Maelstrom on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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 2,576 reviews of which 2,141 were positive and 435 were negative resulting in a rating of 8 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.


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System 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

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
It's a pretty cool Ship Combat game that simply see's rough sea's with playerbase retention. We just can't seem to keep a healthy amount of people playing actively. The game has undergone many changes and a Developer change as well but it hasn't been enough to grab mass attention. Hoping the new Devs can breath High Winds into our sails and give us a new and exciting update surely to bring old and new players en masse.
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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.
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Sept. 2024
Really love this game. Unfortunately I no longer own a Windows PC so hoping this gets on Linux or Steam Deck.
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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.
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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!
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Maelstrom
8
2,141
435
Online players
3
Developer
Gunpowder Games, Inc., Tideturners
Publisher
Forthright Entertainment
Release 20 Sep 2019
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