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Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.

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Developer:
Picaresque Studio
Publisher:
Fish Eagle
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
18 January 2018
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (777)

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Description

Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.

Set sail and explore the seas
Set sail around the world, visit cities, and increase your prestige by hunting whales, landing jobs, and searching for new adventures.

Be the captain you want to be
Develop your character in true RPG fashion, by increasing your stats, choosing your reactions, and developing your seafaring skills.

Manage your ship and crew
Hire and manage your crew, give them tasks on your ship, and improve your ship with new compartments, expanding your ship's capabilities.

Experience the Golden Age of whaling
Experience more than a thousand unique events tailored around your choices—and face the results of your actions.

Hunt whales and fight pirates
Discover new whaling areas, hunt whales for blubber, and protect your ship from pirates using a turn-based combat system.

Chase after Moby Dick
Follow an original story line and complete quests to unveil the secrets behind Moby Dick and dissolve Ahab’s curse.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows XP or newer (64 bit)
Processor:
2 Ghz or more
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
1000 MB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX 9.0c compatible

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

hyperiusrex
Not recommended | 05 Nov 2025
10.2h played

Theres a lot to like about this game, story, visual style, exploration and character progression. However, all of that gets thrown in the trash by the poorly-designed, b&llsh*t RNG combat. EVERYTHING about the combat is

Helpful: 8
YourTurnMyTurn
Not recommended | 12 Apr 2025
11.7h played

The history of whaling and its role in the economy of 19th Century Atlantic countries is interesting, and this game does a very good job immersing the player in that world in many ways. You'll captain a whaling ship,

Helpful: 5
EGG
Not recommended | 11 Apr 2025
23.0h played

The final boss battle against Mobydick ruined the experience for me. making an boss invincible is fine but allowing him to become invincible again makes it feel cheap and completely based on rng.

Helpful: 6
Adam
Recommended | 02 Sept 2024
17.3h played

Fun game. Has decent character growth. Felt bad when I would lose some of these guys I had built up and took to see their families and had trained them from cabin boys to capable crew.

Helpful: 2
Pajeroking
Recommended | 16 Jan 2025
62.4h played

Interesting and quite unique game TLDR: You will enjoy this game if you are fan of exploring, great discoveries era and wales -- Minor Spoilers ahead. -- You are a guy who wants to kill Moby ♥♥♥♥. In order to do that,

Helpful: 1
Aegis_Myles
Recommended | 04 Oct 2025
10.8h played

An absolute must play if you're into the whaling time period. A fun, yet fairly difficult game, about managing your crew as you grow a whaling ship to conquer Moby ♥♥♥♥. The combat has a high-ish difficulty floor, as

Helpful: 1