Games like Sailwind
If Sailwind is your kind of game, the closest matches are Evergreen Tavern, Pao Pao and Open Fishing 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its discovery of secret locations, long distance ocean crossings and mastering navigation tools. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Sailwind is a 2021 sailing and trading simulation that drops players into an Age of Sail setting where they navigate using celestial navigation, realistic physics-based sailing, and trade economy management. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, with hooks including the discovery of secret locations, planning long-distance ocean crossings, and mastering navigation tools. The game offers a challenging and lengthy solo experience with a sit-down session shape, currently priced at $19.99 USD and rated 90% positive across 1,683 Steam reviews, playable on Steam Deck.
About 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!
Players who liked Sailwind also play
Steam players who put hours into Sailwind also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Evergreen Tavern
WHY THIS
Top pick for Sailwind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
Run a cozy medieval tavern... staffed by monsters from your basement! Grow and cook delicious things and serve them to your customers. Decorate and customize your place. Explore dark places, befriend and hire monsters, and sell your loot for a good price!
Pao Pao
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sailwind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
Welcome to the world of Pao Pao! Enjoy the freedom to explore, build, and create in a cozy open world as a fluffy chef with a kitchen knife. Discover islands, take on quests, grow crops, find rare items, and decorate your restaurant.
Open Fishing 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sailwind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Sailwind.
Open Fishing 2 is a chill open world fishing game. Fill out a book with 115 fish species, meet friendly fish gods, sail the oceans with your boat, cook, draw your own map, and enjoy fishing without worries.
Following Seas
WHY THIS
Shares celestial navigation and an atmospheric mood with Sailwind.
Ranked #4 for Sailwind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Sailwind.
Following Seas is a game about ships and the sea. Transport cargo, fish, and fight the weather in an unforgiving open world. Featuring elements of realistic ship management, you can use the stars to navigate, batten the hatches, and get lost beyond the edges of the map.
Fairwind
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Sailwind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Sailwind.
FAIRWIND is a open-world co-op sailing game about delivering cargo to distant ports. Deliver cargo, trade with merchants, upgrade your ship and discover new islands as you build trade routes across a vast archipelago. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op!
Fishton: A Town to Remember
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Sailwind.
Ranked #6 for Sailwind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
An open world, life simulator set in a cozy town full of places to explore. Choose to follow the story or live life your own way as you make this cozy town your home. Many cars to fix, houses to buy, businesses to own, jobs to do, and things to recycle.
Chef's Tail
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Ranked #7 for Sailwind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
Play as the "Cat Chef" in the spooky but cute underworld. Earn your coin by tending the trees, fishing and creating incredible dishes, or just sleep for 16 hours a day on a comfy pillow. The choice is yours.
Catch & Cook: Fishing Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Sailwind.
Ranked #8 for Sailwind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
Catch & Cook is a fishing adventure game in which you are not only a fisherman, but also a restaurant owner. Explore the ocean, catch fish and cook them in your own restaurant. A wide variety of fish, recipes and gameplay mechanics await you. So, what are you waiting for?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Sailwind
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Uncharted Waters
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sailwind cross-mention this title as a similar play.
"Uncharted Waters" was originally released in 1990. It is set in the 16th century, in a time when adventures roamed the 7 seas in search of new discoveries. Players command great ships, battling pirates, gathering information and getting rich through trade while seeking adventure throughout the known world.
Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sailwind.
Reviewers of Sailwind cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Sailwind.
Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.
Sailaway III
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sailwind.
Reviewers of Sailwind cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sailwind.
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.
Windrose
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sailwind.
Reviewers of Sailwind cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Early Access with Sailwind.
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sailwind at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Sailwind on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sailwind.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Sailwind on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Sailwind on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sailwind.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Sailwind on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Sailwind.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Sailwind on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Sailwind.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sailwind.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sailwind.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sailwind.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
An Arcade Full of Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Sailwind.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
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More from Raw Lion Workshop
Other recommendable Steam games by Raw Lion Workshop, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Mosaic Maze
WHY THIS
Another title from Raw Lion Workshop, the studio behind Sailwind. Shares Indie with Sailwind.
Mosaic Maze is a minimalist hardcore precision platforming game for PC. The rules are simple - use infinite jumps, precise movement and lots of trial-and-error to move around the mosaic. Avoid red tiles, and make use of other tiles to help you progress through the levels.
A Large Quantity Of Mushrooms
WHY THIS
Another title from Raw Lion Workshop, the studio behind Sailwind. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
ALQOM: A Large Quantity Of Mushrooms is an experimental game/experience, exploring the potential of Virtual Reality to create unique atmospheric experiences. Slow-paced exploration with puzzle elements. The mushrooms will take you to a dark, surreal world. Walk around, explore, discover hidden areas, experiences, secrets.
Ghost Mountain Roller Coaster
WHY THIS
Another title from Raw Lion Workshop, the studio behind Sailwind. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailwind.
Ghost Mountain is an epic 12 minutes long virtual reality roller coaster ride in a dark underground mine, filled with dreamlike scenery and magical, abstract landscapes, with fast and slow sections, indoor and outdoor areas and many surprises.
Frequently asked about Sailwind
- Does Sailwind run on Steam Deck?
- Sailwind is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Sailwind cost?
- Sailwind is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sailwind?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sailwind are Evergreen Tavern, Pao Pao, Open Fishing 2.
- Who developed Sailwind?
- Sailwind was developed by Raw Lion Workshop.
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