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Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools is a seafaring cooperative roguelite. Set sail, man the cannons and battle sea monsters through the tempestuous seas of the Archipelago. Are you fool enough to stop the Aquapocalypse?
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
59 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“+Nice artstyle. +Interesting and promising start. +Co-op. +Cheap. -Difficulty changes too abruptly. Game is simple but last boss makes you sweat. -Too short for rougelike. -No builds, you just grab what you get. -Lack…”
“I really want to like the game, i think there are elements to enjoy here but it could be a me problem since i played it single player but the game gets rediculously hard further on and i just cant complete it. Im not…”
“you can paddle attack your friends 10/10”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“+Nice artstyle. +Interesting and promising start. +Co-op. +Cheap. -Difficulty changes too abruptly. Game is simple but last boss makes you sweat. -Too short for rougelike. -No builds, you just grab what you get. -Lack…”
“Really fun and chaotic in a good way. Best enjoyable in co-op mode, since the game allow a variety of broken and funny builds depending of the RNG of the trinkets. No other game have the itch scratching feeling and…”
“It is fun, great for co-op and has a good endless mode that allows for longer fun and cooler builds”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“One of the easier roguelikes I've played, but I enjoyed it enough to solo all the achievements. Game is desperately in need of enemy and boss variety. The game has plenty of potential they can take from folktales and…”
“Ship of Fools turned out to be one of the most fun co-op games my girlfriend and I have played. She’s new to roguelites where you slowly unlock progress but start each run from the beginning again. Luckily, the game…”
“This game is super fun and challenging at the same time, would recommend to new players. Especially fun when playing with a friend.”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Ship of Fools turned out to be one of the most fun co-op games my girlfriend and I have played. She’s new to roguelites where you slowly unlock progress but start each run from the beginning again. Luckily, the game…”
“Really fun progression and great replayability. It's very addictive once you figure out how to build for the best results.”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Ship of Fools turned out to be one of the most fun co-op games my girlfriend and I have played. She’s new to roguelites where you slowly unlock progress but start each run from the beginning again. Luckily, the game…”
“It is fun, great for co-op and has a good endless mode that allows for longer fun and cooler builds”
“Really fun progression and great replayability. It's very addictive once you figure out how to build for the best results.”
24 of the 104 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“I really needed this game to be good so my wife and I could play it. I specifically had high hopes because it looked like a more sophisticated version of the game Lovers In Dangerous Space Time. But the game started to…”
“+Nice artstyle. +Interesting and promising start. +Co-op. +Cheap. -Difficulty changes too abruptly. Game is simple but last boss makes you sweat. -Too short for rougelike. -No builds, you just grab what you get. -Lack…”
“One of the easier roguelikes I've played, but I enjoyed it enough to solo all the achievements. Game is desperately in need of enemy and boss variety. The game has plenty of potential they can take from folktales and…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Great roguelike. Unfortunately only for two players.”
“So far, after about an hour or two of play, my only real problem with this is the lack of a multiplayer lobby. Only being able to play with friends on your steam account is a major downfall of all games of this kind.”
“Fun game and definitely worth the sale price. It's a lot of fun, but I do feel like it could use a little polish. If the game had some more synergy between artifacts/trinkets/ammo/characters to get better builds going,…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I really needed this game to be good so my wife and I could play it. I specifically had high hopes because it looked like a more sophisticated version of the game Lovers In Dangerous Space Time. But the game started to…”
“+Nice artstyle. +Interesting and promising start. +Co-op. +Cheap. -Difficulty changes too abruptly. Game is simple but last boss makes you sweat. -Too short for rougelike. -No builds, you just grab what you get. -Lack…”
“I really want to like the game, i think there are elements to enjoy here but it could be a me problem since i played it single player but the game gets rediculously hard further on and i just cant complete it. Im not…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“+Nice artstyle. +Interesting and promising start. +Co-op. +Cheap. -Difficulty changes too abruptly. Game is simple but last boss makes you sweat. -Too short for rougelike. -No builds, you just grab what you get. -Lack…”
“Really fun and chaotic in a good way. Best enjoyable in co-op mode, since the game allow a variety of broken and funny builds depending of the RNG of the trinkets. No other game have the itch scratching feeling and…”
“fun for a couple hours, worth it with a duo if on sale”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I really needed this game to be good so my wife and I could play it. I specifically had high hopes because it looked like a more sophisticated version of the game Lovers In Dangerous Space Time. But the game started to…”
“Go to select character and start game but literally nothing happens, after 4 -5 attempts gave up and had to refund”
“game breaking bug where only the first used controller works. Thread regarding this bug has been opened 2 years with no fix yet.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“the game is only 2 player which is pretty sad 4 player would be astonishingly better”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“I fell asleep for literally two seconds because of these stupid lasers. My 'co-op' partner smacks me like I personally insulted his entire family. Nothing says co-op teamwork like getting punched for sleeping. Honestly, this game should come with a warning: may cause friendly…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“[i]TL;DR: Great concept and atmosphere but the execution is lacking in several crucial ways, to the point where I cannot honestly recommend this game.[/i] Rarely has a game frustrated me like Ship of Fools has. It’s a… decent game that could have been great. But there are…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 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
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Ship of Fools - Console Update Out Now!
To celebrate, we’ve discounted Ship of Fools to our first ever 75% on PC! Thank you all for your patience. The long-awaited Console update is finally here, free for all Console players! We’re talking
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Version 1.5.3 patch notes
Bug fixesFixed an issue where the Tentacles boss could continue an anticipated tentacle attack while its head was emerging, potentially hitting the boat and causing an unavoidable hit.Fixed a bug wher
Ship of Fools - The Console Update has been greenlit!
Raise the sails, Console players of Ship of Fools! We’ve officially been greenlit to bring to Consoles everything we’ve brought to PC since the Fish & Ships update!We’re talking about:The Endless mode
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Co-op · Rogue-lite · Multiplayer · Rogue-like · Local Co-Op · Action · Action Roguelike · 2D · Online Co-Op · Local Multiplayer · Cute · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 47 |
| Official site | https://shipoffoolsgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5-2300, 2.8 GHzor AMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, 512 MBor AMD Radeon HD 6570, 1 GB DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: 720p @ 30 FPS