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Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

You wake up and find a letter from your father. He is gone… The only lead is his old notebook and a mysterious necklace. What happened? Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas combines captivating storytelling…

73 17 March 2015

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas is an adventure developed by Cornfox & Bros., released 17 March 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One.

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What Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas is

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas is an adventure game developed by Cornfox & Bros. and released in 2015. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Android, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas is an action-adventure video game developed by Finnish studio Cornfox & Bros. It focuses on an unnamed boy protagonist's quest to find his lost father and defeat the living fortress, Oceanhorn. It was first released for iOS in November 2013, and later had ports for Android, Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation Vita.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 63 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.7 GHz Dual Core or faster, 1 GB RAM and DirectX 10 compatible, 256 MB VRAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas launched on 17 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0 and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas 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

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas — frequently asked questions

When did Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas come out?
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas was released on 17 March 2015 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Android, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas?
At minimum, Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas needs 1.7 GHz Dual Core or faster, 1 GB RAM, DirectX 10 compatible, 256 MB VRAM graphics, 700 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "700 MB available space" and the recommended line says "800 MB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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