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Ships At Sea

Open-world maritime simulator for fishing, freight, and service contracts

Misc Games · Released May 23, 2024 · Early Access

AdventureSimulationEarly Access

Reviews
Mixed
70% of 2,725
Recent reviews
Very Positive
84% of 26 in 30 days
Playing now
63
peak 24h 68
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
2 months ago
Jul 17, 2026

What is Ships At Sea?

An early-access, open-world maritime simulator set around Norway’s Lofoten region. In first or third person, you steer ships, take fishing, cargo, and service contracts, maintain and upgrade a fleet, and progress to larger vessel classes alone or in online co-op.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy patient travel across large stretches of open water
  • +you prefer hands-on cargo work over automated loading

Not for you if...

  • −you want action-heavy play rather than methodical maritime work
  • −you prefer a guided story over open-ended contract work

What players say

70% of 2,725 reviews are positive · 84% of 26 in the last 30 days

Players praise the visuals, broad open waters, and hands-on cargo loading. Common complaints include low job pay and slow progression, long voyages without time acceleration, limited mission and vessel variety, and inconsistent boat and wave physics. Some players also report multiplayer bugs and poor key-remapping support.

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Ships At Sea

Ships At Sea system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X / Intel Core i5 9400
Graphics
GeForce GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 5500 XT 6GB VRAM
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
25 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
These system requirements can´t cover all possible system configurations so issues could occur that influence the functionality in some cases.

Recommended

OS
Windows 11 64-bit
Processor
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel Core i7 10700
Graphics
GeForce GTX 2060 / Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB VRAM
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
25 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
These system requirements can´t cover all possible system configurations so issues could occur that influence the functionality in some cases.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Norwegian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish.

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.