Released Aug 19, 2025 $29.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Sword of the Sea

By Giant Squid

Adventure Exploration Atmospheric Singleplayer StylizedSkateboardingSnowboardingAction-Adventure NatureStory RichColorfulCinematic

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Sword of the Sea is a game tagged Adventure, Exploration and Atmospheric by Giant Squid, released Aug 19, 2025. It has 1,666 Steam reviews (Very Positive). The Steam games most like it include The Pathless, SEVERN: A Surfing Adventure and Norigin.

Surf across magnificent waves of sand and glistening waters on an epic quest to restore a lost ocean. From the visionary artist behind ABZÛ, The Pathless, and Journey, Sword of the Sea is an atmospheric surfing adventure with fast movement inspired by classic skateboarding and snowboarding games.

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The Pathless 74% match · Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric
SEVERN: A Surfing Adventure 73% match · Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric
Norigin 71% match · Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric
Seagazer 69% match · Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric
A Lost Note 68% match · Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric
Our Mountain 68% match · Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric
Aya: Tale of Tails 67% match · Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric
Keeper 67% match · Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric
Walking With The Wild 67% match · Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric
Tear of Time: Lost memory 66% match · Adventure, Exploration, Atmospheric

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Sword of the Sea · record updated 1 day ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID2453160

Release dateAug 19, 2025

Last change number39876051

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Giant Squid
Publisher: Giant Squid
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 11 hours ago
Website: swordoftheseagame.com

Windows 64-bit

Steam Deck: Unsupported
Controller: Full support

Single-playerFull controller supportPlayStation controller BluetoothSteam AchievementsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$29.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$29.99Oct 25, 2026

Checked1 day agoin 41 regions

Philippines₱PHP

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
20085689	public	Sep 23, 2025

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228989	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
2453161	—	All	6.53 GB	5.42 GB	657950120198259499

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	20085689	Sep 23, 2025	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Sword of the Sea

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
SwordOfTheSea.exe		Windows · 64-bit	Don't use this
Surfer.exe		Windows · 64-bit	Use this

Space per player3.8 MB

Filesup to 50

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocal	SwordOfTheSea/Saved/SaveGames	*.sav	All

Achievements

Achievements4832 hidden

Most unlocked74.5%Spin Tricks

Rarest2.4%Pro Surfer

Spin Tricks Hidden achievement 74.5%
Nice Combo! Land a 5x combo trick. 67.5%
Cleanse the Lost Grotto Hidden achievement 65.5%
Drop Hidden achievement 59.1%
Tile Finder Find 10 fish tiles. 57.6%
Long Distance Jumper Travel a huge distance without touching the ground. 53.2%
Treasure Tracker Open 10 treasure chests. 52.5%
Water Rider Ride the Water Rail 4 times consecutively. 49.9%
Sword of the Sea Complete the adventure and view the credits. 46.1%
Cool Combo! Land a 10x combo trick. 44.6%
Sperm Whale Rider Hidden achievement 41%
Super Jump Hidden achievement 40.4%
Cleanse the Shadow Tundra Hidden achievement 38.2%
Cleanse the Sacred River Hidden achievement 35.3%
Orca Rider Hidden achievement 34.4%
Forbidden Valley Shell Collector Hidden achievement 33.2%
Blue Whale Rider Hidden achievement 31.8%
Archelon Rider Hidden achievement 30.3%

All 48 achievements

Humpback Rider Hidden achievement 30.3%
Elasmosaur Rider Hidden achievement 30.2%
Whale Shark Rider Hidden achievement 29.8%
Cleanse the Forbidden Valley Hidden achievement 24.3%
Awesome Combo! Land a 20x combo trick. 23.9%
Horned Frog Hidden achievement 21.1%
Cleanse the Veiled Sea Hidden achievement 20.5%
Frog Skeleton Hidden achievement 20.3%
Desert Rain Frog Hidden achievement 17.9%
Poison Dart Frog Hidden achievement 17.2%
Trick Attack Seeker Find all trick attack areas. 16%
Trick Attack Expert Beat the high score in all trick attack areas. 15.2%
Bullfrog Hidden achievement 14.4%
Tricky Do all the aerial spin tricks. 11.5%
Great Score Earn a game-wide high score of 1,000,000 points or higher. 9.8%
Loyal Customer Hidden achievement 8.5%
Frozen Drifts Shell Collector Hidden achievement 7.8%
New High Score Beat your own game-wide high score. 7.6%
New Game Plus Completed Hidden achievement 6.3%
Speed Surfer Complete the adventure in under 2 hours. 5.7%
Veiled Sea Shell Collector Hidden achievement 5.5%
Lost Grotto Shell Collector Hidden achievement 5.1%
Cleanse the Frozen Drifts Hidden achievement 4.7%
Shadow Tundra Shell Collector Hidden achievement 4.6%
Wisdom of the Ancients Read all the stele messages. 4.4%
Boiling Cavern Shell Collector Hidden achievement 4.4%
Sacred River Shell Collector Hidden achievement 4.3%
Water Whisperer Hidden achievement 4%
Untouchable Hidden achievement 2.9%
Pro Surfer Collect all Achievements. 2.4%

Update history

Oct 25, 2026 · 16:24 #39876051
- appid removed
- common.ReleaseState added released
- common.releasestate removed
- config.launch.1.config.BetaKey added gdc_demo
- config.launch.1.config.betakey removed

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Sword of the Sea

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Philippines₱PHP

Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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