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Nantucket

Picaresque Games · 2018-01-18

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 18, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.

2
playing now
79%
positive of 882 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 882 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.39-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.39-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.77 at GamersGate (2022-01-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 16 of 27 observed days · $1.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.45$3.772018-01-182026-08-302018-01-18 — best price $16.192018-05-06 — best price $17.992018-08-06 — best price $17.992018-11-12 — best price $10.792019-01-10 — best price $10.792019-05-24 — best price $8.992019-09-16 — best price $6.112019-11-21 — best price $6.112020-01-09 — best price $6.112020-01-29 — best price $6.062020-02-16 — best price $17.542020-04-03 — best price $6.122020-05-12 — best price $13.222020-07-09 — best price $4.592020-08-28 — best price $6.122020-10-18 — best price $17.992020-12-03 — best price $17.992021-02-10 — best price $5.382021-03-25 — best price $4.592021-05-07 — best price $6.122021-06-28 — best price $17.992021-08-12 — best price $4.582021-09-24 — best price $6.122021-11-24 — best price $6.112022-01-21 — best price $3.772022-03-07 — best price $5.392022-05-26 — best price $13.222022-08-05 — best price $4.042022-10-24 — best price $4.042022-12-18 — best price $17.992023-03-17 — best price $4.042023-05-29 — best price $5.392023-09-19 — best price $17.992023-12-05 — best price $5.392024-03-06 — best price $17.992024-12-10 — best price $17.992025-09-08 — best price $5.392026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-08-30 — best price $5.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
35%
earned "First Blood"
10.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4174%28

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieNavalPiratesSailingSandboxStrategyAdventureBoard Game

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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