Games Like By The Sea : Pilgrimage of the Colorless

Walk inside Monet's paintings

By The Sea is a quiet walking game set inside the paintings of Claude Monet. Cliffs, wheat fields, bridges and cathedrals drift gently around you, brushstrokes and all. There is no rush here. Every time you stop, the blur lifts, the world comes into focus, and memories he had buried begin to glow in the scenery.

This is not a game about finishing fast. It is a game that rewards you for staying still.

Story

A soldier comes home from the Great War and finds that the color has drained out of him. His wife is gone. Carrying her ashes, he sets out on one last pilgrimage to scatter them at the sea.

From the house on the cliff, past the place they first met, the home they built, the bridge they once crossed and the harbor he left behind, all the way to the shore, across six chapters he slowly wins back the colors he lost. Recovery does not come in a straight line. Some memories return his color; others take it away again.

How you help him

Features

A note from the developer

Monet spent his life standing in the same places, watching the light change. With this game I wanted to share the comfort that comes from pausing. I hope you walk through these landscapes, and every now and then, stop for a while and stay with him on this journey.

Contains themes of war, death and grief.