Windrose — Latest Updates & Patch Notes
Windrose is currently the #30 most-played game on Steam, with a 24-hour peak of 76K concurrent players — ▼ cooling off (was #20 last week).
Last official update Jul 8, 2026 (14 days ago) · 12 updates in the last 90 days · 12 tracked here.
- Steam rank
- #30 ▼
- Peak (24h)
- 76K
- Genre
- Action, Adventure, RPG
- Developer
- Kraken Express
- Released
- Apr 14, 2026
- Price
- $29.99
- Steam reviews
- 46K
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!
Latest updates & patch notes
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Patch
Patch Notes, version: 0.10.0.8
Ahoy, captains! Here’s a small patch with a few improvements. We’re also very grateful for all your feedback and comments on the latest devblog post. One known issue remains in this build, but we’re already looking into it and plan to fix it in a future update. Thank you for…
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News
Windrose's new Ashlands biome will expand your pirate escapades "significantly in scope"
Now that the post-launch waters have settled, Kraken Express is steering the ship towards its first big Windrose update. The pirate survival game exploded onto the scene in April in fittingly dramatic fashion - racking up more than two million sales and even briefly outstripping…
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News
Windrose might get wind
s a survival game, Windrose is an extremely forgiving one. Your weapons and gear never degrade. If your pirate ship sinks you can rebuild it with a mere 20 pieces of wood. You can't die of hunger or thirst, and your NPC pirate crew, well… they can't die at all... Read more.
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News
Windrose Devblog: Ashlands (WIP)
DISCLAIMER: We’re talking about plans, and plans may change. We tend to experiment a lot. If something does not work well for the game, we discard it. Prototyping a great idea can drastically change how it feels once we actually playtest it. Simply put, if something isn’t great…
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Patch
Patch Notes, version: 0.10.0.7
Hey, everyone! We are releasing another batch of small improvements and fixes for the current build. Please note that we'll also be performing some backend maintenance, which means the game will be temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your…
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Patch
Patch Notes: Version 0.10.0.6
Hey, captains! We’re releasing another small update that fixes several issues. We’re closely monitoring your reports and will continue rolling out hotfixes and improvements. Patch NotesVersion: 0.10.0.6Reduced disk space usage and optimized disk writes during gameplay. Slightly…
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Event
Windrose hits 2 million sales milestone, proving yet again that the world really, really wanted a good pirate game
Early access pirate sim Windrose has hit two million sales, pretty much exactly a month after its April 14 release date. That's a big number, and to contextualize it with another sales milestone announced this week, it took Silent Hill f more than six months to sell the same…
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News
2,000,000 copies sold — huge milestone for our game, thanks to you!
Hey, captains! Another incredible milestone in our journey — 2,000,000 brave souls have plunged into the Archipelago to live the swashbuckling life alongside us! When we first set sail, we could only hope that our game would find such a passionate and dedicated community. Seeing…
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News
Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 5 May — 12 May 2026
* Forza Horizon 6 ; * Subnautica 2 ; * Diablo® IV ; * Gamble With Your Friends ; * Far Far West ; * Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era ; * Dead as Disco ; * Windrose ; * Conan Exiles Enhanced ; * Baldur's Gate 3 ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB
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News
Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 28 Apr — 5 May 2026
* Steam Controller ; * Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era ; * Far Far West ; * Forza Horizon 6 ; * Diablo® IV ; * Windrose ; * PRAGMATA ; * Dead by Daylight ; * Crimson Desert ; * HELLDIVERS™ 2 ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB
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Patch
Patch Notes, version: 0.10.0.5.120-073042fb
Hey, captains! We’re rolling out a new Steam Cloud Saves update intended to fix the issue with corrupted saves. We’ll be closely monitoring your feedback and will respond accordingly if any issues arise. Version: 0.10.0.5.120-073042fbSave files improvementsImplemented a new…
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Patch
New Windrose update fixes your holey roofs with more building pieces, and its performance foundations are now much sturdier
Windrose has been out in open waters for just over a couple of weeks now, and developer Kraken Express has already charted a course towards its next big update. With new biome Ashlands on the distant horizon, it's time for the studio to swab the decks, board up those leaks, and…
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Screenshots
About Windrose
Windrose is a survival adventure set in an alternative Age of Piracy. It features the classic “ build, craft, survive ” formula along with intense combat and engaging exploration on land and sea. Progress through vast procedurally generated biomes filled with hidden mysteries, hand-crafted dungeons and quests. Gather your crew and captain your ship through brutal naval combat with boarding actions and seamless transitions between ship and shore. Defeat challenging bosses on your swashbuckling adventure driven by real-world characters and supernatural forces alike. Every legend begins with a reckless crossing. You are a captain who dares to…
Game details
- System requirements (minimum)
- Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-8700K / AMD® Ryzen™ 7 2700X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GTX™ 1080 Ti / AMD® Radeon™ RX 6800 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 30 GB available space Additional Notes: System requirements are not final at this stage of development. Ongoing optimizations will improve performance across a wide range of…
- Languages
- English * , German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Traditional Chinese * languages with full audio support
- Controller
- Full controller support
- DLC
- 1 available on Steam
- Official site
- playwindrose.com/
Frequently asked questions
- Is Windrose free to play?
- Windrose is a paid game ($29.99) on Steam.
- What is the latest Windrose update?
- The most recent official update is "Patch Notes, version: 0.10.0.8" (Jul 8, 2026), categorized as Patch. Ahoy, captains! Here’s a small patch with a few improvements. We’re also very grateful for all your feedback and comments on the latest devblog post. One known issue remains in this build, but we’re already looking into it and plan to fix it in a future update. Thank you for…
- How many people play Windrose?
- Windrose peaked at 76K concurrent players in the last 24 hours, ranking #30 on Steam's most-played chart (it was #20 the previous week).
- When was Windrose released?
- Windrose was released on Apr 14, 2026 by Kraken Express.
- What kind of game is Windrose?
- Windrose is a Action, Adventure, RPG, Early Access game, featuring single-player, multi-player, co-op.
Live player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Jul 22, 2026). Excerpts are from official announcements; follow the source links for full notes. Windrose and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.