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Breakwaters: Crystal Tides

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.

Released Dec 9, 2021 Developer Soaring Pixels Games Platforms Windows SurvivalBuildingOpen WorldSandboxSimulation
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (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.

63.3%positive983 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“overheats my laptop like crazy but its nice for what it is considering its indie :)”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“5years and still early access. So dissapoint !”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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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.

17achievements
0.6%median completion
0.1%rarest: Recycled
13.0% of players 7.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.5% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 13.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
13.0%Learning The Ropes — Complete all missions on the first island
7.0%Master Chef — Cook 25 Items
3.0%Land Ho ! — Discover 10 Islands
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Recycled — Salvage 10 Pirate boats
0.2%Exploration Master — Reach level 16 in Exploration
0.2%Discover Whats Hidden — Dig up 20 treasures using treasure maps

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU16.79 EUR
UK15.49 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$7.5 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$21

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

Latest official news

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

Oct 24, 2025
Quick update

v0.9.88.3 -Fixed a menu list scroll speed issue introduced with the recent major Unity engine update.

Oct 11, 2025
Quick Key remapping bug fix

-Fixed a keyboard remapping bug from the recent Unity Engine update.

Oct 03, 2025
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

Sep 18, 2025
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

Jul 11, 2025
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

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Facts & details

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

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsSurvival · Building · Open World · Sandbox · Simulation · Early Access · Action-Adventure · Exploration · Replay Value · Crafting · Sailing · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Spain, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Polish
ControllerFull support
Achievements17
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://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