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Windrose cover art

Windrose

Kraken Express · 2026-04-14

Steam

ActionAdventureRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

4,095
playing now
87%
positive of 52k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
156
twitch viewers (latest)
74/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

4,095 players in-game as of 2026-08-12 01:00 UTC (census sample)

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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 4,095 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,856 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~482/week).
  • · Review velocity down 91% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (16,023 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0M–2.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52,164 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: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8.7k2.2k2026-08-06 16:00 — 5,363 players2026-08-06 20:00 — 6,731 players2026-08-07 00:00 — 4,453 players2026-08-07 04:00 — 3,195 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 2,585 players2026-08-07 12:00 — 3,822 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 5,570 players2026-08-07 20:00 — 7,263 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 4,945 players2026-08-08 04:00 — 4,339 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 3,565 players2026-08-08 12:00 — 5,219 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 6,956 players2026-08-08 20:00 — 8,106 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 5,718 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 4,651 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 4,282 players2026-08-09 12:00 — 5,995 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 8,080 players2026-08-09 20:00 — 8,670 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 5,345 players2026-08-10 04:00 — 3,403 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 2,678 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 3,694 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 5,505 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 6,804 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 2,169 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 3,210 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 2,696 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 3,681 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 5,197 players2026-08-11 20:00 — 6,586 players2026-08-12 00:00 — 4,212 players2026-08-12 01:00 — 4,095 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#30#302026-08-062026-08-122026-08-06 — #302026-08-07 — #302026-08-08 — #302026-08-09 — #302026-08-10 — #302026-08-11 — #302026-08-12 — #30
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
44442026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 30 new positive2026-08-07: 8 new negative2026-08-08: 37 new positive2026-08-08: 5 new negative2026-08-09: 42 new positive2026-08-09: 19 new negative2026-08-10: 31 new positive2026-08-10: 15 new negative2026-08-11: 33 new positive2026-08-11: 4 new negative2026-08-13: 33 new positive2026-08-13: 7 new negative2026-08-14: 34 new positive2026-08-14: 6 new negative2026-08-15: 31 new positive2026-08-16: 30 new positive2026-08-16: 6 new negative2026-08-17: 35 new positive2026-08-17: 7 new negative2026-08-18: 44 new positive2026-08-18: 5 new negative2026-08-19: 27 new positive2026-08-19: 14 new negative2026-08-20: 17 new positive2026-08-20: 5 new negative2026-08-21: 19 new positive2026-08-21: 4 new negative2026-08-22: 25 new positive2026-08-22: 9 new negative2026-08-23: 40 new positive2026-08-23: 10 new negative2026-08-24: 40 new positive2026-08-24: 11 new negative2026-08-25: 32 new positive2026-08-25: 6 new negative2026-08-26: 31 new positive2026-08-26: 8 new negative2026-08-27: 38 new positive2026-08-27: 5 new negative2026-08-28: 21 new positive2026-08-28: 18 new negative2026-08-29: 29 new positive2026-08-29: 11 new negative2026-08-30: 40 new positive2026-08-30: 9 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

3301022026-05-29 — 255 pageviews2026-06-01 — 224 pageviews2026-06-04 — 242 pageviews2026-06-07 — 275 pageviews2026-06-10 — 171 pageviews2026-06-13 — 191 pageviews2026-06-16 — 172 pageviews2026-06-19 — 185 pageviews2026-06-22 — 155 pageviews2026-06-25 — 174 pageviews2026-06-28 — 203 pageviews2026-07-01 — 171 pageviews2026-07-04 — 199 pageviews2026-07-07 — 189 pageviews2026-07-10 — 262 pageviews2026-07-13 — 330 pageviews2026-07-16 — 189 pageviews2026-07-19 — 210 pageviews2026-07-22 — 268 pageviews2026-07-25 — 259 pageviews2026-07-28 — 207 pageviews2026-07-31 — 125 pageviews2026-08-03 — 252 pageviews2026-08-06 — 171 pageviews2026-08-09 — 147 pageviews2026-08-12 — 126 pageviews2026-08-15 — 148 pageviews2026-08-18 — 134 pageviews2026-08-21 — 106 pageviews2026-08-24 — 136 pageviews2026-08-26 — 123 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.0k02026-08-26 19:15 — 159 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 134 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 252 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 94 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 152 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 90 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 94 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 124 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 297 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 851 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 149 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 789 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 982 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 385 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 179 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 157 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 600 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 153 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 156 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

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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