Maelstrom

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 2,566 reviews of which 2,133 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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Requirements

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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

Reviews

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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.

Sept. 2024

Really love this game. Unfortunately I no longer own a Windows PC so hoping this gets on Linux or Steam Deck.

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.

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!

May 2024

plays smooth, doesnt actually have a playwall, mentally engaging.

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Free to play

2,133

433

Online players

Developer

Gunpowder Games, Inc., Tideturners

Publisher

Forthright Entertainment

Release 20 Sep 2019

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