Games like Windrose
If Windrose is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pirates Republic, ATLAS and Mutiny's Wake — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and chill. 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 →Kraken Express developed Windrose, a pirate survival RPG set in an oceanic open world. The game combines base-building, crafting, faction-reputation systems, and exploration across challenging long-form sessions designed for sitting down and playing. Combat occurs both on land with soulslite-inspired mechanics including bosses, and at sea with heavy ship naval battles, while enemy territorial behavior adds strategic depth. Online co-op allows players to team up with friends or partners. Reviewers and players describe the base-building as chill and intuitive, exploration as free and unobstructed, and the naval combat as immersive. Windrose runs Playable on Steam Deck and holds an 89% positive rating from over 19,600 Steam reviews.
About Windrose: 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!
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Pirates Republic
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Top pick for Windrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Build your pirate republic from nothing. Survive, cook, trade, and plunder your way through a procedurally generated Caribbean in this open-world survival sandbox. No fantasy - just history, grit, and freedom. Play solo or with friends in co-op.
ATLAS
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Windrose.
Second-strongest match for Windrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
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!
Mutiny's Wake
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Windrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
A hardcore pirate survival game set during the Golden Age of Piracy. Stranded on a hostile island after a mutiny, you must scavenge, hunt, craft, and survive against pirates, wildlife, and dwindling resources.
Divided Land
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Windrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Join the fight for survival in a vast medieval open world. Explore, hunt, craft powerful gear, raid and plunder enemy villages, or forge your own path. As darkness falls, the dead awaken - prepare your defenses or seek shelter. Join allies in co-op PvE or test your skills in ruthless PvP.
Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey
WHY THIS
Shares naval combat, resource gathering and an atmospheric mood with Windrose.
Ranked #5 for Windrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Captain Bones is an action-adventure game set in an open pirate world. You must have survival skills to make ship battles and treasure hunts with your crew.
Tree of Life 2
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Ranked #6 for Windrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Build a village in a strange world and begin your own adventure. Join friends or face new rivals, and enjoy boundless freedom!
Salt
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with Windrose.
Ranked #7 for Windrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.
World of Sea Battle
WHY THIS
Shares ship upgrades, ship customization, action and a tense mood with Windrose.
Ranked #8 for Windrose fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Windrose.
Set sail in World of Sea Battle, an action-packed open-world MMO in the Golden Age of Sail! Command historic ships, battle in PvP & PvE, shape the economy, and engage in territorial guild wars in your quest for glory across the high seas!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Windrose
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Valheim
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and an atmospheric mood with Windrose.
Reviewers of Windrose cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Enshrouded
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Windrose.
Reviewers of Windrose cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Sons Of The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windrose.
Reviewers of Windrose cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
V Rising
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windrose.
Reviewers of Windrose cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Windrose cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
The iconic solo pirate adventure returns. Sail the Caribbean as Edward Kenway during the Golden Age of Piracy in this faithfully enhanced remake featuring stunning visuals, upgraded gameplay, and new content.
Palworld
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an immersive mood with Windrose.
Reviewers of Windrose cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
ARC Raiders
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Windrose.
Reviewers of Windrose cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Windrose.
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
Survival: Fountain of Youth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Windrose.
Reviewers of Windrose cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Windrose at current Steam store prices.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Windrose on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Windrose.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Windrose on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Windrose on Steam right now. Shares Action with Windrose.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Windrose on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
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Priced ~67% under Windrose on Steam right now. Shares Action with Windrose.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~67% under Windrose on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Windrose.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Outpath: First Journey
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Windrose.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Wires And Whiskers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
SCP – Containment Breach
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Unturned
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Windrose.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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Frequently asked about Windrose
- Does Windrose run on Steam Deck?
- Windrose 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 Windrose cost?
- Windrose is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Windrose have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Windrose supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Windrose?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Windrose are Pirates Republic, ATLAS, Mutiny's Wake.
- Who developed Windrose?
- Windrose was developed by Kraken Express and published by Kraken Express, Pocketpair Publishing (Japan).
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