Spiritfarer Demo

"Hope never fades, it's the beacon of eternity" I know that's not the exact quote of Charon, but it sums up this game perfectly. It's beautiful, soothing and peaceful. You can tell the devs poured their hearts into this.

I don't usually find resource-gathering and crafting games compelling, but Spiritfarer manged to do it nontheless with it's extremely charming artstyle, wonderful animations, great soundtrack and it's very compelling characters. As the game makes very plain: You are taking over for the ferryman in purgatory, who vessles souls over to the final beyond when they are ready and help them get there. So you plan a course for undiscovered island, cook food, plant crops, seeds, harvest trees, melt ores, hammer ingots, chat up spirits, find new ones to bring a board or just sit in the back of the boat and fish. You get into this very daily rhytm of waking up, ring the bell, feed every passager, make tasks for travel and harvest, always maintain and collect toward something. This might sound hectic but it all builds toward it gradually. The characters are the star of the show and I won't hide that it was a very emotional moment when they were gone. Not only have you gotten to know them, but some of them not only reminded me of people I have known in real life, some even seemed a reflection of myself. And when they're gone, their house remains, with nobody to inhabit it. It was a journey alright. I really recommend this game for it's addictive gather-craft platform gameplay, the style and it's characters. Hope you enjoy it too.