What is Abandon Ship?
Abandon Ship is a single-player, real-time naval strategy game set in a fantasy Age of Sail world. You explore island regions, direct your crew and weapons in battles against ships and sea monsters, and upgrade your vessel while pursuing a campaign to overthrow a cult. Other campaigns and a Freeplay mode have different goals.
For you if...
- +you enjoy managing a crew during tactical ship battles
- +you like exploring dark fantasy islands and making story choices
- +you enjoy upgrading ships across separate campaigns
Not for you if...
- −you want a forgiving game without permanent death
- −you prefer exploration without frequent tactical battles
- −you want to play with friends instead of alone
What players say
73% of 1,355 reviews are positive
Players praise the tactical ship combat and crew management, while some enjoy the story. The most common complaint is that battles become repetitive, particularly Kraken encounters; some players also find the story thin.
Screenshots and trailer
Abandon Ship system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 64-Bit
- Processor
- 2.2GHz Processor
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 6000 or equivalent
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Some owners of older ATI graphics cards may need to run the game in DirectX 9 mode.
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 87
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
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
Full audio: English. Text only: Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish.
Tags
- Pirates
- Roguelite
- Naval
- Lovecraftian
- Naval Combat
- Real Time Tactics
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Story Rich
- Exploration
- Dark Fantasy
- Open World
- Perma Death
- Survival
- Tactical
- Strategy
- Procedural Generation
Recent updates
- Apr 29, 2025 · Abandon Ship Anniversary Update
- Feb 17, 2023 · 2023 Anniversary Update!
- Jul 11, 2022 · Patch: Version Number "1.3.18557"
- Jun 23, 2022 · Latest Build Patch Notes
- Oct 22, 2020 · Anniversary Update!
2 DLC available.