An adventure that’s well on its way to becoming this year’s most relaxing indie, Naiad plays like a dream. Twinkling melodies and warm ambient synths guide you through this serene adventure where you play as a water nymph floating through interconnected rivers, streams, and ponds. You’ll want to sit back, put your feet up, and grab a cosy cuppa for this one.
Naiad is designed to capture the feeling of being at one with nature’s waterways. As our aquatic pal floats downstream on their back, sometimes there’ll be obstructions like a log or branch in the way. You can often just duck under these natural barricades by diving underwater, but sometimes you’ll need to physically push them out of the way. In this way, Naiad is not just a paddling sim but also a light physics puzzler, as you have to use your body to push and angle these objects while keeping the physics of the flowing water in mind.