"Co-op open world pirate survival game." That's a lot of exciting words packed into a single sentence, and on the back of a strong Next Fest demo in February, Windrose shot like a cannonball to the top of Steam's most-wishlisted games. It sets to sea in early access today, but does it live up to the buzz?
I played 12 hours in the demo and another dozen in an early build of the game that's launching today. While I've only just begun to scratch the surface of its impressively large ocean world, I've got a ship full of boisterous shanty-singing crew members and I've been battling pirates on the high seas all weekend. Here's an overview of Windrose based on my time with it so far.
