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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. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“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 count fetched 2026-07-11 13:30 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. 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 (2026-07-24). 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.
STEAM NEXT FEST DEMO out now for Don't Kill Them All!
Don’t Kill Them All is coming to Early Access this Fall 2026!To celebrate, we’ve launched our new Steam Next Fest demo one week before the event! Why does it matter?We know our next game might not be
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
DEMO Out Now For Don’t Kill Them All!
Developer Frank here,We’ve reached a stage in Don’t Kill Them All’s development where we’re eager to see how players respond to what we’ve crafted. So we’re going for it! We’re releasing a free demo t
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 2026-05-20.
| 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 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| 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