Underplayed Gems

Nauticrawl (2019)

Nauticrawl cover
Developer
Spare Parts Oasis
Publisher
Armor Games Studios
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Genres
Indie, Simulation
Rating
4.6 of 5, 482 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

You feel like a desperate fugitive trapped in an unfamiliar, clunky mechanical vessel, frantically experimenting with its controls to survive.

atmosphericexperimentaltensepuzzlingstealthsurvivaldifficultimmersive

What players say

Players praise the atmosphere but find the game short and simple, with a steep learning curve from its unintuitive controls. Many say it is best at a steep discount, and some on ultrawide monitors cannot play at all.

Screenshots

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More games like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.