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Windrose cover art

Windrose

Kraken Express · 2026-04-14

Steam

ActionAdventureRPGEarly Access

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

Releases: Apr 14, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!

Windrose is a 2026 Action, Adventure, RPG, Early Access game priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive (87% of 51457 reviews) sentiment.

87%
positive of 53k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
26
twitch viewers (latest)
13.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
74/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
371
Nexus mods (1.6M downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)
Windrose is an upcoming survival video game developed by Kraken Express and published by Pocketpair. It was released in early access on April 14, 2026.

Trailer

Windrose trailer thumbnail

Windrose - Official Trailer | IGN Fan Fest 2026

≈265,658 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 1,605 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~201/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (16,023 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53,374 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $26.99 at Steam (2026-04-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 6 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14k14k20262026Week of 2026-04-14: 13,874 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2,149 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 8,692 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 1,393 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 6,185 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1,000 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 3,042 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 543 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 2,385 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 339 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 1,426 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 255 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 945 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 176 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 715 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 144 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 538 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 135 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 462 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 421 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 103 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 423 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 117 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 466 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 314 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 276 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 247 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 221 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 179 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 199 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-09-08: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-09-08: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-09-15: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-09-15: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-09-22: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-09-22: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-09-29: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-09-29: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-10-06: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-10-06: 46 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
28282026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 23 new positive2026-09-15: 2 new negative2026-09-16: 19 new positive2026-09-16: 7 new negative2026-09-17: 14 new positive2026-09-17: 9 new negative2026-09-18: 12 new positive2026-09-18: 8 new negative2026-09-19: 16 new positive2026-09-19: 6 new negative2026-09-20: 19 new positive2026-09-20: 5 new negative2026-09-21: 28 new positive2026-09-21: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 17 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 18 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 10 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 18 new negative2026-09-27: 13 new positive2026-09-27: 18 new negative2026-09-28: 15 new positive2026-09-28: 13 new negative2026-09-29: 12 new positive2026-09-29: 10 new negative2026-09-30: 16 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 11 new negative2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new negative2026-10-03: 13 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 19 new positive2026-10-04: 10 new negative2026-10-05: 20 new positive2026-10-05: 7 new negative2026-10-06: 28 new positive2026-10-06: 12 new negative2026-10-07: 13 new positive2026-10-07: 7 new negative2026-10-08: 16 new positive2026-10-08: 7 new negative2026-10-09: 15 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new negative2026-10-10: 16 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 26 new positive2026-10-11: 12 new negative2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-12: 6 new negative2026-10-13: 22 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative2026-10-14: 12 new positive2026-10-14: 8 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$22.492026-04-142026-08-142026-04-14 — best price $26.992026-04-21 — best price $29.992026-05-01 — best price $29.992026-05-07 — best price $26.992026-05-28 — best price $29.992026-06-11 — best price $22.492026-06-19 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $22.492026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-07-16 — best price $26.992026-07-28 — best price $29.992026-07-30 — best price $26.992026-07-31 — best price $22.492026-08-06 — best price $26.992026-08-07 — best price $29.992026-08-10 — best price $24.992026-08-13 — best price $29.992026-08-14 — best price $26.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

305742026-05-29 — 255 pageviews2026-06-02 — 225 pageviews2026-06-06 — 265 pageviews2026-06-10 — 171 pageviews2026-06-14 — 228 pageviews2026-06-18 — 190 pageviews2026-06-22 — 155 pageviews2026-06-26 — 160 pageviews2026-06-30 — 222 pageviews2026-07-04 — 199 pageviews2026-07-08 — 244 pageviews2026-07-12 — 305 pageviews2026-07-16 — 189 pageviews2026-07-20 — 217 pageviews2026-07-24 — 215 pageviews2026-07-28 — 207 pageviews2026-08-01 — 146 pageviews2026-08-05 — 151 pageviews2026-08-09 — 147 pageviews2026-08-13 — 153 pageviews2026-08-17 — 106 pageviews2026-08-21 — 106 pageviews2026-08-25 — 145 pageviews2026-08-29 — 107 pageviews2026-09-02 — 103 pageviews2026-09-06 — 129 pageviews2026-09-10 — 117 pageviews2026-09-14 — 122 pageviews2026-09-18 — 79 pageviews2026-09-22 — 92 pageviews2026-09-26 — 74 pageviews2026-09-30 — 100 pageviews2026-10-04 — 140 pageviews2026-10-07 — 82 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.2k02026-09-30 22:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 131 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 780 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 26 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam Cloud1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-04-14 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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