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Maelstrom

Gunpowder Games, Inc. · Forthright Entertainment · 2019-09-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 20, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Command the seas in Maelstrom! Engage in fast-paced naval battles with powerful warships and colossal sea monsters. Customize your fleet and dominate the Abyssal Ocean. Are you ruthless enough to survive?

Maelstrom is a 2019 Action, Adventure, Indie, and Massively Multiplayer game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 2584 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (500 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 28,108 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $0.59 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
43443420182026Week of 2018-04-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-16 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012021-01-162015-01-01 — best price $5.492015-01-23 — best price $5.442015-01-31 — best price $5.962015-02-12 — best price $5.572015-04-02 — best price $5.392015-04-13 — best price $9.992015-04-20 — best price $6.942015-04-23 — best price $15.012015-06-18 — best price $15.822015-07-29 — best price $6.952018-04-11 — best price $17.992018-04-18 — best price $19.992018-06-07 — best price $15.992018-06-22 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-07-17 — best price $15.992018-08-02 — best price $19.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992018-12-18 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $19.992019-06-24 — best price $19.992021-01-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
10.7%
earned "Greedy I"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2020-02-04, latest 2020-07-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5511%28
Steam (Steam)80%48

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPDwarfIndieNavalActionFantasyPiratesSailingStrategySimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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