Betrayed, marooned and left with nothing. Find a sloop and a crew, and make it your home. Fish off the stern, cook in the galley, grow herbs on deck and sail wherever the day takes you. A slow, friendly pirate life in the Caribbean of the 1690s, with an old score to settle when you're ready.
Life aboard
Every day is yours to spend. Fish off the stern, chase a merchant, walk a jungle path for copper and tin, or stay in port for the festival. Nothing is locked away for good, and nobody rushes you.
Spend each day however you like.
A one-legged cook marooned on an island. A proud Spanish navigator found drunk in a tavern. A Dutch quartermaster who never loses at liar's dice. And your oldest friend, the first to sign on.
A band of misfits, set to change the course of history.
Get to know them all and earn each one's heart. Each has favourite gifts, a birthday and a story of their own to finish.
Every town runs on its own weekly cycle, with night and day to match. Shops open and shut, people go to work, to church and home for dinner, and Sundays are not like Mondays.
English, French, Spanish and pirate towns each have their own look, with architecture unique to their nation, and their own keepers, markets and night life.
Quiet coves hide paths inland. Fell trees, mine ore, spot birds and gather shells, and be ready for whoever got there first. Where each path leads is yours to find out.
And when the day is done, there's always your camp on Barty's island to come home to.
Read the wind, trim your sails and ride out the weather. Dolphins race your bow, whales surface off the beam, and in hurricane season the sky can turn in an afternoon. Climb to the crow's nest and watch for sails.
What else is out there, you'll have to find for yourself.
A year is three seasons, and each one is a different way to play.
The moon keeps time too. It changes night by night, from a thin crescent to full and back, once every season. Full moons light up the sea, new moons leave it dark and full of stars, and some fish and flowers only come out under the right moon.
Night changes things as well. The ports close, and some fish, flowers and ships only come out after dark.
The story
You grew up on Captain Gideon Rook's ship. Then he saw the medallion you've worn since you were a child: the first piece of Henry Every's treasure map. He took it and threw you overboard.
Rebuild the map one piece at a time, and beat Rook to the treasure.
The whole story is in the game from day one, about two years at sea. When it's done, the sea is still yours.
The roadmap
A smaller, whole game first, then big free updates for years after. There are no dates yet: we would rather tell you when something is ready than promise a day and miss it.
The game is being built now. Most of the big pieces are in and playable:
Still to do: the rest of the crew's own stories, the music, Steam Deck testing, and a long round of polish.
The opening of the game, free on Steam for Steam Next Fest. A few days of pirate life, with a crew to meet and a first taste of the sea. About five days in, the demo ends.
No early access. When it launches, it's finished:
Big updates, free for everyone who owns the game. Here's a hint of each, in order.
A home to build, and room for friends.
One ship is only the start.
Not everything worth finding floats.
The map has an edge. Sail past it.
Something older than the pirates is waiting.
Plans can change as we build. This page will always show where things stand.