Fit check
Is FAR: Changing Tides worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Adventure players who prefer solitary, atmospheric journeys over combat-focused gameplay
- Puzzle fans who want ship management combined with environmental exploration
- Players interested in a fixed narrative voyage through flooded ruins
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking frequent combat, weapons, or character battles
- Players who prefer fast, continuously changing action over deliberate ship operation and puzzle solving
- Players looking for an open-ended multiplayer adventure
Our take on FAR: Changing Tides
The focus on solitary travel and hands-on vessel management leaves little room for combat systems, multiplayer play, or broad character progression. Its deliberate pace makes the ship itself the main source of interaction, rather than one element among several competing gameplay systems.
What is FAR: Changing Tides?
FAR: Changing Tides is a vehicle adventure about Toe, a boy stranded in a flooded world and travelling by ship to find a new home.
The journey crosses stormy waters, submerged areas, and the ruins of a former society. Players operate the vessel by raising the mast, adjusting the sails, lighting the furnace, unlocking components, repairing faults, and collecting fuel and salvage. Environmental hazards and puzzles shape the voyage, while the ship’s systems become more complex over time. A reactive soundtrack changes with player actions and surrounding events. The Deluxe Edition includes the base game and 34 original soundtrack tracks by Joel Schoch.
How FAR: Changing Tides plays
- 01Ship Operations
- Players manage sailing equipment, the furnace, repairs, unlocked components, fuel, and recovered salvage during the voyage.
- 02Flooded Exploration
- The route passes through rough seas, underwater areas, and the remains of a lost society.
- 03Environmental Puzzles
- Puzzles and natural hazards provide the main obstacles between stages of the journey.
- 04Reactive Music
- The music changes in response to actions by the player and events in the environment.
- 05Deluxe Soundtrack
- The Deluxe Edition adds 34 original tracks that can be downloaded separately from the game.
FAR: Changing Tides compared to similar games
Jusant is also a meditative action-puzzle journey, but it centers on climbing a tall tower, stamina management, and choosing routes. FAR: Changing Tides instead builds its exploration around sailing, underwater travel, ship maintenance, and environmental hazards.
FAR: Changing Tides: platforms & release
Is FAR: Changing Tides worth it?
It is worth it if: adventure players who prefer solitary, atmospheric journeys over combat-focused gameplay. Skip it if: players seeking frequent combat, weapons, or character battles.
Where can I download FAR: Changing Tides?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens FAR: Changing Tides's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is FAR: Changing Tides on?
Windows only.
