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Sailwind
Sailing simulator featuring realistic sailing physics and a vast open world to explore. Embark on cargo delivery missions, customize your boat, try fishing and cooking. A relaxing day sail, or an epic ocean voyage? Your sailing adventure starts here!
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
65 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Primarily playing simulation-focused titles, I approached Sailwind with a strong interest in its mechanics rather than its progression structure. In just 2.8 hours I had genuine fun. Despite having no real-world sailing…”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Primarily playing simulation-focused titles, I approached Sailwind with a strong interest in its mechanics rather than its progression structure. In just 2.8 hours I had genuine fun. Despite having no real-world sailing…”
“This game is frikkin' awesome. It's been a long time since I've felt deeply immersed, truly challenged, and fully fulfilled by a game all at once, and Sailwinds did it. The feeling of learning, and upskilling your IRL…”
“Rather easy yet still fun sailing game, if you want something more hard core your best bet is to look at something like eSail. While it has some over simplifications with regard to sailing and celestial navigation…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Sailwind is one of my favourite games of all time, it has my full recommendation. It is not a game for everyone, but if you watch a bit of gameplay, you will know if it's a game for you. I continue to come back update…”
“Sailwind is a zenlike sailing/trading sim. I've put some hours into it and have yet to see everything. It's not fast paced There's no axe swinging murderers There's only you, a boat, and a dream. There are bugs and…”
“Its not for everyone and the community is really into discord which makes modding without it almost impossible. But if you liked uncharted waters but hated the grief then this is a perfect game. 9/10 the roadmap looks…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Really loving this game. More ship variety than other games in the first-person sailing niche. The ocean is beautiful and has nice wave variation. The occasional challenge pose by storms, wind changes and general…”
“Love the concept and it's in a very playable state. I really enjoy how you have to operate the boat using the onboard winches vs it being done via controls. I have no experience in sailing and I feel it's teaching me…”
“An interesting, easy to learn, hard to master (yes, you, sail angle) and meditative game. Great for stress relief, stylish and overall charming. If you find the voyage dull, just turn on a podcast in the background and…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very chill game with the best sailing mechanics of any game I've tried. Tons of places to sail to and enough ships and upgrades to keep you busy for quite a while.”
“WOW WOW WOW! This is so cool! The game I've been dreaming about since I was young! Good sail mechanics, water physics, physical cargo, Raw navigation. You don't have GPS integrated to your eyes like in any game - you…”
“Do you dream of the stars beneath the ocean waves? A sublime nautical simulation, simple enough to grasp and deep enough to provide satisfying mastery of its systems. There is both tension here, like a taught rope…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“Sailwind is a zenlike sailing/trading sim. I've put some hours into it and have yet to see everything. It's not fast paced There's no axe swinging murderers There's only you, a boat, and a dream. There are bugs and…”
“It's great, but the bugs have been very frustrating and I wish I could manually save and go back to those saves. I've had bugs happen and I try going back in save files to before the bug happened but there's no way to…”
“Rather easy yet still fun sailing game, if you want something more hard core your best bet is to look at something like eSail. While it has some over simplifications with regard to sailing and celestial navigation…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I have been playing this game since game for 4 years on and off. I mean look at my hours. In the beginning it was a very nice very chill sailing game with realistic physics and light survival mechanics. It was very…”
“It used to be a pretty relaxing, yet challenging experience. Unfortunately it's developing into less of that and more of a stressful time-managey simulator. (Which is fine, if that's what the dev wants it to be).…”
“Very frustrating game this is.... I know sailing (and yes, also in traditoinal ships) and really would like to be able to give this a thumbs up. Alas, my experience in the game does not help. I get stomped continuously…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I have been playing this game since game for 4 years on and off. I mean look at my hours. In the beginning it was a very nice very chill sailing game with realistic physics and light survival mechanics. It was very…”
“It used to be a pretty relaxing, yet challenging experience. Unfortunately it's developing into less of that and more of a stressful time-managey simulator. (Which is fine, if that's what the dev wants it to be).…”
“Very frustrating game this is.... I know sailing (and yes, also in traditoinal ships) and really would like to be able to give this a thumbs up. Alas, my experience in the game does not help. I get stomped continuously…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It used to be a pretty relaxing, yet challenging experience. Unfortunately it's developing into less of that and more of a stressful time-managey simulator. (Which is fine, if that's what the dev wants it to be).…”
“Very frustrating game this is.... I know sailing (and yes, also in traditoinal ships) and really would like to be able to give this a thumbs up. Alas, my experience in the game does not help. I get stomped continuously…”
“The game is chill, but tacking anything that doesn’t weigh the equivalent of 15 blue whales forces you to jump in the water and play “push the boat” simulator. For example, the cog feels like it’s made of cardboard,…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Prolly best free form sailing game out there. No crew, no combat and not much to do outside contracts or trading, but it's still great. 8/10”
“This game is more expansive than you think, unfortunately this game does not have multiplayer which would increase my liking of the game exponentially. Over all good game.”
“I have been looking for a merchant/ non merchant sailing game for ages and I have finally found one. This game is fantastic, though I do wish that there would be more selection on boats. The game starts you off on 3…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“This is one of my favorite games, but also not for everyone. If you like an sandbox sailing game, that has no enemies, but is both punishing and calm. This may be the game for you. I love to pretend I'm a tea trader, sailing my brig along the trade winds, searching for new ports…”
— a player, Steam review · 347 hrs played“This game absolutely rules, but it's definitely not for everyone. If you know how to sail then you will enjoy peacefully going from island to island trading goods and upgrading your little boat until you can get a bigger one if you want (I like to stay with the small ones these…”
— a player, Steam review · 145 hrs played““A game that feels like getting kicked in the teeth… and somehow that’s the fun.” Sailwind is one of those rare games that you hate for the first couple hours and then suddenly realize you’re completely obsessed with. It doesn’t hold your hand, it doesn’t care about your…”
— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Update 0.38.1 Patch Notes
- fixed a bug where sails on your other boats would disappear when you moved far away from the boat (unfortunately, this fix will not restore any missing sails from previous saves) - fixed a bug where
Update 0.38 Patch Notes
Improved anchors- anchors can now be picked up and dropped manually, allowing you to use them for maneuvering (kedging)- anchors will now hold more effectively as they become more parallel with the se
Update 0.37.1 Patch Notes
- purchasing oars in shops should now work properly - you can no longer push your boat while jumping
Update 0.37 Patch Notes
New Features & Gameplay Changes- you can now quickly access your inventory slots by pressing the number keys on your keyboard (from 1 to 5). Press the slot hotkey while holding an item to insert it in
Update 0.36 Patch Notes
New Features- Crow's Nests: now available in shipyards for the three medium-sized ships, along with ratlines for climbing. Crow's nests will allow you to see farther beyond the horizon, making it easi
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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 | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Sailing · Simulation · Open World · Survival · Immersive Sim · Relaxing · Adventure · Fishing · Transportation · Exploration · Life Sim (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://raw-lion-workshop.com/sailwind |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bit Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space