In Other Waters
In a future where humanity's ceaseless consumption has expanded out to encompass the stars, and Earth's last biological life clings to a poisoned planet, In Other Waters tells the story of Ellery Vas, a…
In Other Waters is an adventure developed by Jump Over the Age, released 3 April 2020 on Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.74 at Steam.
What In Other Waters is
In Other Waters is an adventure game developed by Jump Over the Age and released in 2020. It was published by Fellow Traveller. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Earth’s oceans are dead. Vast toxic swathes of open water, broken-up only by “reserves” of mutated fish and fetid phytoplankton farms, they serve as a reminder of what we lost. When I say we, I mean those of us too poor or marginal to have found a place on one of hundreds of starward colonies, where exoplanets are scoured of resources to fuel the desires of the richest people ever to have lived. But there is life - I have seen it. Life beyond our fragile frame. I will show you. - Minae Nomura | Notebook xvii"
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
In Other Waters holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz, 4 GB RAM and 2 GB VRAM. At 4GB 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.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.74 at Steam, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
In Other Waters launched on 3 April 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Persona 5 Royal. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Persona 5 Royal.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for In Other Waters yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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