Wayward Strand
Wayward Strand is a heartfelt interactive story, told in a unique and curious way. Play as Casey Beaumaris - intrepid teenage journalist - as she visits an airborne hospital for the first time. Uncover the…
Wayward Strand is an adventure developed by Ghost Pattern, released 15 September 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Wayward Strand is
Wayward Strand is an adventure game developed by Ghost Pattern and released in 2022. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It's the summer of 1978, and Casey Beaumaris is trying to make the most of her holidays, when her mum asks her to spend a long weekend helping out at the airborne hospital where she works. Casey prefers the company of books to people, but she agrees, secretly planning to write an article about her visit for the school newspaper. With her trusty notebook at the ready, Casey arrives on board the airship. The staff are overworked as they prepare for the visit of an important official, while the patients react to grief, or deal with active trauma. In the midst of these and many other interlocking and overlapping stories, Casey spends time with the patients, learning about their lives, and, as…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are drama, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Wayward Strand holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Wayward Strand launched on 15 September 2022, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger and Grounded. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger, Grounded.
Cheats and codes
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