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Sailaway III
Sailing simulation. Explore the world's oceans or compete in races in the most realistic sailing simulator available. The sailing waters are as big as the real world and circumnavigation will take several months. Using true weather, true conditions and true sail trim.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“A really realistic sailing sim. DO NOT LEARN on this game. But it is good to practice!!!”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“This is simply the best thing on Steam, if you like sailing that is. It took a while to get used to the changes in the controls between SA2 and SA3, but now that I've mastered them, Sailaway is my happy place again. Currently loving the 50 foot cutter Partridge and Sandbagger…”
— a player, Steam review · 317 hrs played“very very good, can be a tiny bit laggy at times, but thats probably due to how i play on mac”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Version 1.38 is out!
Shipping Improved star positions for celestial navigation Clearer indication when polar speeds are recorded Better search function Many small improvements and bug fixes See the full list https://saila
Version 1.33 released
Heightmaps of European countries have been improved with Lidar data Sailaway now uses Sentinel 2 satellite imagery for terrains Improved shaders for rendering terrain OSM Cylindric oil storage facilit
Sailaway III 1.32 has been released
- New computation methods for tidal currents for both online and offline sailing - New edit window for tidal currents with more options to input the data - Tidal waterlevel in Sea popup menu now shows
Sailaway III version 1.31 is now live
Version changes: - Mizzen staysail had a weird distortion in its shape - Game controller settings for looking L/R, move and pull/ease lines were always reset to their default values if they were set t
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Racing, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Simulation · Massively Multiplayer · Sports · Multiplayer · Realistic · Racing · Indie · e-sports · 3D · 3D Vision · Moddable · Level Editor (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound |
| Languages | English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian |
| Official site | https://sailaway.world |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 11 Processor: 2.8 GHz, 4-cores or more Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Separate graphics card with 2 GB (not shared) memory DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 10 GB available space