Lost Sea is an action roguelike about a character stranded in the Bermuda Triangle after a crash. The only way to get back is by moving through four archipelagos, each with a different theme. Each archipelago is a linear chain of islands. There are eight characters to choose from. The character can freely move in any direction and there is full rotation for the camera. An island's tablet is usually hidden behind a barrier or a raised platform. Barriers are opened by finding and using a key, while broken bridges can be repaired by a carpenter. The character can recruit crew members found on the islands.
Each character has different abilities, such as repairing bridges, opening chests or digging up treasure. They can also be asked to carry the tablet and follow the player's character automatically. An island is completed when a tablet is carried back to the docks, a location present on every island. There, a workbench can be accessed with upgrades for the player skills and the ship.
Player skills include the ability to sprint (with a stamina bar), opening item slots for additional crew members, improving statistics, a breadcrumb option to find the way, and new types of attacks.
The character starts with a basic machete attack, the others need to be bought. Enemies include a wide variety of fantasy monsters, each with their own attack patterns. New settings introduce a new environments with variations of the enemy types.
Save from a single-use ability of a certain crew member, the game has permadeath. All upgrades are tied to a single session and nothing is carried over. The game has a day-and-night cycle with different weather conditions.
Lost Sea was released on the PlayStation 4 in July 2016 for £14.99. It's available now on the PS Store.