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Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This is a very unique and cool game, could not stop playing it, cant wait for more content”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“overheats my laptop like crazy but its nice for what it is considering its indie :)”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“5years and still early access. So dissapoint !”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedAchievement 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
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Latest official news
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Quick update
v0.9.88.3 -Fixed a menu list scroll speed issue introduced with the recent major Unity engine update.
Quick Key remapping bug fix
-Fixed a keyboard remapping bug from the recent Unity Engine update.
Fast small update per Unity security advice
v0.9.881 -Unity engine security update from Unity corp which they said was super critical for all games to update to. You can learn more about this in the news. They self reported about it and I want
Save/Load and Rendering bug fixes
Some users reported running into save/load and rendering issues but I had not been able to repro the issue for a while. A user was able to provide a very clean repro step along with their save files s
Some quick visual improvements
Updated the way trees render to have more variety in their visuals, plus I updated the ocean shader to provide more specular depending on the time of day. v0.9.87 -Graphics/Shader updates to improve t
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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, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Survival · Building · Open World · Sandbox · Simulation · Early Access · Action-Adventure · Exploration · Replay Value · Crafting · Sailing · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Polish |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.breakwatersgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: win10 or newer Processor: 2.8ghz+ 4+ cores Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce 1060 desktop (4 gigs ram) or 1080gpu in a laptop with game on minimum settings Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: Win7 is not currently supported due to OS compatability issues