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"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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
'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.
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.
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.
Windrose factions: Recommendations for improving your reputation with the Smugglers, Buccaneers, Brethren, and People of Tortuga
What're ya buyin'? What're ya sellin'?
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.
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.
Windrose sails past 1 million copies sold in six days as it hits 200,000 concurrent players
Blow me down!
'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
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
After 4 hours of pirate survival in Windrose, I'm reinstalling Sea of Thieves
Pirates? Great. Survival? Ehhhh.
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.
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.
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.
Windrose Early Access Review
Taking to the high seas in a swashbuckling survival crafter with deep combat.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Windrose launches in Early Access on April 14
Cooperative pirate survival game Windrose will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on … Source
After five hours with highly anticipated pirate survival game Windrose, I can see why it's one of Steam's most wishlisted games
You could lock me into a chest packed with pieces of eight then toss me into a churning sea of pirate games and I'd still tell you there aren't enough of them as I slowly sink toward Davy Jones' Locker. Whether it's Sea of Thieves, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, Monkey Island, or Sid Meier's Pirates, if there's a swash to be buckled or a parrot to be shouldered, I'm there. So when other nautically minded sorts started seafoaming at the mouth over piratical PvE survival game Windrose's Steam demo
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All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending April 19.