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Defy Blackbeard as a pirate captain: explore islands, build a settlement, craft gear, and battle enemies by land and sea.
Released 14 Apr 2026
Board Enemy Ships
Build Pirate Forts
Sail With Singing Crew
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Developed by Kraken Express · Published by Kraken Express, Pocketpair Publishing (Japan)









Set in an alternative Age of Piracy, Windrose casts you as a captain who challenges Blackbeard. A struggle for survival and revenge leads into a conflict involving empires, pirate clans, and supernatural forces.
Explore islands on foot and by ship, gathering materials, crafting equipment, and building a settlement. Fight enemies with melee weapons and firearms, using blocks, parries, and dodges; at sea, fire cannons and board enemy ships.
Progress through quests, biomes, dungeons, and points of interest while improving your gear, ship, and talents. Recruit NPCs to help with settlement work, trade with factions, and play solo or in co-op for up to eight players.
Players in the supplied reviews often praise the pirate atmosphere, sailing, cannon battles, boarding, and the crew’s sea shanties. Base building and quality-of-life features also come up as enjoyable, while co-op is a highlight for many. Criticism most often focuses on punishing or repetitive land combat, with some players also wanting more varied exploration and deeper ship systems.
Windrose is a survival adventure set in an alternative Age of Piracy. It features the classic “build, craft, survive” formula along with intense combat and engaging exploration on land and sea.
Progress through vast procedurally generated biomes filled with hidden mysteries, hand-crafted dungeons and quests. Gather your crew and captain your ship through brutal naval combat with boarding actions and seamless transitions between ship and shore.
Defeat challenging bosses on your swashbuckling adventure driven by real-world characters and supernatural forces alike.
Every legend begins with a reckless crossing.
You are a captain who dares to challenge Blackbeard. What begins as a grounded story of survival and revenge draws you into a growing conflict between empires, pirate clans, and mysterious dark powers looming on the horizon. Windrose is steeped in the allure of the Age of Piracy.
Answer the call of the seas and move seamlessly between ship and shore. Naval combat is shaped by your decisions, whether you’re trading cannon fire at range or closing in for fierce boarding actions. Equip and customize your ship to suit your playstyle, from nimble ketch to versatile brig and monstrous frigate. And when the cannons go silent, claim your spoils and share a sea shanty with your crew as you sail onward.
Establish a foothold in vibrant, diverse biomes, gather resources, and build to your own taste, from simple shelters to elaborate mansions and fully developed forts. Recruit NPCs and grow your settlement to speed up harvesting and production.
This world belongs to the brave and the curious, so venture into the uncharted lands. Over 100 hand-crafted dungeons and points of interest contain endless secrets and treasures, though such rewards rarely come without risk. Trade with different factions to gain the edge you’ll need.
Hack, slash, batter, and shoot your way forward! Master a wide arsenal of melee weapons and firearms. Parry and dodge enemy attacks, chain different strikes, and keep an eye out for new gear, including sabers, rapiers, halberds, greatswords, pistols, muskets, and more.
Shape your combat style through talents and flexible loadouts with unique armor sets. Use food and potions to gain powerful buffs. Test your skills against a wide range of enemies and challenging bosses, defeat them, and claim their treasures.
Windrose is fully playable solo offline or in co-op with friends, supporting up to 8 players, with both self-hosted and dedicated servers available. Procedural generation will make each journey stand out. Please note: due to performance, especially in the late game, we recommend to play in the party up to 4 players for the optimal experience.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Players | 1–8 |
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| Multiplayer | Windrose supports solo offline play and online co-op play with friends. The store description states co-op supports up to 8 players and offers both self-hosted and dedicated servers. The provided description presents the game as PvE-focused; co-op is explicit, while PvP appears only in tags and is not described in the game text. |
| Multiplayer & mods | One review mentions plans to create mods, but no provided text explains multiplayer mod support or how mods interact with online play. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |