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Burly Men at Sea

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.

Released Sep 29, 2016 Developer Brain&Brain Platforms Windows · Mac AdventureCasualIndieVisual NovelMinimalist
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

62.7%positive499 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A charming and delightful little adventure”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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 played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

25achievements
23.9%median completion
11.5%rarest: Ye've Done It
68.2% of players 45.7% of players 43.5% of players 42.0% of players 38.6% of players 38.5% of players 38.2% of players 35.5% of players 31.2% of players 26.6% of players 25.9% of players 24.7% of players 23.9% of players 22.1% of players 21.1% of players 20.0% of players 17.9% of players 17.8% of players 16.7% of players 16.6% of players 15.8% of players 15.7% of players 14.7% of players 14.3% of players 11.5% of players 68.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
68.2%Great Barnacled One — Hidden achievement
45.7%…Bearded Travelers — Hidden achievement
43.5%Wooden Trousers — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
11.5%Ye've Done It — Hidden achievement
14.3%Nice Day — Hidden achievement
14.7%Poor Beastie — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 24, 2025
Introducing: The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler!

We're excited to announce that you can now wishlist our latest game: time-looping puzzle ballad The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler ! Unravel the tale of a (somewhat) legendary weather-making roos

Oct 08, 2024
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

Nov 21, 2019
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

Sep 21, 2017
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

Sep 21, 2017
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

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Casual · Indie · Visual Novel · Minimalist · 2D · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Mythology · Story Rich · Short · Choose Your Own Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Korean, Polish, Turkish
Achievements25
Official sitehttp://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