adventure developed by Brain&Brain, released 29 September 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Android. It currently starts at $2.99 at IndieGala. The main story takes about 2 hrs to finish.

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What Burly Men at Sea is

Burly Men at Sea is an adventure game developed by Brain&Brain and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Burly Men at Sea is a 2016 indie video game released for Steam, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Nintendo Switch designed by Brooke Condolora and developed by Arkansas-based studio Brain&Brain, published by Brain&Brain and Plug In Digital.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 25 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Burly Men at Sea holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 3.7 hrs, roughly 1.9 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $2.99, that works out to about $1.50 per hour of the main story, or $0.81 per hour if you finish everything.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for SSE2 instruction set support and 4 GB RAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $2.99 at IndieGala, 70% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Burly Men at Sea launched on 29 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, Sid Meier's Civilization VI and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Persona 5, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Burly Men at Sea yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Burly Men at Sea — frequently asked questions

When did Burly Men at Sea come out?
Burly Men at Sea was released on 29 September 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does Burly Men at Sea cost?
The cheapest current price for Burly Men at Sea is $2.99 at IndieGala, which is 70% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Burly Men at Sea?
At minimum, Burly Men at Sea needs SSE2 instruction set support, 4 GB RAM, 275 MB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Burly Men at Sea?
The main story of Burly Men at Sea takes around 2 hrs, or 3.7 hrs for 100% completion.
Is Burly Men at Sea worth it?
That depends on what you want from it, so here are the numbers rather than an opinion: the cheapest price we track today is $2.99, and the main story takes about 2 hrs, which works out to $1.50 per hour of play. Our cost-per-hour tool compares that with other games.
How many GB is Burly Men at Sea?
The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("275 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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