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Windrose

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Action/Adventure
Developer: Windrose Crew

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'Windrose' Exceeds 1,000,000 Early Access Copies Sold In 6 Days

by Rainier on April 20, 2026 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT

Windrose is a survival adventure in the Age of Piracy, where you explore procedural open world, gather, build, craft and overcome challenging bosses in soulslite combat.

Windrose is a survival game set in an alternative Age of Piracy. It features the classic “build, craft, survive” formula and challenging boss fights, complementing it with sea battles, boarding actions and seamless ship-to-land gameplay. Driven by real-world characters and supernatural powers alike, the story unfolds into an epic fight against unspoken ancient evil.

You are a freelance courier betrayed and stranded after a job gone wrong. What starts as a grounded story of survival and revenge will put you in the middle of a conflict between empires, pirate clans and mysterious dark powers looming on the horizon. Windrose is brimming with the Age of Piracy allure!

Answer the call of the seas! Take the helm and blast your enemies with cannons or finish them off in fierce boarding actions. Your adventure continues on sea or land seamlessly: bombard coastal forts from afar, close in and engage the defenders in hand-to-hand combat! Command a nimble cutter, an all-rounder frigate, a monstrous galleon and other ships. Oh, and don't forget to sing sea shanties with your crew while you travel.

At its core Windrose is a refined and comprehensive survival experience. Explore vibrant, diverse biomes and gather resources, unleash your creativity in building and crafting, turn your shelter into a fully operational outpost. Recruit and expand your crew to speed up harvesting and production. You’ll need every advantage to overcome the dangers ahead.

Hack, slash, batter and shoot your way to glory! Master a vast arsenal of melee weapons and firearms. Parry and dodge enemy attacks, and make good use of different strikes to gain the upper hand. Manage food, potions and oils for powerful buffs. Put your skills and loadouts to the test against challenging bosses, defeat them and plunder their treasures.

Co-op features will add countless hours of fun. Explore, survive, build and fight together: the game story is fully playable in group.

Ahoy, captains!

We have just plundered another milestone – 1,000,000 copies, and “we” means “you” – a crew of fine brave captains sailing the seas of Windrose. Moreover, today Windrose has assembled over 200,000 concurrent players! Your support for the game is absolutely astonishing, and your patience while we are working on fixes is truly heart-warming. While we keep working on the game, we read your reviews and comments, watch your videos and streams, and sometimes, honestly, shed a pirate-y tear of happiness, because now when the game is out you share our dream of swashbuckling adventure. And there are boars, too, we know, but whatever does not send you flying into the nearest tree, makes you stronger, right?

Thank you for this, captains. You are our inspiration in this journey, and YARRRRR, that’s going to be an exciting one.

Kraken Express

Windrose is currently available through Early Access on SteamEpic Games Store and Stove.

Key Features

  • A Pirate Tale for the Ages: Welcome to the Age of Piracy! You are a freelance courier betrayed and stranded after a job gone wrong. What starts as a grounded story of survival and revenge will put you in the middle of a conflict between empires, pirate clans and mysterious dark powers looming on the horizon.
  • Conquer the Seas: Take the helm, blast your enemies with cannons or finish them off in fierce boarding actions. Your adventure traverses sea and land seamlessly: bombard coastal forts from afar or close in and engage in hand-to-hand combat! Command a nimble cutter, an all-rounder frigate, a colossal galleon, and other ships. And don't forget to sing sea shanties with your crew while you travel, on your own or in co-op!
  • Survive the OnslaughtWindrose is a refined and comprehensive survival experience. Explore vibrant, diverse biomes, gather resources, unleash your creativity in building and crafting, and turn your shelter into a fully operational outpost. Recruit and expand your crew to speed up harvesting and production. You’ll need every advantage to overcome the dangers ahead.
  • Become the Savviest Swashbuckler: Hack, slash, bash and shoot your way to glory! Master a vast arsenal of melee weapons and firearms, parry and dodge enemy attacks, and make good use of different strikes to gain the upper hand. Put your skills to the test against challenging bosses – defeat them and plunder their treasures!

Windrose is in development for PC (Steam).


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