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Command the seas in Maelstrom! Engage in fast-paced naval battles with powerful warships and colossal sea monsters. Customize your fleet and dominate the Abyssal Ocean. Are you ruthless enough to survive?

Maelstrom is a free to play, pirates and battle royale game developed by Gunpowder Games, Inc. and Tideturners and published by Forthright Entertainment.
Released on September 20th 2019 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 2,572 reviews of which 2,139 were positive and 433 were negative resulting in a rating of 8 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Maelstrom into these genres:

Free to Play Pirates Battle Royale Naval Sailing PvP Action Strategy Massively Multiplayer Simulation Indie Naval Combat Multiplayer Fantasy Dwarf Co-op Online Co-Op Singleplayer RPG Survival

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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 or later
  • Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card or higher
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 7 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
It's a pretty cool Ship Combat game that simply see's rough sea's with playerbase retention. We just can't seem to keep a healthy amount of people playing actively. The game has undergone many changes and a Developer change as well but it hasn't been enough to grab mass attention. Hoping the new Devs can breath High Winds into our sails and give us a new and exciting update surely to bring old and new players en masse.
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Jan. 2025
I have zero complaints about this game. It's great. It's free. The biggest 'issue' with it is more players don't play it. but it's a great game.
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Sept. 2024
Really love this game. Unfortunately I no longer own a Windows PC so hoping this gets on Linux or Steam Deck.
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Sept. 2024
Really fun game, just needs more players. There is a lot of strategic depth and room for a variety of different play-styles, both obvious and unorthodox.
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Aug. 2024
This game is so much fun! Everyone needs a fast casual game to jump into with friends and this is it! Fun, silly, exciting, action packed thrills! I am so happy this game is getting some attention again. I can't wait!
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Frequently Asked Questions

Maelstrom is free to play on Steam.

Maelstrom is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Maelstrom received 2,139 positive votes out of a total of 2,572 achieving a rating of 8.00.
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Maelstrom was developed by Gunpowder Games, Inc. and Tideturners and published by Forthright Entertainment.

Maelstrom is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Maelstrom is not playable on MacOS.

Maelstrom is not playable on Linux.

Maelstrom offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Maelstrom offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There are 3 DLCs available for Maelstrom. Explore additional content available for Maelstrom on Steam.

Maelstrom does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Maelstrom does not support Steam Remote Play.

Maelstrom does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

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

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Maelstrom
Free to play
8
2,139
433
Game modes
Multiplayer
Online players
3
Developer
Gunpowder Games, Inc., Tideturners
Publisher
Forthright Entertainment
Release 20 Sep 2019
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