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Sailwind

Raw Lion Workshop · 2021-10-18

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sailing simulator featuring realistic sailing physics and a vast open world to explore. Embark on cargo delivery missions, customize your boat, try fishing and cooking. A relaxing day sail, or an epic ocean voyage? Your sailing adventure starts here!

Sailwind is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2021, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, priced at $19.99, with Very Positive (89% of 2370 reviews).

120
playing now
89%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4
Nexus mods (192 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

120 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 120 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 346 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 47k–107k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,370 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24224220212026Week of 2021-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

217392026-09-15 02:00 — 69 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 39 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 79 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 65 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 55 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 90 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 64 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 45 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 79 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 176 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 72 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 127 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 152 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 62 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 120 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 193 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 74 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 82 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 139 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 87 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 96 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 149 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 91 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 120 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11518Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 18 · peak 44Dec 2021 — avg 44 · peak 109Feb 2022 — avg 67 · peak 147Apr 2022 — avg 35 · peak 59Jun 2022 — avg 35 · peak 82Aug 2022 — avg 39 · peak 79Oct 2022 — avg 30 · peak 71Dec 2022 — avg 45 · peak 96Feb 2023 — avg 44 · peak 83Apr 2023 — avg 55 · peak 130Jun 2023 — avg 35 · peak 75Aug 2023 — avg 39 · peak 78Oct 2023 — avg 35 · peak 66Dec 2023 — avg 78 · peak 181Feb 2024 — avg 45 · peak 101Apr 2024 — avg 52 · peak 112Jun 2024 — avg 55 · peak 120Aug 2024 — avg 46 · peak 90Oct 2024 — avg 46 · peak 96Dec 2024 — avg 107 · peak 252Feb 2025 — avg 54 · peak 99Apr 2025 — avg 57 · peak 111Jun 2025 — avg 49 · peak 96Aug 2025 — avg 60 · peak 124Oct 2025 — avg 58 · peak 159Dec 2025 — avg 67 · peak 140Feb 2026 — avg 58 · peak 157Apr 2026 — avg 60 · peak 110Jun 2026 — avg 71 · peak 158Aug 2026 — avg 86 · peak 174
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$13.992021-10-182026-03-262021-10-18 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $17.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-01-11 — best price $16.992022-01-13 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $17.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $16.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992022-12-23 — best price $15.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $16.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-12-04 — best price $16.992023-12-11 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-03-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

CookingFishingSailingLife SimRelaxingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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