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Ships 2017 cover art

Ships 2017

FragOut · Games Box · 2016-10-19

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take control over 3 special purpose naval vessels. Complete various missions on dangerous waters of Baltic Sea. Take part in recovery of objects from the bottom of the sea. Transport heavy cargo to its final destination, also including rescue and transport missions.

0
playing now
35%
positive of 188 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.19
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (20 reviews).
  • · Top 52% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 188 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.68 at GamersGate (2025-03-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 41 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220162026Week of 2016-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.682016-10-202026-08-142016-10-20 — best price $11.992016-11-24 — best price $14.992017-01-23 — best price $14.992017-04-19 — best price $13.492017-05-25 — best price $14.992017-09-21 — best price $14.992018-01-03 — best price $14.992018-05-10 — best price $4.492018-09-07 — best price $14.992018-12-01 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-05-23 — best price $2.252019-07-23 — best price $14.992019-10-25 — best price $2.992019-11-23 — best price $1.122019-12-20 — best price $1.122020-01-25 — best price $14.992020-05-09 — best price $14.992020-08-21 — best price $14.992020-11-01 — best price $1.122020-12-23 — best price $1.122021-03-10 — best price $1.122021-07-27 — best price $1.122021-10-06 — best price $14.992022-02-28 — best price $14.992022-10-07 — best price $1.492023-02-07 — best price $14.992023-08-12 — best price $14.992023-12-11 — best price $14.992024-02-28 — best price $1.132024-05-30 — best price $3.742024-08-10 — best price $14.992024-11-21 — best price $1.492025-03-04 — best price $0.892025-05-09 — best price $1.492025-08-14 — best price $1.492025-11-24 — best price $14.992026-02-24 — best price $14.992026-06-11 — best price $14.992026-08-14 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Player tags

3DIndieNavalBuildingLife SimStrategyTacticalAdventureCinematicRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.