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Ship Graveyard Simulator

Games Incubator · 2021-11-10

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 02, 2022 (Xbox One), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 27, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!

Ship Graveyard Simulator is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $14.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 2270 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

31
playing now
64%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (438 downloads)
3.26★
PlayStation Store rating (409 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
−93% · $1.04
was $14.99
steam price (US) · on sale

31 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 31 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 180 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 47k–106k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,358 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.56 at GameBillet (2026-07-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 50 of 77 observed days · $12.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23523520212026Week of 2021-11-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

60552026-09-15 00:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 21 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 16 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 605 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 119 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 127 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 141 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 59 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 116 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 100 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 30 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 38 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 63 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 23 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 41 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 42 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
25812Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 258 · peak 1,233Jan 2022 — avg 96 · peak 205Mar 2022 — avg 56 · peak 163May 2022 — avg 71 · peak 674Jul 2022 — avg 39 · peak 159Sep 2022 — avg 31 · peak 74Nov 2022 — avg 73 · peak 408Jan 2023 — avg 42 · peak 93Mar 2023 — avg 23 · peak 58May 2023 — avg 38 · peak 88Jul 2023 — avg 21 · peak 44Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 51Nov 2023 — avg 15 · peak 43Jan 2024 — avg 22 · peak 60Mar 2024 — avg 33 · peak 122May 2024 — avg 15 · peak 38Jul 2024 — avg 28 · peak 73Sep 2024 — avg 17 · peak 50Nov 2024 — avg 33 · peak 101Jan 2025 — avg 102 · peak 833Mar 2025 — avg 34 · peak 123May 2025 — avg 14 · peak 38Jul 2025 — avg 33 · peak 161Sep 2025 — avg 117 · peak 929Nov 2025 — avg 23 · peak 74Jan 2026 — avg 30 · peak 79Mar 2026 — avg 33 · peak 96May 2026 — avg 16 · peak 61Jul 2026 — avg 19 · peak 51Aug 2026 — avg 48 · peak 165
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.562021-11-102026-10-142021-11-10 — best price $13.492022-03-09 — best price $11.992022-08-11 — best price $14.992022-11-07 — best price $14.992023-01-21 — best price $7.492023-05-14 — best price $6.742023-11-21 — best price $4.492024-03-23 — best price $3.302024-05-05 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $2.242024-08-19 — best price $1.722024-09-29 — best price $14.992024-11-22 — best price $1.552025-01-01 — best price $1.802025-02-03 — best price $11.502025-03-13 — best price $1.062025-05-16 — best price $1.042025-06-24 — best price $14.992025-07-23 — best price $14.992025-08-19 — best price $0.942025-09-23 — best price $14.992025-10-19 — best price $0.822025-11-21 — best price $0.642026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-02 — best price $1.042026-04-02 — best price $11.502026-05-13 — best price $14.992026-06-07 — best price $0.902026-06-25 — best price $1.042026-07-31 — best price $11.502026-09-30 — best price $12.992026-10-14 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
88.9%
earned "First day"
9.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-05-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,90410%46
Xbox One (Xbox)75624%35
PS4 (PlayStation)63645%36
PS4 (PlayStation)23043%36
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

IndieNavalActionPhysicsSandboxRelaxingStrategyRealisticSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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