Seafarer: The Ship Sim

Seafarer: The Ship Sim

Steam Deck Playable

astragon Development · Simulation · Oct 7, 2025

It depends on what you're after.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $14.99.

66%
Mixed
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 95 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Optimization: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Lastly in regards to graphics and performance, it's pretty atrocious.
95 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The game is in very early access, so I would hope most of these issues will be fixed and more gameplay components and mechanics will be added down the line.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Right now it is very early access with only a few ships to select, pretty bad optimization, a good amount of bugs and some things that just don't really make sense.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
It'll be brilliant when they add multiplayer, especially for the firefighting missions.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Sound: The sound design is impressive and very well done.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Graphics95 reviews
Gameplay59 reviews
Optimization53 reviews
Multiplayer10 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Performance74 reviews
58%
Story and characters35 reviews
66%
Difficulty10 reviews
90%
Controls8 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes34 reviews
47%
Bugs29 reviews
62%
Interface16 reviews
56%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $14.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
66%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
10
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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