Submerged

A break from uncertainty and stress, a great palate cleanser.
Submerged plays differently than your typical game. It removes every variable of exploration and lets you enjoy the simplistic gameplay and the extremely interesting environment around you. You can't drown, you can't fall, you can't run, and you can't jump. There's no danger posed against you. There's no dialogue, and the story is told through drawings. Every point of interest is marked automatically on your map whenever you find one through your telescope.
Your objective is to free climb abandoned buildings in search of anything that can help your brother get back on his feet. The climbing is as linear as it gets, although there are some extra paths you can take to collect "secrets," but ultimately it makes you go back to the main path. It's a short experience with no progression. Everything you do to climb the first building is everything necessary to climb the last one.
The visuals are good. The lighting and moving parts are not this game's strongest points, but the very interesting small world shown leaves you craving for more and wanting to discover more about its origins and backstory. It would benefit a lot from more content.
The plot is generic but works.
It's not going to change your life. You probably won't even remember this game the day after you finish it. But if you are ever in need of a relaxing and short one-handed experience, give it a try.

I think it's a good game but you really have to know what you're getting into. It's literally all exploration, meaning boating around and climbing ledges. Movement speed is decent, but there's a lot of ground to cover. Movement in early game is slow because the boat doesn't go far yet. There's no puzzles, except maybe figuring out how to reach a secret. What you do in the first 30 minutes is basically what you do for the entire game. I enjoyed it, especially after finding out the lore.

Simple and relaxing game with good controls and a nice story. Collecting all the items was also really satisfying. If you enjoy getting all the achievements in games, this is a good one for that. They are quite easy to get.
But I don't know is this worth with the full price, maybe a little bit too much. The game lasts around 4-5 hours if you collect everything like I did. So wait for the discounts.
7/10 <3

Gorgeous exploration game. No stress, just good music and steering your boat around while mutated (but beautiful) sea creatures accompany you on your journey. Save your brother at the same time, but there's no rush.

Great for people who want a brain break in a beautiful environment. Looking forward to the sequel!

Seeing all the other reviews, the game might be tedious and boring for some, but I enjoyed it. Going through a submerged city overtaken by plants and oceanic wildlife on a small motorised boat is a fun little puzzle to solve as your task is to ascend the sky-high buildings and the ruins of the ages past looking for secrets and supplies to help your injured brother to heal.
With some small annoyances of a smaller studio project it's still a well made adventure for an evening or two to relax and step back from the worries of the day. The reimagining of the world after a change in climate and living contidions, you're transfered into something familiar and yet strange.
With the added bonus of the oceanic wildlife, you'll have a chance to get amazing screenshots of whales and race with the dolphins.
The game has some accessibility issues such as: flashing light from the lightning when there's a storm and having to press down buttons for tedious lengths of time as well as some of the game time being at lower light conditions.
The best accessibility features in the game are keymapping and that you can at whatever point in time just recall back home without spending effort to navigate back. Also there are no quick-time events or combat and you cannot accidentally throw yourself off a platform.

I really like it. Buy it on sale though, it's expensive for such a short experience in my opinion.

A nice story, simple puzzles, and 60 items to find
Don't expect any action, any combat, or else
Just enjoy a sunken city and the atmosphere