Far: Changing Tides

Similar to Lone Sails, Changing Tides is a side-scrolling adventure video game in which the player assumes control of an unnamed driver of a large boat as they explore a post-apocalyptic world. While the game does not feature any combat scenario, the player character must drive the boat and manage its sail, solve environmental puzzles, and gather resources. The ship can be upgraded to include a steam engine, and the player must keep the ship powered by burning fuel, and prevent the engine from overheating by spraying water on it. Eventually, the ship will turn into a submarine which opens up new paths for players to navigate the world.

The game does not have a fail state, though some decisions made by players may damage the ship or cause the ship to lose momentum. Players may also need to repair the ships using the resources they have discovered in the game's world and may occasionally need to leave the ship and solve simple environmental puzzles in order to remove obstacles that are blocking the way.

Far: Changing Tides was developed by Swiss developer Okomotive, which consisted of a team of around ten people. Both director Don Schmocker and composer Joel Schoch returned for the project. Okomotive described Changing Tides as a "companion title" to Lone Sails, meaning that players do not need to play Lone Sails in order to understand the story of Changing Tides. Unlike the first game which is set in a world in which the ocean have dried up, Changing Tides is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which cities and civilizations have been flooded.

Like Lone Sails, the team spent a lot of time developing on the game's environmental storytelling. The side-scrolling perspective allows the team to tightly control the story they wanted to tell. The game had a minimum amount of text, and the player is expected to solve puzzles with little to no handholding. According to Schmocker, this helped the player to develop a bond between them and their ship.

Far: Changing Tides received "generally favorable" reviews for most platforms according to review aggregator website Metacritic; the PC version received "mixed or average" reviews. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 83% of critics.

Brian Hobbs of Adventure Gamers heavily lauded the quality of the game's environments, set pieces, ship mechanics, soundtrack, and climax while taking minor issue with finicky controls and occasionally slow-paced gameplay. Vikki Blake of Eurogamer recommended the game, writing, "It turns out Far: Changing Tides is every bit as bewitching as its predecessor thanks to its stunning presentation, haunting soundtrack, and wholly unique gameplay and puzzle mechanics." the best moments of a long car ride, where you soak in nature's beauty." efforts to make it a more mechanically varied journey, while successful, also inadvertently tip the balance of the original's formula from peaceful to tedious at times."