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Ships At Sea

Misc Games · 2024-05-23

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build your maritime career and grow your fleet in a next‑generation ship simulator set in an expansive open world of Norway’s Lofoten region. Command service, cargo, and fishing vessels in singleplayer or online co‑op, mastering realistic ship handling, dynamic weather, and professional jobs at sea!

Ships At Sea is an Adventure, Simulation, Early Access game released in 2024, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed (69% of 2677 reviews) sentiment.

60
playing now
70%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Cooling
  • · 60 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 300 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 54k–122k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,722 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.75 at GameBillet (2026-08-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 87 of 123 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
43043020242026Week of 2024-05-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

152292026-09-15 00:00 — 46 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 42 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 82 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 53 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 43 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 75 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 80 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 58 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 98 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 152 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 63 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 69 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 151 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 49 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 74 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 148 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 51 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 42 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 92 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 57 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 52 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 83 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 52 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 60 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
68733May 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 687 · peak 1,334Jun 2024 — avg 284 · peak 1,062Jul 2024 — avg 90 · peak 202Aug 2024 — avg 60 · peak 181Sep 2024 — avg 38 · peak 99Oct 2024 — avg 41 · peak 119Nov 2024 — avg 56 · peak 194Dec 2024 — avg 46 · peak 122Jan 2025 — avg 40 · peak 99Feb 2025 — avg 48 · peak 171Mar 2025 — avg 145 · peak 409Apr 2025 — avg 80 · peak 212May 2025 — avg 106 · peak 279Jun 2025 — avg 102 · peak 313Jul 2025 — avg 106 · peak 304Aug 2025 — avg 111 · peak 247Sep 2025 — avg 88 · peak 202Oct 2025 — avg 67 · peak 197Nov 2025 — avg 61 · peak 175Dec 2025 — avg 58 · peak 130Jan 2026 — avg 46 · peak 118Feb 2026 — avg 33 · peak 75Mar 2026 — avg 67 · peak 215Apr 2026 — avg 58 · peak 135May 2026 — avg 64 · peak 198Jun 2026 — avg 58 · peak 179Jul 2026 — avg 125 · peak 382Aug 2026 — avg 93 · peak 205
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$10.452024-05-232026-09-282024-05-23 — best price $22.492024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $17.492025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-04-05 — best price $19.672025-04-17 — best price $13.292025-04-23 — best price $20.722025-05-14 — best price $24.992025-06-23 — best price $24.992025-07-05 — best price $24.992025-07-13 — best price $20.722025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-09-18 — best price $24.992025-10-01 — best price $17.492025-10-27 — best price $18.892025-11-11 — best price $16.242025-11-21 — best price $13.292025-12-04 — best price $24.992025-12-19 — best price $16.242025-12-30 — best price $16.242026-01-08 — best price $20.722026-01-19 — best price $11.332026-02-09 — best price $13.742026-02-23 — best price $19.672026-03-10 — best price $16.242026-03-25 — best price $24.742026-04-10 — best price $11.302026-04-20 — best price $18.892026-05-07 — best price $16.242026-05-17 — best price $24.992026-05-26 — best price $24.992026-06-06 — best price $13.682026-06-16 — best price $22.392026-07-01 — best price $14.992026-07-13 — best price $10.452026-07-21 — best price $24.992026-07-31 — best price $10.452026-08-11 — best price $14.992026-08-18 — best price $14.992026-09-28 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Norwegian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-05-23 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DCo-opDrivingSailingSandboxRelaxingEducationExplorationEarly AccessFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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