Olija

Skeleton Crew Studio / Jan 28, 2021 / Action, Adventure, Indie

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Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.

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What's new

OLIJA 1.1

2021-07-07

General performance improvement, bug fixes and new setting parameters to adjust various options. Bugs • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the players to get stuck in the ground after Harpoon-dashing. • The players should no longer be able to walk over water on the edges of the boat. • The final boss's health bar should properly disappear now. • The players are now not able to run during certain cutscenes. • The UI should no longer display a hat power gauge when not wearing a hat. • Fixed various invisible colliders getting players stuck when in walking motion. • Players will now fall on spikes instead of possibly getting stuck when falling from the top of the Tower boss fight. • Reduced the chance that the game will freeze during a loading screen. • Fixed a spot where players could get stuck after harpoon dashing in the Prison. New settings and improvements

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• Settings menu : Controller vibration can be turned on and off. • Settings menu : Render scale option that allows to adjust the game's render quality for slow machines. • Settings menu : Resolution setting that allows for changing the resolution of the game. • Settings menu : Fullscreen button to enable or disable fullscreen.

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What players say

Very Positive

89% positive, 430 reviews

Not recommended4 hrs played

I love the presentation, visual flare and soundtrack but it is boring to play through, unfortunately.

12 found this helpful, 2026-05-15

Recommended11 hrs played

Overall a fun experience. However, I have many gripes: - As a completionist, I do not appreciate the inability to backtrack to many locations, after completing them, nor the lack of a notification that the area will close after completing it, nor the lack of a notification when entering the final encounter on my first playthrough, signifying that I am unable to go back or start a New Game+. I understand that this is...

5 found this helpful, 2026-04-04

Not recommended8 hrs played

Olija is a competently made game that just didn't leave much of an impression. The harpoon mechanics have a satisfying snap to them and the atmosphere has a genuinely moodier, more melancholic tone than most games in this space, which sets it apart visually even if it doesn't do enough with that foundation. The hat system is the clearest example of a good idea that doesn't get developed far enough. There's real...

7 found this helpful, 2026-05-05

Recommended9 hrs played