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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.

Defy Blackbeard as a pirate captain: explore islands, build a settlement, craft gear, and battle enemies by land and sea.

Released 14 Apr 2026

87%positive of
53k player reviews
$29.99 $26.99
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Board Enemy Ships

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Build Pirate Forts

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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)

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Punishing Combat Balance
  2. Repetitive Exploration
  3. Limited Naval Depth
  4. Quest-Gated Progression
87%
positive of 53k player reviews

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows
Age ratings
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 14 — Violência Drogas lícitas Linguagem imprópria
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 18 — Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya Kekerasan Penggunaan bahasa
  • Steam (Germany) 16 — Drastische Gewalt Alkohol / Tabak Schimpfwörte
Players 1–8
Play modes
  • Online co-op
  • Co-op campaign
  • Persistent world
  • Drop-in/drop-out
Other modes
  • Single-player offline
  • Self-hosted online co-op servers
  • Dedicated server co-op
  • Shared or solo quest progression options
  • Party-based co-op
  • PvE survival co-op
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
DRM / EULA
  • Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Windrose EULA
Content notices
  • Online interactivity
Website Official website

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It was developed by Kraken Express and published by Kraken Express, Pocketpair Publishing (Japan), released on April 14, 2026.
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