Ishara: Bane of the Seas (2015) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Ishara: Bane of the Seas

Ishara named herself after a fabled sea witch to instill fear in all she encountered, which is the path of an exiled woman looking to turn to piracy. She needs one thing first, and that's a ship. If only she…

2 April 2015

What Ishara: Bane of the Seas is

Ishara: Bane of the Seas is an adventure game developed by Happy Backwards and released in 2015. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ishara named herself after a fabled sea witch to instill fear in all she encountered, which is the path of an exiled woman looking to turn to piracy. She needs one thing first, and that's a ship. If only she didn't need her family to get to it. Choose between two separate story branches depending on who Ishara gets stuck with, her hated twin sister Cendre or her sister's deceptive fiancé Félix. Totalling 36,000 words, features include two hours of playtime, a battle mini-game, partial voice acting (for battles), and 4 endings. Ishara: Bane of the Seas was made in one month for NaNoRenO '15, a visual novel game jam.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are action, drama, historical and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Ishara: Bane of the Seas launched on 2 April 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0 and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.

Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.

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