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Rogue Waters
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
60 of the 82 reviews raise this.
14 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“+ pirate setting + pretty good turn-based system - graphically boring - little variability in building within a class A small indie roguelite tactical turn-based game with a pirate theme, your immortal crew fights in…”
13 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“I am a person of simple words. 1. Pirates - check 2. Forgiving Roguelite - check 3. feels like FTL influence - check APPROVED”
“Really good game. The tactical and strategic gameplay is strong, and the higher the difficulty, the more variety the game adds through new units and extra mechanics. The story is okay, and the voice acting is a nice…”
11 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“Very simple to understand game, but still plenty of fun. The pirate theme is well designed. The story is simple to follow and keeps things going. However, major warning, there are a few unresolved bugs. They don't harm…”
“Really good game. The tactical and strategic gameplay is strong, and the higher the difficulty, the more variety the game adds through new units and extra mechanics. The story is okay, and the voice acting is a nice…”
7 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“I thought this game was a lot of fun. Like Tactical Breach Wizards, you get to manipulate enemies around the map, and that makes my brain nice and happy. Add in the roguelike elements, and my brain becomes extra happy!…”
22 of the 82 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Buggy mess, the game is technically abandoned. No bug fix, no update, nothing.”
“Fun idea and decent execution but the game still has some really annoying bugs (even if nothing is game breaking) and some unimplemented features (mates upgrades and hull points?!?) and broken achievements. Feels…”
19 of the 82 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“Fairly entertaining game, although quite repetitive. It wouldn't be a problem if the game was finished and/or working well. It has some issues (notifications not working or not disappearing, voice lines bugged that…”
“It looks great but the problem is everything else in the game. The gameplay its self is easy to understand The difficulty no matter what you play on is difficult to the point of being unfair. You are always put at a…”
16 of the 82 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun idea and decent execution but the game still has some really annoying bugs (even if nothing is game breaking) and some unimplemented features (mates upgrades and hull points?!?) and broken achievements. Feels…”
“Game is filled with bugs, such as when you buy upgrade: it spends the ressource to purchase it but does not unlock... also I'm only at the beginning and this game is a grinding fest”
“It looks great but the problem is everything else in the game. The gameplay its self is easy to understand The difficulty no matter what you play on is difficult to the point of being unfair. You are always put at a…”
7 of the 82 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Fairly entertaining game, although quite repetitive. It wouldn't be a problem if the game was finished and/or working well. It has some issues (notifications not working or not disappearing, voice lines bugged that…”
“+ pirate setting + pretty good turn-based system - graphically boring - little variability in building within a class A small indie roguelite tactical turn-based game with a pirate theme, your immortal crew fights in…”
“Fun but pretty repetitive”
6 of the 82 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Fairly entertaining game, although quite repetitive. It wouldn't be a problem if the game was finished and/or working well. It has some issues (notifications not working or not disappearing, voice lines bugged that…”
“Truly enjoyable. Reminds me of The Last Spell in that runs a bit too long for a Roguelike. But that is about all that keeps it from absolute greatness. Good graphics and voices, quite fluid gameplay, sensible…”
Counted across 82 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 74.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“this is like, the most 7/10 indie game in the best way Gameplay: extremely fun and with some really inspired choices, but it does get repetitive. some genius gameplay decisions to make playing the game just simply feel good. being told exactly what type of enemy you're going to…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“I recommend getting this game with some caveats and on a discount. This is a fun pirate-themed, tactical rougelite with deterministic combat and a focus on positioning. The game play for encounters starts with a ship battle phase where you trade volleys with your opponents…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“This is a really fun game! But there are some pretty significant bugs that really ruin the experience. Upgrades are very broken, as in they simply do not happen or work. Not to mention that the achievements are also largely broken. It's a cool game but I expect something more…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). 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.
Rogue Waters 1.0.15.3290 Patch is live!
Pirates, we have push a patch on Steam with other platforms to follow in the near future. This patch includes the following: All achievements now unlock Previously, achievements outside of act complet
[PSA] Rogue Waters - Investigating Your Reports of a Few Upgrades and Modules
Hello Pirates! We interrupt your pillaging and plundering to inform you that we are aware of reports of the following: Hull upgrade system - Workshop (no functionality, placeholder images) Sturdy deck
A Storm Is Coming - Announcing The Dead In The Water DLC!
Prepare to spice up your grog with Dead In The Water, the first DLC release for pirate tactical turn-based roguelite Rogue Waters . This upcoming DLC includes a new storyline, enemies, and an arsenal
Hotfix Patch Live
An update for Rogue Waters just went live. This hotfix addresses a prior Unity vulnerability to ensure a safer and more stable experience for everyone setting sail.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Tactical RPG · Turn-Based Tactics · Rogue-lite · Story Rich · Turn-Based · Puzzle · Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · Rogue-like · Pirates · RPG · Isometric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 18 |
| Official site | https://roguewatersgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit Processor: 4-Core Processor (4 CPUs) 2.5 Ghz 64bit Intel Core i5-4690T 2.5 GHz || AMD Phenom X4 9850 2,5 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 || Radeon RX 560 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space