Windbound

die juden

cute game but currently feels more like proof of concepts/them adding features and building the base rather than a game, kinda walking simulator with concepts and ideas but not yet very much active doing for us. Cool game though, zelda feel to it combined with survival crafty hopefully they keep developing it

Muy buen indie. Si no sabés que jugar y te gusta la supervivencia + historia, jugalo.

Note: Admittedly I have used AI to help write this review as I'm not very good at explaining what I mean and I tend to make it overly convoluted, but the opinions are entirely my own and represent my actual experience. I hope this review helps shed some positive light on a game that I think has been given a much worse rep than it deserves. I really enjoy *Windbound* because it's bright, colourful, and relaxing to explore, while still offering a satisfying survival challenge. The survival mechanics are well balanced - you start with a decent amount of health and stamina, and throughout the game you have opportunities to increase both, making progression feel rewarding without being overly difficult. Combat can be quite challenging at times, but I actually enjoy that. If it were too easy, it would take away from the sense of realism and accomplishment when you finally defeat tougher enemies. Crafting is one of the game's strongest features. You can make a wide variety of items, but the highlight is definitely your boat. It's highly customisable, with different canoe types, deck layouts, spikes for defence, and useful onboard equipment such as bag racks. Watching your small canoe evolve into a capable sailing vessel is incredibly satisfying. Another aspect I love is the freedom to explore each island at my own pace. The only real pressure comes from managing your stamina and hunger, and even then you usually have plenty of time before resources become a concern. This makes exploration feel rewarding rather than rushed. At the end of each chapter, you're offered a random selection of upgrades to purchase. Combined with the procedurally generated islands, this keeps each playthrough feeling fresh and encourages you to experiment with different builds and strategies. Sailing has a steep learning curve, especially once you start using a mast, but it's one of the most rewarding parts of the game. Once you understand how to work with the wind, travelling between islands becomes both immersive and genuinely fun. Overall, Windbound is a beautiful survival adventure that strikes a great balance between exploration, crafting, combat, and progression. Its colourful world, rewarding ship customisation, and replayability make it a game I keep coming back to, and I'd happily recommend it to anyone who enjoys survival games with a strong sense of adventure.

This would be a on the edge yes for me, i played a lot and i genuinely enjoyed it, the combat is very jank and hard, but once you get the swing of it its "fine". When this game came out i was really looking forward to it, at the time was looking for something to fill the void raft left me with and this was it. Warning tho, This game is hard in places, the death system is quite punishing and if you dont like that this might not be for you It has some nice stuff to it as well, the music is very soothing when sailing and quite intense in situations, the world feels a bit empty but i found i liked that. The sailing is relatively basic with wind flowing one direction and you go into it. The boat building is really fun i enjoyed that part especially later game its a tentative okay from me if your willing to overlook the fact that you cant rebind controls and that the combat is jank. get it on sale and give a decent chance

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Perfect ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Okay ☐ Bad ☐ Very stylized ☐ They're what they should be for what the game is ☐ MS Paint could make something better ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Fantastic ☐ Excellent ☑ Perfect ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Meh ☐ Bad, but playable ☐ Just go watch paint dry ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Amazing ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not to bad ☐ Alright ☐ Bad ☐ My ears are bleeding ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Babies ☑ Young kids ☑ Young teens ☑ Older teens ☑ Adults ☑ Old people ☑ Anyone with a decent maturity level ☑ Anyone with a lack of maturity ☑ Anyone that is alive ☑ No one, not even your dog ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Just average ☐ A little better than average ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Better than good ☐ Fancy Pants Rich Boy ☐ NASA ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Can choose your difficulty setting ☐ No difficulty needed ☐ Just press 'W" ☑ Easy ☐ Medium ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Hard ☐ Verry Difficult ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if you like to collect things ☐ Only if you care about steam achievements ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Only if you care about rankings/placements/leaderboards/etc. ☑ Average grind level ☐ A little grindy ☐ Too much grind ☐ You‘ll need a second life, maybe some macros, & a will to live for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ Story? What story? ☐ No Story ☐ Twilight was a better love story than this ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It‘ll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ 1-2 Hours ☐ 2-5 Hours ☐ 5-10 Hours ☐ 10-20 Hours ☐ 20-50 Hours ☐ 50+ Hours ☐ 100+ Hours ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Replayablity }--- ☐ You won't even finish it the first time ☐ None, once was enough ☐ Not that kind of game ☐ You don't stop playing this kinda game, ever ☑ Maybe once or twice, to try something new ☐ You'll want to get every single possible ending & secret there is ☐ You'll pick it up every few years, but never finish a whole playthrough ☐ A lot, just to romance everyone, pick new options. try new classes, etc ---{ Price }--- ☐ It’s free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If you have some money to blow ☐ Wait for it to go on sale for the 100th time ☐ Ask someone to gift it to you instead ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Circumstantial (PC specs, internet, save/install location, etc.) ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Very low ☐ Low ☑ Average ☐ High ☐ Too much ---{ Worth It }--- ☐ Hell no! ☐ If you have a lot of cash ☑ Worth it! ☐ Get it now! ☐ Life is not complete without this game! ---{ TEXT }--- Windbound: Moana meets Breath of the Wild?After sinking some serious time into Windbound, I’ve got mixed but mostly positive feelings. If you ever wondered what Zelda: Wind Waker would look like if it had hardcore survival mechanics, this is pretty much it.The Story: Alone Against the OceanYou play as Kara, a warrior separated from her tribe after a massive storm, who wakes up shipwrecked on the Forbidden Islands. The story is told very subtly—mostly through visuals and the ruins you find—which gives off a great sense of mystery. Your goal is simple: survive, build a boat, and find out what happened to your people.Gameplay: Sailing, Crafting, and (a lot of) GrindingThe Boat is the Main Character: The coolest part of the game is the sailing system. It’s not just "press a button and go"; you actually have to understand wind direction and adjust your sails to catch speed. The boat building is modular, so you can evolve from a basic grass canoe to a massive catamaran with decks and furnaces.Pure Survival: You’re constantly managing hunger and stamina. One catch is that food spoils quickly, so you can’t really hoard supplies, forcing you to hunt and gather constantly.Towers and Loops: The game is structured into chapters. In each one, you need to find three towers, activate them, and then pass through a portal. The combat is decent, though it can feel a bit "clunky" when fighting larger beasts like the Gorehorns. ---{ 7 / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☑ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

I love the ship building and music, some of the enemies are a bit annoying but overall a great game.

It's quite a relaxing game if you just want to learn how to play survival. highly recommended for female gamers who just want to start out with survival games. Would prefer it if there were more than 4 islands per level to gather resources from with more variety so that if you play on the endless version that you can still gathe rmore materials sooner.