Rank 01Why this
Shares trading and ship customization with Windward.
- $11.99 (Price checked Oct 3)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
Games like Windward
- 23 games
- Updated Oct 4, 2026
Players who liked Windward also play
The closest matches to Windward: Windward Horizon, Sid Meier's Pirates!, King of Seas, The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt, and Terror of the Seven Seas. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Naval and Pirates, like Windward.
- $2.49 (Price checked Oct 4)
- 2005
Rank 03Why this
Shares ship customization with Windward.
- $2.49 (Price checked Oct 3)
- Deck Verified
- 2021
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Sail Forth
Why this: Also Naval Combat and Pirates, like Windward.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Windward
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
- Price: $4.99−50%checked Oct 4
- 80% of 1,924 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, RPG
- Metacritic 61
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Calm atmosphere perfect for unwinding
- Cooperative multiplayer enhances replayability
- Freedom to play in short bursts or long sessions
- Atmospheric
- Chill
- Cozy
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SUNLESS SEA
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Windward.
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Why this: Also Naval and Pirates, like Windward.
Pirates
Why this: Same relaxing mood as Windward.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Windward at current Steam store prices.
Patrician III
Why this: Also Naval and Pirates, like Windward.
Rebel Galaxy
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Windward.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Windward, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Maelstrom
Why this: Shares ship customization with Windward.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Windward Horizon
Why this: Shares trading and ship customization with Windward.
King of Seas
Why this: Shares ship customization with Windward.
Sail Forth
Why this: Also Naval Combat and Pirates, like Windward.
About Windward
The closest matches to Windward: Windward Horizon, Sid Meier's Pirates!, King of Seas, The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt, and Terror of the Seven Seas. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Windward is your kind of game, the closest matches are Windward Horizon, Sid Meier's Pirates! and King of Seas — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, chill and cozy, and single out its empire building and faction management. 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.
Windward is a 2015 action-adventure RPG developed by Tasharen Entertainment Inc., available for $9.99 USD. The game centers on sea-combat, trading, questing, empire-building, and faction-management within a procedurally generated open world, supporting both solo play and online co-op. Reviewers highlight that cooperative multiplayer enhances replayability while the procedural world invites endless exploration, and players describe the overall experience as atmospheric, chill, cozy, and relaxing. Ship customization receives particular praise for its depth, and the session structure accommodates both brief play sessions and extended campaigns. The title holds an 80% positive rating based on 1924 Steam reviews.
About Windward: Windward is an action-filled multiplayer sandbox game that puts you in control of a ship sailing the high seas of a large procedurally-generated world.
Is Windward worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 80% of 1,924 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 50% off, now $4.99 (checked Oct 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 45 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 7 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Calm atmosphere perfect for unwinding
- Cooperative multiplayer enhances replayability
- Freedom to play in short bursts or long sessions
- Procedural world invites endless exploration
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“HAHA! If you wanted an arcade game where you can reverse your ship and wind doesn't have any meaning, be my guest and purchase this game. I hoped it would be similar to Sid Meier's Pirates but only with the combat and trading element.”
“There are some good concepts here, but they've missed the mark a bit. To have a gameplay loop like this feel good, the world needs to be interesting. The world is very bland, basic procedural, which would require much more on the gameplay…”
People who play it also play: Windward Horizon, Sid Meier's Pirates!, King of Seas
Frequently asked about Windward
Can I run it?
How much does Windward cost?
Windward is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Windward have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Windward supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Windward?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Windward are Windward Horizon, Sid Meier's Pirates!, King of Seas.
Who developed Windward?
Windward was developed by Tasharen Entertainment Inc..