Spiritfarer
Guide spirits toward their final farewell while building their home at sea. As Stella, you arrange your boat, grow food and cook meals tailored to its passengers.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.5 / 10
About this game
Spiritfarer puts you in charge of a boat carrying spirits to the afterlife. You play Stella, welcoming animal-like passengers and helping them work through the regrets they bring aboard. Their stories develop during the voyage, leading toward the time when each is ready to depart. Caring for them involves concrete work. Arrange cabins and facilities, cultivate onboard fields, fish for ingredients and prepare meals your passengers enjoy. You can also offer a hug: tending to someone here extends beyond providing a room and food. The boat combines these practical activities with the passengers' individual stories. Optional local cooperation lets another player join the journey as Daffodil, Stella's cat.
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AI review
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A voyage for players who find meaning in caring routines and stories of letting go.
Preparing a passenger's food and helping with their regrets can make management feel personal. The same design asks you to value everyday care as part of the story, rather than treating it only as work between conversations.
Strengths
- Passenger preferences can give cooking a personal purpose.
- Boat layout offers a practical way to shape the passengers' shared home.
Weaknesses
- If you mainly want uninterrupted storytelling, growing food and preparing meals may feel like detours.
Who it is for: Players interested in arranging a living space and expressing care through small actions.
Play notes: Death and farewell are central themes of the passengers' journey.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The movement from meeting spirits to addressing their regrets and saying goodbye suggests a rhythm built around relationships. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Serving food a passenger enjoys can turn resource work into a specific act of care. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Animated, animal-like passengers may make the abstract subject of death easier to approach through individual characters. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The second player's local cat role offers a way to share the voyage with someone who prefers joining another person's adventure. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Thunder Lotus Games
- Publisher
- Thunder Lotus Games
- Release date
- Aug 18, 2020
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Simulation · Primary genreAdventure
- Tags
- ConstructionLocal Co-opSolo-friendlyCraftingLife SimulationResource ManagementSlow BurnCozyExplorationSide-scrolling
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerMultiplayerCo-op
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideAug 18, 2020
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
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