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Cubed3Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands (Nintendo Switch) Review
Published 12/16/2019
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30
-23 vs critic avg
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PS4 / PC / iOS / PS5 / XONE / Switch - 10/17/2019
Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
Stranded Sails is an open world farming adventure full of discoveries, quests and puzzles! Along with your crew you are ship-wrecked on a mysterious archipelago. Now it's up to you to secure your survival and solve the mysteries deep in the heart of the islands –and finally escape.
- Developer
- Lemonbomb Entertainment
- Publisher
- Maple Whispering Limited, rokapublish, Merge Games
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Critic avg
53
15 scored reviews
Total coverage
15
All coverage currently scored
Score range
20–80
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Polarized
Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 53 across 15 scored reviews, with a 60-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the Below 70 band.
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15 included scored reviews
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80–891 review · 7%
70–791 review · 7%
Below 7013 reviews · 87%
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Phillip Tinner
Screen RantStranded Sails Review: A Dry, Slow Voyage
Published 11/21/2019
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40
-13 vs critic avg
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Read originalRyan
ZTGDStranded Sails – Explorers of the Cursed Islands (Switch) Review – ZTGD
Published 10/29/2019
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55
+2 vs critic avg
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Read originalJacob James
VGChartzStranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands (NS) Review
Published 10/27/2019
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50
-3 vs critic avg
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Read originalHaley Perry
COGconnectedStranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands Review – Shipwreck Monotony
Published 10/24/2019
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48
-5 vs critic avg
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Read originalHugh Mitchell
ImpulsegamerStranded Sails: Explorer’s of the Crused Islands Review
Published 10/24/2019
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60
+7 vs critic avg
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Read originalKelley
GameSpaceStranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands
Published 10/23/2019
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48
-5 vs critic avg
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Read originalJenny Jones
Push SquareStranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands - Farm, Fish, Cook and Fight Ghost Pirates in This Simple Desert Island Sim
Published 10/18/2019
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60
+7 vs critic avg
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Read originalJustin Nation
Nindie SpotlightNindie Spotlight Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands Review
Published 10/17/2019
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65
+12 vs critic avg
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Read originalJulia Gomez
Nintendo World ReportStranded Sails: Explorers Of The Cursed Islands (Switch) Review
Published 10/17/2019
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80
+27 vs critic avg
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