It’s kind of hard to describe but the core of the game is finding spirits of people (who are fully written characters with their own unique personality) and completing their requests until they’re ready to be be fared into the afterlife (hence the name spiritfarer). Throughout that you’ll slowly upgrade your boat over time, build new buildings, craft a bunch of items (including food to feed those spirits to keep them happy), etc. I’m kinda making it sound like a survival game but it’s way more interesting than that.
edit: now that I think about it, it sort of reminded me of a 2D ve