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Games like Make Sail

If Make Sail is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Leviathan, Ragdolls Playground: The Sandbox and Ship Graveyard Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and cozy. 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 Make Sail: Make boats and sail them. Survive an ocean of storms and beasts to find better pieces to make your ship bigger, faster, stronger, prettier, stranger, wilder: more yours.

2018ActionIndieAdventureSimulationEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Popcannibal
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Buoyancy physics create unique emergent challengesCommunity and developer interaction enhance the gameConstant updates keep the experience freshChallengingContemplativeCozy

Players who liked Make Sail also play

Steam players who put hours into Make Sail 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. The Last Leviathan

    WHY THIS

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

    The Last Leviathan is a physics-based, ship building and destruction sandbox. On your voyage to uncover where The Last Leviathan lies you will discover a world full of rival ships, mythical monsters, wrecked flotsam, physics-puzzles and hidden treasures.

    2016ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Ragdolls Playground: The Sandbox

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Make Sail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    RAGDOLLS PLAYGROUND is a simple Physics Sandbox game where you can Build, Paint, Destroy, Drive cars, Simulate Wars or crush ragdolls in a large open space and watch them fight with the wobbliest physics system. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Ship Graveyard Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Make Sail.

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

    Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Nantucket

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Make Sail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make Sail.

    Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Rise of Piracy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Make Sail.

    Ranked #5 for Make Sail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie15.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Breakwaters: Crystal Tides

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Make Sail.

    Ranked #6 for Make Sail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Ship Graveyard Simulator 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Make Sail.

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

    Dust off your torch and hammer - it's time to get back to work, you have a new job to do. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Feral Blue

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Make Sail.

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

    The old world has drowned after the Second Flood. Now, only few survivors are fighting for the new gold - clean water, wood and soil. Become a ship's captain, keep your crew alive and create your sea empire!

    2019ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Make Sail on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Make Sail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Make Sail.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Make Sail on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Make Sail on Steam right now. Shares Action with Make Sail.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Make Sail on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Make Sail on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Make Sail.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Make Sail on Steam right now. Shares Action with Make Sail.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Make Sail on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Make Sail.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

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

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

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

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Unturned

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Sims™ 4

    WHY THIS

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

    Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.

    2020AdventureSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Popcannibal

Other recommendable Steam games by Popcannibal, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Make Sail.

    Another title from Popcannibal, the studio behind Make Sail. Shares Indie with Make Sail.

    A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.

    2019IndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Make Sail.

    Another title from Popcannibal, the studio behind Make Sail. Shares Indie with Make Sail.

    A game about being kind to real people. Send nice letters from your cozy room, go outside and say hi to your neighbors, swap recommendations, dress up for the poetry slam and add your dreams to a sky full of wishes. Join a community of real people with their hearts on their sleeves.

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Elegy for a Dead World

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Make Sail.

    Another title from Popcannibal, the studio behind Make Sail. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make Sail.

    Explore dead civilizations, write about what you find, and share your stories with the universe: a game about writing fiction.

    2014IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Girls Like Robots

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Make Sail.

    Another title from Popcannibal, the studio behind Make Sail. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make Sail.

    Their faces are the playing pieces. The rules are their emotions!Ridiculously charming puzzles, wrapped around an epic tale of love and danger, topped off with an authentic old-time stringband soundtrack!The goal is to put every one next to their friends.But you can't please everybody all the time.

    2014IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Block Pooper 9

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Popcannibal, the studio behind Make Sail. Shares Action and Indie with Make Sail.

    Ride a high velocity stream of blocky effluence to glory in this local multiplayer brawler.

    2018ActionIndieFreeSteam ↗
  6. LudoNarraCon Supporter Pack featuring Cyrano

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Popcannibal, the studio behind Make Sail. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make Sail.

    Support LudoNarraCon by purchasing this bundle of content including Cyrano, an exclusive game by the developer of Kind Words, commissioned especially for LudoNarraCon 2021, an album of music and a treasure trove of desktop wallpapers.

    2021IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Cyrano

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Popcannibal, the studio behind Make Sail. Shares Indie and Adventure with Make Sail.

    Write love letters and cross swords in a one hour adaptation of the classic play: Cyrano de Bergerac!

    2025IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Make Sail

Does Make Sail run on Steam Deck?
Make Sail 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 Make Sail cost?
Make Sail is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Make Sail?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Make Sail are The Last Leviathan, Ragdolls Playground: The Sandbox, Ship Graveyard Simulator.
Who developed Make Sail?
Make Sail was developed by Popcannibal.

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 Make Sail.

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