Windrose

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Rumour

"Indie titles now routinely produce launches with AAA-level concurrent player counts" – How to prepare in case of viral success

When Windrose launched into early access in April 2026, it became an instant hit.

Eurogamer / Victoria Phillips Kennedy

Pirate survival game Windrose was accidentally killing your SSD

No, you weren't being silly. Pirate survival game Windrose really was making your SSD work way too hard.

Hardware

Steam Pirate Game Windrose Sails Past 1.5 Million Copies Sold, Dev Confirms First Big Content Drop Details

Windrose is a smash hit — it’s sold over 1.5 million copies in just over two weeks.

IGN / Wesley Yin-Poole

Rock Paper Shotgun / Oisin Kuhnke

Windrose devs ask for some grace as they prepare to set sail towards a six month wait for the next big update

Windrose has been out for a couple of weeks now and seems to be doing more than alright for itself. I guess the people like pirates? Good news for those You Be Soft guys, I suppose. But as much success as Windrose has found itself in, it is also an early access game, which means the aforementioned people crave a nebulous sense of More. Developer Kraken Express do plan on offering More, but it sounds like the people will have to wait for it a little while.

Update

Windrose devs don't have any progress wipes planned for early access, but 'of course s**t happens'

Kraken Express will "do our best" to let players keep their progress "intact all the way to 1.0 release."

Announcement

'Please have faith in us once again' says Windrose dev, revealing its first big content update won't arrive for 'at least 6 months'

"All the new content and features we want to deliver takes time," says developer Kraken Express.

PC Gamer / Andrea Shearon

Update

I bought every ship in Windrose – here's what you should spend your pirate gold on first

Recommendations for the best Windrose ships to build and materials you'll need.

PC Gamer / Andrea Shearon

Windrose players keep accidentally stumbling on a metal band's hangout page, and it's all very wholesome

Windrose, as you may have heard, has been taking Steam by storm since its swashbuckling release. A pirate-themed survival game, over a million players sailed into a new adventure soon after its release. Some of these sailors have drifted a little off course, however.

Eurogamer / Connor Makar

Culture

Windrose factions: Recommendations for improving your reputation with the Smugglers, Buccaneers, Brethren, and People of Tortuga

What're ya buyin'? What're ya sellin'?

TechRaptor / Joseph Allen

Windrose Sales Hit 1m in Under a Week

Pirate adventure Windrose has hit yet another big sales milestone, and the game hasn't even been out for a week yet.

Eurogamer / Victoria Phillips Kennedy

Piratical survival game Windrose sails past 1m copies sold, as player counts continue to rise

Windrose - the piratical survival game from Kraken Express - has shifted 1m copies in just six days.

Windrose Celebrates 1 Million Copies Sold as Player Counts Climb

Cooperative pirate survival game Windrose has reached 1 million copies sold less than a week after its Early Access launch for PC.

IGN / Michael Cripe

Windrose sails past 1 million copies sold in six days as it hits 200,000 concurrent players

Blow me down!

PC Gamer / Justin Wagner

PC Gamer / Andrea Shearon

'Enthusiastic About Eventually Coming To Consoles' - Windrose Developer On Potential Xbox Version

The game has been selling like hotcakes on Steam. Pirate games have always had major potential on Xbox, but in recent years, titles like Skull & Bones haven't really managed to live up to the hype. Windrose might be a different story though — it just launched in early access on Steam this week, and it's already proving to be a massive success. Windrose is a PvE survival adventure that challenges you to explore, build, fight, and ultimately survive amidst an open world with procedurally generated

Pure Xbox

Interview

Windrose Discoveries: Every item you're missing from the Coastal Jungle, Foothills, and Cursed Swamps

Missing one last Discovery? Allow me to fill in the blanks.

Windrose: If you can't find the buyer for the People of Tortuga, it's because he's not on Tortuga

You'd think he'd be there with the provisioner and bounty agent, but no. Here's how to find him.

TechRaptor / Joseph Allen

Piratical Survival-Crafter Windrose Racks Up 500k Sales in Two Days

Pirate adventure Windrose appears to be striking a chord with its salty sea dog player base, as the game has hit a big sales milestone in just two days.

Pirate survival Windrose sees 500,000 mateys buy the game as Steam reviews are 'Very Positive'

Aaarrrgh, that's a good start.

PC Gamer / Mollie Taylor

Eurogamer / Victoria Phillips Kennedy

It seems the Windrose hype was on to something, as the piratical survival game sets sail to positive Steam reviews and high player numbers

Ahoy there, there's a new piratical romp on the gaming seas. Windrose - formerly known as Crosswind - is out now in early access, and so far, it seems to be faring really rather well.

Windrose developers ask players if they 'happen to know someone at a major ISP' who can help diagnose online co-op issues

"To be completely transparent, we’re still trying to figure out what exactly is going wrong here."

PC Gamer / Wes Fenlon

Interview

Windrose doesn't have admin commands, but here's how to customize a Windrose dedicated server

These are the options you do have to customize your own co-op Windrose server.

PC Gamer / Wes Fenlon

Can't find the Windrose Traveler's Camp second chest? We couldn't either… until we remembered a clue from another camp

Haunted by an icon reading Traveler's Camp: 1/2? So were we.

Windrose Resources Guide

This guide will show you how to get every resource in Windrose, including key and major discoveries listed in the Discovery tab.

5 Things You Should Know When Starting Out in Windrose

This guide will give you some beginner tips to help you during the first few hours (and beyond) in Windrose.

New Pirate Game Windrose Sets Sail Today

Windrose — the new pirate adventure formerly known as Crosswind — is out now in early access, debuting to 'Very Positive' reviews on Steam.

IGN / Vikki Blake

Windrose Server Setup Guide

This guide will show you how to set up a server in Windrose, either self hosted or via a third party.

Co-op pirate survival game Windrose: should you grab it in early access?

Here's what I've found after around 24 hours on the high seas.

Review

Windrose Preview - Not Quite Shipshape

Windrose brings survival crafting to the high seas, but does it deliver something new? Read our preview to find out.

Rock Paper Shotgun / Mark Warren

Preview

Windrose Early Access Review

Taking to the high seas in a swashbuckling survival crafter with deep combat.

IGN / Tom Marks

Review

Swashbuckling co-op survivor Windrose sets sail into early access next week, which means it's time to battle Blackbeard and a big flower

Yo ho, me hearties. Windrose, the co-op pirate survival game which lured plenty of folks aboard its demo decks in the Steam Next Fest earlier this year, is set to launch into early access next week. Better start practicing those shanties and, er, preparing to stab a giant flower once you've fought weird plague creatures.

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Open-world pirate game Windrose is a “souls-lite” survival adventure made by a group of hardcore gamers. Producer talks about the game’s origin and huge shift from MMO to a full-priced title

We talk to the developers of open-world pirate survival game Windrose ahead of the title's Early Access launch.

Interview

Co-op pirate survival game Windrose breaks 1.5 million Steam wishlists, and good news for everyone who's added it to their list: It's coming out next week

The coming-very-soon release date was announced during the Triple I showcase.

PC Gamer / Andy Chalk

Highly anticipated pirate survival game Windrose lands a release date, and it's setting sail very, very soon

Enormously promising pirate survival game Windrose finally has a release date, and - as announced during the latest Triple-i Initiative Showcase - it's hoisting anchor and sailing into Steam early access next Tuesday, 14th April.

Eurogamer / Matt Wales

Windrose launches in Early Access on April 14

Cooperative pirate survival game Windrose will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on … Source

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