PlayStation 4 Critic Reviews

Sea of Solitude is a powerful story of loneliness, perfectly complimented by a beautiful art style and score.

Clever, emotional and raw, Sea of Solitude is a personal journey that at times you feel like you’re intruding on. It is resolutely truthful and, just as Kay turns aspects of herself inward and outward, you can’t help but consider your own place, both amongst the people around you and inside your own head.

Sea of Solitude is a masterpiece of storytelling, art-design and thematic visualisation. While not necessarily lengthy or mechanically deep it is an astoundingly well-crafted game that should be experienced by everyone.

Sea of Solitude is a personal journey inside the darkest paths of our existence. It can be a painful experience, but in the end we can find a heartwarming message: empathy will save us all.

Powerful, moving and wonderful in the depiction of a series of real and extremely widespread issues, Sea of Solitude is a tale about what makes us human beings.

Sea of Solitude is an atmospheric fairy tale, that handles topics like phobias, conflict and depression in a thoroughly competent way.

Of course, it is not a game suitable for sensitive hearts because, excuse the expression, it hurts more than a kick down there. But it is that comforting pain, that pain with which you identify yourself, that pain that gives you hope to keep going, that pain that reminds you that you are alive, that pain that gives you the strength to keep fighting; that pain that, sometimes, is necessary.

Through a world of monsters and fantasy, Sea of Solitude tells a story about real problems that never get enough attention, especially in video games. It's like looking into the soul of another person.

The real brilliance of Sea of Solitude is how each of the manifestations that Kay experiences have significance to a person or event in her own life.

Sea of Solitude is a haunting journey into loneliness, with Kay’s character arc perfectly encapsulating the feeling of being lost and adrift. With its abstract and metaphorical style, the game is a truly emotional experience, one which perfectly captures the inner turmoil of a soul mired by loneliness sending out a desperate SOS.