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Ship Simulator Extremes

VStep · Paradox Interactive · 2010-08-27

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Aug 27, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2010 (Linux)

VSTEP and Paradox are proud to announce the next installment of the acclaimed Ship Simulator series. With over 550K copies sold, the series returns to take you into the most extreme conditions on earth… Ever wonder how it feels to sail a half-million-ton supertanker through the perfect storm?

2
playing now
51%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
57/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 92k–184k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,300 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.85 at GamesPlanet UK (2014-11-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 16 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-08-06 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.14$3.972015-01-012026-07-292015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-02 — best price $22.362015-04-13 — best price $14.992015-06-11 — best price $4.992015-10-05 — best price $19.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-04-11 — best price $16.942016-08-06 — best price $4.892017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-11-21 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $4.992018-10-18 — best price $5.002018-12-18 — best price $16.812019-03-18 — best price $19.992019-04-29 — best price $19.992019-08-08 — best price $19.992019-10-24 — best price $16.592019-12-20 — best price $4.502020-01-27 — best price $19.842020-03-06 — best price $19.992020-04-17 — best price $19.992020-09-08 — best price $4.992020-12-24 — best price $19.992021-03-30 — best price $19.992021-07-13 — best price $4.492021-11-23 — best price $19.992022-02-01 — best price $3.972022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-08-23 — best price $16.792023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-07-01 — best price $5.002023-07-17 — best price $5.002023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-04-14 — best price $16.992024-08-08 — best price $16.992024-11-25 — best price $4.992025-01-20 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $4.552026-03-30 — best price $16.792026-07-29 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing6 DLC

3 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

NavalDrivingAdventureRealisticOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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