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Games like Sailist

If Sailist is your kind of game, the closest matches are Age of Magellan: Sail the entire Planet, Uncrowned and The Viking Way — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, cozy and immersive. 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.

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About Sailist: Upgrade your ship and expand your fleet in a thrilling adventure on the infinite seas! Take a relaxing voyage and enjoy the scenery while listening to the soothing sounds of the ocean, or diligently search for other ships to plunder. Live the life of a sailor on the free seas.

2024ActionIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access11.99 USDWindowsby KOY
Sailist — Steam game cover
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Charting the seas by hand feels obsessive and rewardingCrew and ship management systems feel rich and immersiveSailing and water physics are satisfyingly realisticContemplativeCozyImmersive

Players who liked Sailist also play

Steam players who put hours into Sailist 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.

  1. Age of Magellan: Sail the entire Planet

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Sailist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sailist.

    An open-world Age of Exploration sailing sim where you can circumnavigate the entire planet and relive the feats of the great discoverers. Navigate by sextant, trade across thousands of real cities, and maneuver your ship to bring broadsides to bear in real-time naval combat.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Uncrowned

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Sailist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sailist.

    An Age of Sail action adventure game where you explore, found new colonies, and take on missions starting from absolutely nothing. Take on the world alone or with friends.

    2024ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  3. The Viking Way

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Sailist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sailist.

    Experience the Viking way of life. Sail, explore, trade, build a fleet, and lead your fearless army to raid and conquest. Write your own story of the golden Viking age. You have many choices, and a leader can always find his own.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Terror of the Seven Seas

    WHY THIS

    Shares crew management, ship customization and a relaxing mood with Sailist.

    Ranked #4 for Sailist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sailist.

    Become a Mighty Captain in a Age of sail naval combat game, set in all of the Seven Seas! Sail the entire world: conquering, boarding, plundering, exploring and trading along the way! Gather your crew, ready your ship, hoist your sails and enter a world of swashbuckling and piracy!

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Horizon's Gate

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Sailist.

    Ranked #5 for Sailist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailist.

    Voyage into the wide world of Eral as an explorer, trader, or privateer. Defeat your enemies on land or at sea in deep but straightforward tactical combat. Unravel the secrets behind Dominio's betrayal – or sail off in search of your own adventure.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Caribbean Marque

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Sailist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailist.

    Sail the open seas of the Caribbean in this light RPG game and experience the thrill of hunting down pirates or being a pirate! Along the way discover a cast of characters good and evil. Upgrade your crew and ship to become the most infamous pirate or maybe resist the temptation.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Arcane Waters

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Sailist.

    Ranked #7 for Sailist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sailist.

    Arcane Waters is an open world pixel pirate adventure. Fight other pirates, monsters and players! When you need a break, tend to your farm, craft new equipment, or trade in distant lands. The choice is yours in this vast piratey world.

    2022ActionIndieAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. ATLAS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Sailist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sailist.

    Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!

    2018ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer29.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Sailist

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Uncharted Waters

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Sailist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Sailist.

    "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.

    2017RPG6.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Thief of Thieves

    WHY THIS

    Shares crew management with Sailist.

    Reviewers of Sailist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Sailist.

    In Thief of Thieves you play as a cat burglar using stealth, social engineering and team members to pull off some high profile heists across the world. Based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, it’s time for Celia to make the leap from apprentice to master.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Sailist.

    Reviewers of Sailist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Sailist.

    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.

    2020ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sailist at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Sailist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sailist.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Sailist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sailist.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Sailist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Sailist.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Sailist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sailist.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Sailist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sailist.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Sailist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sailist.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Sailist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sailist.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Sailist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sailist.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sailist.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sailist.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sailist.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sailist.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sailist.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sailist.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sailist.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sailist

How much does Sailist cost?
Sailist is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Sailist?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sailist are Age of Magellan: Sail the entire Planet, Uncrowned, The Viking Way.
Who developed Sailist?
Sailist was developed by KOY.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Sailist.

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