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Windward cover art

Windward

Tasharen Entertainment Inc. · 2015-05-12

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Apr 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 02, 2015 (Mac), Apr 02, 2015 (Linux)

Windward is an action-filled multiplayer sandbox game that puts you in control of a ship sailing the high seas of a large procedurally-generated world.

4
playing now
80%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
42/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 91k–218k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,629 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2018-02-16) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-08-06 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $13.392015-09-18 — best price $7.492016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-03-05 — best price $3.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992018-02-16 — best price $1.992018-09-13 — best price $9.992019-02-05 — best price $4.992019-11-21 — best price $3.492020-02-25 — best price $9.992020-05-28 — best price $9.992020-06-15 — best price $9.992020-07-10 — best price $9.992020-07-28 — best price $9.992020-08-15 — best price $9.992020-09-03 — best price $9.992020-09-21 — best price $9.992020-10-08 — best price $8.892020-10-26 — best price $8.892020-11-12 — best price $9.992020-12-07 — best price $8.892021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-02-07 — best price $9.992021-02-25 — best price $8.892021-03-15 — best price $8.892021-04-02 — best price $8.892021-04-20 — best price $9.992021-05-24 — best price $9.992021-07-07 — best price $7.342021-11-02 — best price $8.892022-01-27 — best price $2.492022-06-24 — best price $7.342022-12-04 — best price $8.892023-03-17 — best price $7.342023-10-09 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
82.3%
earned "Commissioned"
30%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,0702%31

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieNavalActionPiratesSandboxTradingStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.