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Play Overview
Land Above Sea Below (2023) is a calm landscape-building puzzle game where you raise an island out of the sea to keep the flora and fauna above water. You work to increase your island’s area and height by placing tiles one after one.
Play involves strategically placing tiles to create new land or raise up existing elements. You start with one tile, on which the Last Tree of Fall grows. Your goal is to keep this tree alive as long as possible, by avoiding its tile getting swallowed by the sea. You do this by placing tiles next to each other, one after one. As you do this you score points and
As you progress you realise that placing matching tiles next to each other doesn't just raise that location but the height of your island overall. As new landscapes and terrain types are unlocked you can create a more diverse ecosystem.
What starts as a calming zen experience gently adds strategy. You can rotate tiles to achieve the perfect combination of vegetation but also need to keep an eye on how you place the special tiles (road, river, wall) to affect the further growth of your island. The result is a game that's both relaxing and challenging to play.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Land Above Sea Below 23 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 7 months ago.
Play involves strategically placing tiles to create new land or raise up existing elements. You start with one tile, on which the Last Tree of Fall grows. Your goal is to keep this tree alive as long as possible, by avoiding its tile getting swallowed by the sea. You do this by placing tiles next to each other, one after one. As you do this you score points and
As you progress you realise that placing matching tiles next to each other doesn't just raise that location but the height of your island overall. As new landscapes and terrain types are unlocked you can create a more diverse ecosystem.
What starts as a calming zen experience gently adds strategy. You can rotate tiles to achieve the perfect combination of vegetation but also need to keep an eye on how you place the special tiles (road, river, wall) to affect the further growth of your island. The result is a game that's both relaxing and challenging to play.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Land Above Sea Below 23 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 7 months ago.
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Play Style
This is a Sequencing and World Building game with Brain Game, Creative, Puzzle, Simulation and Strategy elements. This is a single-player game.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Duration
Play Time: It takes between half an hour and 2 hours to play a round of this game. Each session is different and you can choose to tinker around for fun for a few minutes, or work on an island for a number of hours.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Skill Level
10+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game.
Costs
Game Details
Release Date: 13/09/2023
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Sequencing, World Building (Brain Game, Creative, Puzzle, Simulation and Strategy)
Accessibility: 8 features
Components: 2D Overhead and Blocks
Developer: Glass Cannon Stu (@GlassCannonStu)
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