Abandon Ship on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.

Abandon Ship is a pirates, rogue-lite and naval game developed and published by Fireblade Software.
Released on October 22nd 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Polish.

It has received 1,283 reviews of which 942 were positive and 341 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified Abandon Ship into these genres:

Pirates Rogue-lite Naval Lovecraftian Naval Combat Real Time Tactics Choose Your Own Adventure Story Rich Dark Fantasy Exploration Open World Perma Death Survival Tactical Strategy Procedural Generation Rogue-like RPG Historical Sandbox

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 64-Bit
Processor: 2.2GHz Processor
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 6000 or equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: Some owners of older ATI graphics cards may need to run the game in DirectX 9 mode.

MacOS

OS: OS X 10.11+
Processor: 2.2GHz Processor
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 6000 or equivalent
Storage: 10 GB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 18.04
Processor: 2.2GHz Processor
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 6000 or equivalent
Storage: 10 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Sept. 2025

Like if FTL had a baby with Sid Meier's Pirates with some Lovecraft sprinkled in. Lovely graphics and fun gameplay. Just try not to get attached to your crew because the difficulty in this game is brutal. They will die. I'm playing on the easiest setting and I've still lost several crew members. I first tried it on Normal and lost my ship before I even managed to finish the tutorial.

Aug. 2025

A fun game, but it overstays its welcome. The first 10-14 hours were quite enjoyable. The last six or so had me wondering when the campaign would ever end.

July 2025

Enjoyable narrative, especially if you like Lovecraftian storytelling. Combat was fun but got a bit repetitive. Glad I played it, doesn't have high replay value for me.

July 2025

FTL meets sunless sea? YES On concept alone, 12/10, more ideas like this should be made into games. Gameplay is mostly tight with some occasional jank and an item-limited save to revert if you get in an autosave deathloop Writing is good, but the writing-focused game genre has set a high bar and I found myself wanting a few times Early game is probably the best experience I had playing a game, barely surviving to the next port trying to fill out crew and upgrades in a desperate struggle to evade the Cult. Honeymoon ends after first boss fight, which is... pretty good. The first time. There is only one boss. You will be fighting it a lot of times. The fight never changes. Endgame is probably the weakest, lack of variety and progress cap sets in reminding me the importance of FTL's timer. You end up with nothing more to buy and much lower stakes. Maps are good. Area theming is good. Art design is good. If I could give notes on a sequel it would be more complexity in endgame combat and at least one useful all-purpose maneuver. I know I'm comparing to FTL wherein the pilot's only job is to stand there so the ship keeps moving, but this game has a maneuver bar that fills up and I wish I had some active defense/offense "leadership" or piloting abilities to make that bar matter to me. Anyway I'mma go replay on super duper hard mode now bc I'm still obsessed

April 2025

Abandon Ship is a difficult mixture of a pirate/sailing game, a Lovecraftian story, and FTL. You play as a ship in a world infested with a Lovecraftian cult and the associated monsters. Gameplay consists of manning a ship and surviving through battles with other ships or monsters, and sailing from port to port for exploration or quests. The world is made up out of multiple smaller maps, connected with gates. On these maps there are multiple random (and some story-scripted) encounters, which consist of random events, simple decisions such as give food to a stowaway (or not), or full on ship to ship battles. Often, you have to clear a number of these random events before the gates on the current map unlock, allowing you to proceed. Battles are the core gameplay feature. The ship has multiple stations such as the helm, cannons, and mortars, and you have to assign crew members to each one you want to be active. You are limited by the number of max crew, and crewmen can die or get injured during combat or events, which means you will have to juggle positions during the fight. Fortunately, it is pausable. Enemy shots can also cause hull breaches or fire, which has to be taken care of. And on top of that, some maps have features like lightning storms or massive waves, which cause further danger during combat. Ports are literally the safe havens. Here, you can repair and upgrade the ship, and revive wounded crew, or get new one. Most story missions also take place in ports. The story serves well to keep you going from port to port and does a good job of explaining how to play, but the game remains difficult. Each encounter is a real challenge.

Frequently Asked Questions

Abandon Ship is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.

Abandon Ship is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.

Abandon Ship received 942 positive votes out of a total of 1,283 achieving a rating of 7.07.

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Abandon Ship was developed and published by Fireblade Software.

Abandon Ship is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Abandon Ship is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Abandon Ship is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Abandon Ship is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Abandon Ship. Explore additional content available for Abandon Ship on Steam.

Abandon Ship does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Abandon Ship does not support Steam Remote Play.

Abandon Ship is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Abandon Ship.

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Steam data	19 January 2026 15:18
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Steam price	28 January 2026 20:42
Steam reviews	27 January 2026 07:53

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