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Abandon Ship

Abandon Ship

Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.

Released Oct 22, 2019 Developer Fireblade Software Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux PiratesRogue-liteNavalLovecraftianNaval Combat
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

73.4%positive1,283 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Really fun game! I like it!”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“good”

— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played
Not recommended · 4 found this helpful

“An overall interesting design in this genre, and the first few hours will be pretty fun. However you'll find the repetition sets in rather quickly, along with a mostly lifeless world. Writers have done their best to create interesting scenarios and build a lovecraft inspired…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

8playing at last check
1024-hour peak
743all-time peak
0 50 100 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 93 avg · Feb 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

87achievements
4.6%median completion
0.6%rarest: Captain of Legend
63.9% of players 56.8% of players 53.4% of players 46.4% of players 43.3% of players 35.9% of players 34.9% of players 33.6% of players 29.0% of players 27.5% of players 26.8% of players 26.7% of players 25.7% of players 25.1% of players 21.1% of players 20.1% of players 19.3% of players 17.4% of players 16.3% of players 15.6% of players 13.9% of players 13.7% of players 11.9% of players 10.4% of players 9.5% of players 8.7% of players 7.2% of players 7.2% of players 6.8% of players 6.8% of players 6.4% of players 6.4% of players 5.8% of players 5.7% of players 5.3% of players 5.0% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.7% of players 4.7% of players 4.6% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 63.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
63.9%I can see clearly now — Escape the Cult Fortress.
56.8%We’re gonna need a bigger boat — Survive your first encounter with a Kraken.
53.4%Safe? — Reach the first port.
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Captain of Legend — Achieve the good ending in the Main Story on Iron Captain mode.
0.6%Iron in the Blood — Win the Combat Campaign on the highest difficulty.
0.6%The Fireblade — Acquire the visual blueprint of the legendary Fireblade.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US24.99 USD
EU24.99 EUR
UK19.99 GBP
Australia34.95 AUD
Canada29.99 CAD
Japan3,150 JPY
Brazil79.99 BRL
China93.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$14 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US UK EU≈$28

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 29, 2025
Abandon Ship Anniversary Update

Ahoy Captains! While Abandon Ship has been out for a few years now, we still like to release occasional updates to mark various anniversaries of our Early Access or Full release - this one isn't a "sp

Mar 25, 2024
Plans for 2024

Ahoy Captains! We thought we'd keep you in the loop about our plans as it's been a while since our last update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/551860/view/3672159223604827173 This October wil

Jan 22, 2024
Pirates versus Ninjas!

Ahoy there Captain, you should be sure to check out all of the excellent games in the fest that Valve are currently running: Pirates versus Ninjas! What's more, you can grab Abandon Ship for 70% off -

Jun 12, 2023
WDC World Oceans Day Charity Sale

We are excited to announce that we are once again supporting WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation for World Oceans Day! The WDC World Oceans Day Sale is already live and runs until 15th June, 10am PDT

Feb 17, 2023
2023 Anniversary Update!

Ahoy Captains! Rewind 5 years to February 2018 and we released Abandon Ship into Early Access, so we thought it appropriate to mark the occasion with a new free update. The night we launched, we shot

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsPirates · Rogue-lite · Naval · Lovecraftian · Naval Combat · Real Time Tactics · Choose Your Own Adventure · Story Rich · Dark Fantasy · Exploration · Open World · Perma Death (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish *
Achievements87
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://abandonshipgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-Bit Processor: 2.2GHz Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 6000 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Additional Notes: Some owners of older ATI graphics cards may need to run the game in DirectX 9 mode.