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Burly Men at Sea
A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“This is an unexpectedly clever and cute point-and-click adventure game, simple enough a young child can get through it.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“A charming and delightful little adventure”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Burley Men at Sea is really more of a digital choose-your-own-adventure book than an adventure game, and I do like choose-your-own-adventure books. What's more the art and sound are good, it feels like a lost picture book from when you were a kid. The problem I have with BMaS is…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
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Burly Men at Sea 1.4.5
This is a minor, but nonetheless important, release to keep the game running smoothly into the future. We've corrected some minor localization issues (thanks to the fan community for these!), eliminat
Three new languages!
Our bearded brothers have picked up a few new languages in their travels, mastering Korean, Turkish, and Polish to bring the total number of languages supported to 13! The Turkish and Polish localizat
Version 1.3 Released!
We’ve fixed bugs, refined scenes, created additional animations, and even added some underwater interactivity. Nothing especially obvious, just details to polish your experience a bit. If you have que
Version 1.3 Released!
We’ve fixed bugs, refined scenes, created additional animations, and even added some underwater interactivity. Nothing especially obvious, just details to polish your experience a bit. If you have que
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Casual · Indie · Visual Novel · Minimalist · 2D · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Mythology · Story Rich · Short · Choose Your Own Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Korean, Polish, Turkish |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://burlymenatsea.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 275 MB available space