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Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation

Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation

Captain Wayne is an intense, fast-action Retro Shooter about a sailor with a SHOTGUN for an ARM!! With a cartoony, hand-drawn art style and gory gameplay, you'll have to mow down enemies through 8 action-packed locales to take back what's yours. ARE YOU READY TO RAISE ANCHOR?

Released Nov 25, 2025 Developer Ciaran Games LLC Publisher Silver Lining Interactive Platforms Windows SingleplayerBoomer ShooterHand-drawnRetroFPS
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

97.3%positive1,133 reviews
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“Captain Wayne was confirmed by the developer to be asexual and aromantic. Thus, Captain Wayne is, canonically, an LGBTQ+ icon. -A rather short, but incredibly quality-dense nautical-themed shooter with tons of character. The gameplay is incredibly mobile and fast-paced, akin to…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“yea im really dealing with a lot of guilt and its really been eating me whole. my therapist who's also a pirate: arrgghh it be eating your what”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Did you know that Captain Wayne doesn't know what sex is? What Captain Wayne does know, however, is how to respect your time. Yes, in this game, you can save whenever, wherever, and jump right back in where you last left off. This is already pretty damn good, so what about the…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

170all-time peak
0 25 50 2026 28 avg · Dec 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

29achievements
23.1%median completion
1.5%rarest: All Knowing
91.1% of players 73.4% of players 61.7% of players 61.3% of players 48.9% of players 48.8% of players 43.0% of players 41.7% of players 41.2% of players 40.8% of players 39.1% of players 33.3% of players 29.2% of players 25.5% of players 23.1% of players 21.2% of players 20.7% of players 20.4% of players 20.3% of players 14.6% of players 14.1% of players 13.9% of players 6.6% of players 6.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.5% of players 2.3% of players 1.8% of players 1.5% of players 91.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
91.1%Sea Legs — Learn the ropes in the Tutorial.
73.4%Nobody Steals My S*#% And Lives — Your dream vacation begins...
61.7%Toro, Toro — Crush your first Sunken Smasher.
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%All Knowing — Nothing gets past you!
1.8%Closing Time — Collect every Captain rank liquor.
2.3%Braving The Wave — Survive to Wave 20 in any Endless Mode map.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99−50% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$9.99base price
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US4.99 USD−50%
EU4.87 EUR−50%
UK3.74 GBP−50%
Australia7.25 AUD−50%
Canada6.49 CAD−50%
Japan550 JPY−50%
Brazil16.49 BRL−50%
China21.00 CNY−50%

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

China≈$3.1 Brazil Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$5.6

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). 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.

Mar 09, 2026
SOUNDTRACK OUT NOW

AHOY THERE SAILORS We know how much you've been waiting for it, and the time has FINALLY come. CAPTAIN WAYNE: VACATION DESPERATION SOUNDTRACK IS HERE. NOW GO GET IT. And if you haven't bought the game

Dec 19, 2025
v1.2a

Fix: ACTUALLY fixed a Level 1 softlock. Now you can progress the game.

Dec 19, 2025
CWVD - Ver 1.2 "The Great Unsoftlockening" (Bugfix Round 2)

AHOY SAILORS, The crew at Ciaran Games have been scrubbing the decks, hoisting the sails and a bunch of other nautical puns to say they've been working tirelessly to add more fixes to Captain Wayne be

Dec 06, 2025
CWVD - Ver 1.1 "Bugfix Round 1"

Improvement: Riptide Rampage mode is now more intuitive, has more hints as to what you have to do, and more introduction to its mechanics, changed Emivita's startup; Change: Lowered the volume of the

Nov 26, 2025
Launch Update and Known Issues!!

AHOY SAILORS Thank YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, We would not be here if it wasn't for you! Every share, every piece of art, every post made Captain Wayne: Vacation Desperation happen! and We've got a

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsSingleplayer · Boomer Shooter · Hand-drawn · Retro · FPS · 2.5D · Fast-Paced · Shooter · First-Person · Comedy · 3D · Arcade (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements29
Official sitehttps://ciaran-games.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista Processor: Intel i3 2100 or higher Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB of VRAM with OpenGL 3.3 (GeForce GTX 630 or higher) Storage: 900 MB available space Sound Card: One (1) from: Concertina, Hurdy-Gurdy, or Blowhorn Additional Notes: Her bow 'n stern must sort your cargo and prevent any a tide's turn.