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Ship of Fools

Fika Productions · Team17 · 2022-11-22

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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?

Ship of Fools is an Action and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 6259 reviews).

130
playing now
82%
positive of 6.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (483 downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (658 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

130 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Ship of Fools trailer thumbnail

Ship of Fools | Launch Trailer

≈544,849 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 130 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 6% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 126k–284k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,306 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 105 of 156 observed days (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

351432026-09-15 13:00 — 134 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 74 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 45 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 164 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 142 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 75 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 84 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 143 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 101 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 198 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 125 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 87 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 126 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 275 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 143 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 178 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 298 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 87 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 79 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 299 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 155 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 58 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 130 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
97688Nov 2022Aug 2026Nov 2022 — avg 976 · peak 2,319Jan 2023 — avg 205 · peak 542Mar 2023 — avg 97 · peak 282May 2023 — avg 246 · peak 891Jul 2023 — avg 291 · peak 1,067Sep 2023 — avg 111 · peak 355Nov 2023 — avg 219 · peak 597Jan 2024 — avg 125 · peak 342Mar 2024 — avg 205 · peak 965May 2024 — avg 177 · peak 532Jul 2024 — avg 233 · peak 663Sep 2024 — avg 108 · peak 289Nov 2024 — avg 164 · peak 483Jan 2025 — avg 231 · peak 673Mar 2025 — avg 153 · peak 468May 2025 — avg 223 · peak 781Jul 2025 — avg 137 · peak 333Sep 2025 — avg 88 · peak 234Nov 2025 — avg 92 · peak 216Jan 2026 — avg 106 · peak 282Mar 2026 — avg 93 · peak 247May 2026 — avg 153 · peak 420Jul 2026 — avg 146 · peak 455Aug 2026 — avg 172 · peak 492
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.99$4.742022-11-212026-10-082022-11-21 — 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 $21.992026-10-08 — best price $5.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2752026-05-29 — 14 pageviews2026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 17 pageviews2026-06-18 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 15 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 15 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 13 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-13 — 18 pageviews2026-08-17 — 12 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 15 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 22 pageviews2026-09-10 — 14 pageviews2026-09-14 — 16 pageviews2026-09-18 — 11 pageviews2026-09-22 — 26 pageviews2026-09-26 — 14 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 18 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2802026-10-05 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2023-05-09, latest 2025-04-24 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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