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Blackwake
Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
42 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“What happened to this game? It was a good team-based game. Can someone buy the studio and continue the development....”
“one of the best games Ive ever played. God I wish the community was alive”
“A highly detailed ship combat simulator and we all sleep on it even we who love it.”
6 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“What happened to this game? It was a good team-based game. Can someone buy the studio and continue the development....”
“one of the better friendslop games i'd say, grab y'er mateys and sail the seven seas or something i guess 7.5/10 had a fun time”
“There is something about working with a crew in the middle of a chaotic naval battle that is just thrilling. Loading cannons, repairing leaks and yelling at my teammates made me feel fully immersed. Boarding enemy ships…”
4 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“this game is not dead, you just gotta check the playercount on steamcharts and join when the numbers go up every few days. servers have a 54 max playercount so it doesn't take much to get a good game going”
“16 players = a ALIVE GAME and yes a multiplayer game doesn't mean it is a life service (♥♥♥♥♥♥) if you want from the game to be your main game I think if you’re going to get a job it’s better for you”
“this was one of the best games on steam for almost 10 years, very interactive with a small(because no advertising) and consistent community, its a shame the creators gave up on it... maybe they can revive it if they…”
4 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“We need more scallywags! This game is excellent for being free to play. Download it, join a crew, and get to swashbuckling!”
“One of the best pirate experiences you can have, unfortunately nowadays its pretty much dead, if you are lucky maybe you can find a server at peak hours, at the end of the day its free so who cares anyway”
22 of the 82 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Abandonware with a small community The PVP combat is just throwing a coin and hoping your shot hits the opponent. Even at pointblank you can miss multiple times when shooting at a crowd of opponents, which reminds me of…”
“one of the best games Ive ever played. God I wish the community was alive”
“this was very fun to play game (if you can find the lobby to play) i recommended finding the lobby between 20.00 - 23.00 GMT+7 in this time i don't know why but look like there are more player in this time range you…”
13 of the 82 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Couldn't tell you if it's fun or not it literally won't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ open so. GG”
8 of the 82 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“What happened to this game? It was a good team-based game. Can someone buy the studio and continue the development....”
“Abandonware with a small community The PVP combat is just throwing a coin and hoping your shot hits the opponent. Even at pointblank you can miss multiple times when shooting at a crowd of opponents, which reminds me of…”
“This game is now worth $0.00 which should still be considered a rip off. This game died 4 years ago and the devs are either impotent or unable to understand what was wrong with their game. I will be avoiding everything…”
5 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“Abandonware with a small community The PVP combat is just throwing a coin and hoping your shot hits the opponent. Even at pointblank you can miss multiple times when shooting at a crowd of opponents, which reminds me of…”
“This is about as baked as a tub of cookie dough. Supposedly a 1.0 release, but feels more like 0.1. Zero single player option besides the 5 minute tutorial. One server live with 6 people total when I joined. I paid 99…”
3 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“This game is now worth $0.00 which should still be considered a rip off. This game died 4 years ago and the devs are either impotent or unable to understand what was wrong with their game. I will be avoiding everything…”
“This is about as baked as a tub of cookie dough. Supposedly a 1.0 release, but feels more like 0.1. Zero single player option besides the 5 minute tutorial. One server live with 6 people total when I joined. I paid 99…”
Counted across 82 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“There is like 2 active people and one is a mad chinese man who has WAY too many hours, its like a bossbattle but its in the beginning on the game and its not a boss its just a man from china”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Kudos to the hardcore perma-death. II fell in the water once, drowned, game crashed, can't open it again. W realism.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“launched once and now does not, have already tried several copy and paste launch options with no avail.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:29 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Recent Hotfixes
We've done some cleanup work for a few areas of the game over the past few weeks: Tutorial has been given a much needed facelift in many areas All in game medals are now Steam Achievements Elite playe
Blackwake Full Release
Ahoy there! Today we have finally fully released our game Blackwake! After three years in early access we are happy with the current state of the game. It has gone above and beyond the base game stand
Patch 3.88
To the people still enjoying Blackwake here's a patch for you! - Tortuga map should now properly load in - Melee blocking has had its time limit removed due to popular request - Damaging bots should s
State of bots & Siege
https://i.imgur.com/r2rfGu0.png Quick clearing up: - Bots are not intended to replace players, but help maintain the ship while a server seeds - The initial bot patch was just a starting point, not fi
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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.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Pirates · Multiplayer · Naval Combat · Naval · Team-Based · Action · First-Person · Co-op · Strategy · Funny · FPS · Early Access (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Partial Controller Support · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.blackwake.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit Processor: i5 2400, FX-6300 Memory: 10 GB RAM Graphics: R9 270, GTX 660 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: This is to play the game on lowest settings with medium shadows at around 60FPS@1080p resolution.