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Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about a trio of large, bearded fishermen who step away from the ordinary to seek adventure. With gameplay halfway between a visual novel and a point-and-click adventure, the branching story carries its ungainly heroes into waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore and other misadventures.
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Description
Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about a trio of large, bearded fishermen who step away from the ordinary to seek adventure.
With gameplay halfway between a visual novel and a point-and-click adventure, the branching story carries its ungainly heroes into waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore and other misadventures. You play as storyteller and wayfinder, shaping a custom tale that begins again where it ends.
Burly Men at Sea is the second game from married duo Brain&Brain, developed during their own adventures as nomads and erstwhile farmhands.
With gameplay halfway between a visual novel and a point-and-click adventure, the branching story carries its ungainly heroes into waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore and other misadventures. You play as storyteller and wayfinder, shaping a custom tale that begins again where it ends.
FEATURES
- Branching Story: Play through multiple choice-driven adventures, each designed to be completed in a single sitting.
- Innovative Controls: Shape the narrative through a unique, draggable viewport and your interactions within it.
- Playful Aesthetic: Colorful art style with handcrafted animation, set to a whimsical original soundtrack inspired by folk music of the far north.
ABOUT THE DEVELOPER
Burly Men at Sea is the second game from married duo Brain&Brain, developed during their own adventures as nomads and erstwhile farmhands.
Recommended system requirements
minimum*
- Requirement 1:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *:
- Windows 7 SP1+
- Processor:
- SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory:
- 4 GB RAM
- DirectX:
- Version 10
- Storage:
- 275 MB available space
recommended*
- Requirement 1:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
User reviews
BrutolMotent
Not recommended | 22 Sept 2025
2.3h played
Burly Men at Sea is basically an interactive story book with 12 different endings. I kept playing it hoping there would be more, but it's just a giant decision tree to show different scenes. It took me about 2 hours to
Helpful: 2
Janmeeba
Recommended | 26 Sept 2024
6.8h played
A nice little game telling 12 small stories of adventurous journeys, taking path between three routes, each of which will make you choose between two choices, leading to another pair of last choices until you loop back
Helpful: 2
GardenBairn
Not recommended | 21 Sept 2024
3.5h played
This game has a strong core idea and certain well-executed parts. You can tell where work and heart went into it - the music, for example, has this kind of a capella, homemade sound that makes me think it took time and
Helpful: 3
WerFEST
Recommended | 21 Aug 2025
1.9h played
I don't remember how this game appeared on my account at all. It might have been a purchase in some bundle, but I noticed it thanks to a fairly quick platinum - all achievements can be done in 2 hours. The game is a
Helpful: 5
koppaite
Not recommended | 31 Jan 2025
2.6h played
got this 2018 in a humble bundle, finally played it as part of my goal to play through my older untouched games. it's...alright? the art direction is gorgeous, i love the acapella sound design and it has a very
Helpful: 2
Sirozha
Not recommended | 17 Aug 2024
2.2h played
Introduction Burly Mean at Sea is a stylish mix between a visual novel and a point and click adventure. Pros & Cons Pros: + Stylish minimalistic graphics + Nice soundtrack Cons: - Boring gameplay - Unskippable cutscenes
Helpful: 1