As I said, I wanted to find Nausicaä-like games. And I found plenty, but before the big release¹ I only managed to finish two.

Light of Alariya is a The Wind Waker-like game where you sail the sands and solve some puzzles on islands. It takes a bit of imagination to see the similarities to Nausicaä specifically, but it is certainly in a similar vein. There is some junk in controls and performance, but it is free and quite short.

Without spoiling the Wavetale story, the premise alone – there was a war, then a catastrophe, now the world is covered in gloom, etc. – is quite similar. With spoilers – even more. It’s not one-to-one, not at all, but it can easily be qualified as a Nausicaä-like. The gameplay is fun and breezy, especially because of the fluid movement. Not a long game, just the right length helps too.

I’m still reading through the Nausicaä books, so that also might be a theme to return to.

¹ – Picross S9, obv.