Ocean's Heart
Fair · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 10.1h
- Value
- $1.48/hr
- Reviews
- 82% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 205 MB of memory, OpenGL 3.0, 246 MB of storage. Windows only.
Ocean’s Heart is an epic top-down action RPG in which you explore a beautiful archipelago as a young woman named Tilia. Take on contracts to fight monsters, descend deep into ancient dungeons, defeat menacing foes, and unravel the mystery of Ocean’s Heart. All done in beautiful, bright pixel art.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $2.99. That was June 2025. 43 discounts in the 6 years on record. They run about 70 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 14 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Garden Story ($19.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Anodyne ($14.99, scores 52).
Of the 549 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 10 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 40 percent of the 213 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
36% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
2 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 08:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Very fun Zelda-like. Very different from Tombwater, their other game. Played with an Xbox controller. What you need to know: 1. Easy difficulty. You can turn it up at a shrine if you want. 2. You do get a bow. It just comes a lot later than you would think. You haven't missed it. 3. Lots of sidequests. Keep your eyes peeled for bomb-able walls, hidden pits, and stuff you can move. 4. Moving platforms and pits are...
I found Ocean's Heart to be a fun love letter to Game Boy and GBA-era Zelda games with good movement, snappy combat, and a surprising amount of personality to its world. It's not the most difficult game but I enjoyed the story and the amount of creativity that went into the items you can find and the people you encounter. Well worth the time I spent with it and an absolute steal if you find it on sale.
Proper Legend of Zelda 2d clone. Despite being in love with these types of games, I find this one very boring. Graphics, music, sounds, designs is all properly made... but at the same time - boring. I had trouble to jump down from cliffs as well as very often jumping into water by accident. A lot. Whole game. Somehow menuing itself also annoyed me which is rare. It's negative short review mostly because I took 4...
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Cite this score
Ocean's Heart scores 53/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1393750/ocean-s-heartReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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