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Ship of Fools

Fika Productions · Team17 · 2022-11-22

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 22, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 22, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Nov 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Ship of Fools is a seafaring cooperative roguelite. Set sail, man the cannons and battle sea monsters through the tempestuous seas of the Archipelago. Are you fool enough to stop the Aquapocalypse?

189
playing now
82%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

189 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Ship of Fools is a cooperative seafaring roguelike video game developed by Canadian-based development team Fika Productions and published by Team17. It was released on 22 November 2022 for Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and the Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 189 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 420 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~53/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 124k–280k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,223 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.95-77%
Microsoft Store$5.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.71 at GameBillet (2026-07-23) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $21.99 · on sale 119 of 173 observed days · $0.78 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57157120222026Week of 2022-11-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

353582026-08-06 22:00 — 75 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 58 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 195 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 84 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 143 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 237 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 115 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 184 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 227 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 142 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 116 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 158 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 86 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 78 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 235 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 94 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 85 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 353 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 204 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 106 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 270 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 146 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 189 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 300 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 182 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 146 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 149 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 174 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 189 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.99$4.742022-11-212026-08-272022-11-21 — best price $14.992022-12-23 — best price $13.472023-02-27 — best price $13.492023-04-27 — best price $12.742023-06-15 — best price $11.032023-07-26 — best price $11.172023-10-04 — best price $8.502023-11-16 — best price $18.692023-12-19 — best price $21.992024-01-27 — best price $8.872024-02-25 — best price $21.992024-04-02 — best price $20.462024-05-05 — best price $10.222024-06-20 — best price $18.472024-07-19 — best price $21.992024-08-08 — best price $20.462024-08-29 — best price $7.802024-10-11 — best price $7.472024-11-21 — best price $6.972024-12-11 — best price $7.582025-01-04 — best price $8.292025-02-14 — best price $7.292025-03-22 — best price $8.802025-04-20 — best price $8.362025-05-19 — best price $7.692025-06-25 — best price $21.992025-07-31 — best price $21.992025-09-03 — best price $20.202025-10-06 — best price $8.692025-10-31 — best price $8.742025-12-03 — best price $19.132026-01-19 — best price $7.912026-02-27 — best price $7.912026-04-03 — best price $7.912026-05-02 — best price $18.692026-05-26 — best price $21.992026-06-30 — best price $5.152026-08-09 — best price $21.992026-08-27 — best price $5.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3052026-05-29 — 14 pageviews2026-06-01 — 15 pageviews2026-06-04 — 9 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-16 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 15 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 7 pageviews2026-06-28 — 23 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 24 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 30 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 23 pageviews2026-08-26 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1402026-08-27 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
85.7%
earned "It's the Aquapocalypse"
9.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support5 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,7711%47
PS5 (PlayStation)1,1343%48
Xbox Series (Xbox)7511%47
Switch (Nintendo)380%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteCo-opActionFantasyColorfulRogue-likeRogue-liteLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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