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Horizon Reef

A short melancholic boat trip across the ocean — explore the vast seas and learn about memories that aren't quite your own.

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About the Game

Something was lost on the way to Horizon Reef. Can you bring it back?

Horizon Reef is a short narrative adventure game about memory, identity, and a love story that refused to end.

You are Finley. Your grandfather is old, confused, and keeps whispering about a place called Horizon Reef — somewhere he never managed to reach. He asks you to go for him. So you take his old boat and set sail.

Across different islands, you'll fish, scavenge the sand, upgrade your boat, and slowly piece together the story...

The further you travel, the more you realise: the person you thought you knew never existed.

Features:

  • Navigate the Ocean and different Islands, each with its own character and challenges

  • Fish and Collect to upgrade your boat and unlock new paths

  • Use Items like the Boost Machine, Pipe of the Calm Sea, and Tremor Device to overcome the ocean's obstacles

  • Trigger memory sequences that put you in the shoes of the past — and reveal what really happened

  • A quiet, bittersweet story about guilt, second chances, and letting go