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Odd Critter Games · Published by Odd Critter Games
Mostly Positive — 71% positive (24 reviews)
Last updated 3 Oct 2026
A short, atmospheric exploration through a dark, surreal underwater abyss. Guide a small aquatic creature and solve light environmental puzzles as you navigate strange, biomechanical spaces.
Adventure, Free To Play, Casual · 2025 · More free games
Navigate through eerie, biomechanical spaces as you guide an aquatic creature in Sinew, an atmospheric exploration game from Odd Critter Games. Solve subtle light puzzles to progress in this free-to-play adventure released in 2025.
About this game
Descend into a dark, biomechanical abyss!
Sinew is a short atmospheric experience where you guide a fragile aquatic creature through cold underwater spaces filled with strange organic hazards. You’ll encounter simple environmental puzzles — small interactions that help you navigate deeper into the world.
The focus is on ambience, tension, and surreal exploration rather than combat or complex mechanics.
Features:
Interact with various mechanisms to help solve puzzles and open passageways.
Use your boost ability to speed past dangerous enemies and push objects.
Organic, biomechanical environments
Short atmospheric experience
Exploration‑focused movement
Controller support
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: 10 SP1+
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Any modern x64 bit OS
- Processor: 1.1 GHz Processor
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Reflections
Hi,I wanted to share a quick follow‑up after the recent update.Sinew is a small, atmospheric project, and seeing players explore its spaces, even briefly, has been genuinely encouraging. I’ve been reading through recent feedback and making small refinements to help the experience feel smoother and more intentional.If you’ve played Sinew recently, your thoughts (even a sentence or two) help a lot. They shape how I approach future micro‑projects and how I continue to polish this one.Thanks for diving in.-AndrewRead full article on Community Announcements (OddCritter)Patch NotesOfficial
Stability & UX Patch
Hi everyone, thanks for your feedback. We’ve just pushed a patch that fixes a bug where the game wouldn't save due to birth. Really appreciate you taking the time to report your experiences with the game.Read full article on Community Announcements (OddCritter)Patch NotesOfficial
Sinew: Status Update
We’re aware that some players are currently experiencing issues affecting stability and progression. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to report what you’re seeing and the details have been genuinely helpful.A patch is already in progress and once the fixes are confirmed and tested, we’ll push an update as soon as possible.Thank you for your patience while we work through this. Sinew is a small project, and your support and understanding mean a lot.~ Odd Critter GamesRead full article on Community Announcements (OddCritter)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch notes v1.2.4
Updated to Unity version 6.2 Settings optimized. Fixed a bug where settings would sometimes start at 0 on a first time launch Fixed an issue with mouse and keyboard not enabling in first level Back-end save system refinedRead full article on Community Announcements (OddCritter)Patch NotesOfficial
Remediation patch for Unity vulnerability risk
Applies the remediation patch that address the security vulnerability affecting Unity versions 2017.1 - 6.0.Read full article on Community Announcements (OddCritter)
