Rogue Waters

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BECOME THE PIRATE CAPTAIN Set sail as Captain Cutter , a pirate caught in a deadly struggle for power and vengeance. Navigate dangerous waters, unleash mythical sea creatures, and outwit enemies as you chase legendary treasure and confront dark secrets.

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Developer:
Ice Code Games
Publisher:
Tripwire Interactive
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
30 September 2024
Recent Steam reviews:
Mostly Negative (13)
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (925)

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Description

BECOME THE PIRATE CAPTAIN

Set sail as Captain Cutter, a pirate caught in a deadly struggle for power and vengeance. Navigate dangerous waters, unleash mythical sea creatures, and outwit enemies as you chase legendary treasure and confront dark secrets.

  • Embark on a journey of loyalty, betrayal, and revenge, as you unravel the mysteries of the Sea Shepherd prophecy and face the immortal Captain Blackbone.

  • Use your Pirate Cave (HUB) to equip ship upgrades & crew members before each run.

  • Each run generates new encounters, requiring careful navigation as you work your way toward Captain Blackbone.

  • Enjoy a rich, story-driven adventure across 3 acts, with endless replayability.

ASSEMBLE YOUR CREW

Recruit and grow your pirate crew, discovering their hidden potential as you lead them into battle. It's your responsibility to mold them into the legendary pirates they were destined to be.

  • Recruit from 6 unique classes, each with distinct abilities and playstyles for your ship’s crew.

  • After each run, upgrade your crew’s skills to increase their effectiveness.

  • Damage persists across runs, requiring you to swap out crew members to allow them time to heal.

EVER-CHANGING LAND AND SEA

Face new challenges as the game world shifts procedurally with each run, offering fresh secrets, combat scenarios, and treasures to discover.

  • Encounters feature diverse pirate factions and enemy types—choose your battles wisely.

  • Your crew will engage enemies on ships and land alike.

  • Visit shops to heal, upgrade crew, buy cannons, and repair your ship.

  • You can extort shops for loot, but it’ll lead to a fight.

TURN THE TIDES

Customize your naval encounters with cannons and ship artillery. Unleash powerful shots during naval combat to destroy enemy ship modules and gain the upper hand in boarding fights.

  • Encounters begin with Sea Battles where you can use cannons to target key areas of enemy ships.

  • Both your ship and the enemy's have distinct buffs that can be destroyed.

  • Crew members can be targeted and killed during battle, so defend your ship and crew before boarding.

THOUGHT-PROVOKING TACTICS

Experience a fresh take on turn-based tactical combat that replicates the visceral intensity of cloak-and-dagger duels. Use the environment to gain the upper hand like never before.

  • The boarding phase involves hand-to-hand combat where your crew faces off against enemies.

  • Use your crew's unique abilities to maneuver and pin enemies against obstacles for fatal damage.

  • Leverage the environment by pushing enemies into spikes, grabbing one-time weapons, or swinging into position with ropes.

SUMMON CREATURES FROM THE DEEP

Legendary sea creatures, once thought to be myths, roam the oceans of Rogue Waters. Free them from captivity and gain their trust to summon them in battle.

Summon 3 sea monsters to assist in the boarding phase:

  • The Kraken crushes nearby enemies.

  • The Mermaid disrupts and pushes enemies in any direction.

  • The Giant Snail drops a deadly spiked obstacle on the deck.

A ROGUE-LITE PIRATE ADVENTURE

Each run resets your equipment and items, but unlocks permanent upgrades for your crew, ship, and Captain Cutter, allowing you to grow stronger with every battle.

  • Items and upgrades reset between each run:

    • Personal items (character equipment): additional weapons, attack modifiers, and side upgrades for abilities.

    • Shipboard weapons (cannons and similar items): each new run begins with a usable, basic starter set.

    • Ship modules reset as well.

  • Each run permanently increases your progress:

    • Unlock skill trees for crew members and Captain Cutter.

    • Acquire ship and port facility upgrades in the Pirate Cave (HUB).

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 64bit
Processor:
4-Core Processor (4 CPUs) 2.5 Ghz 64bit Intel Core i5-4690T 2.5 GHz || AMD Phenom X4 9850 2,5 GHz
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 || Radeon RX 560
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
6 GB available space

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 64bit
Processor:
4-Core Processor (4 CPUs) 3.0 Ghz 64bit Intel Core i5-2320 3.0 GHz || AMD Ryzen 3 3200 3,0 GHz
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti || Radeon RX 570
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
6 GB available space
Additional Notes:
SSD Recommended

User reviews

Orchard Runt
Not recommended | 22 May 2026
12.5h played

Abandoned over a year ago with a plathora of gamebreaking bugs and interface issues. It's essentially still an early access game that never got released as one. Shame too, as the basic gameplay loop is decent enough for

Helpful: 7
Shivrazz
Recommended | 22 May 2026
97.8h played

Hello Im loving this game ! its a very interesting game play. however Im unable to go beyond the ultimate Level V 5 even though Ive defeated blackbone on that level multiple times. Devs : please help. beautiful game

Helpful: 1
Never Lamb
Recommended | 27 May 2026
28.2h played

I got this game from Humble Bundle along with Diablo IV. The main attraction supposed to be Diablo IV, but that turned out to be a souless, gocha game with mediocre story. This game's story is nothing to write home

Helpful: 5
FreedomEagle
Recommended | 12 May 2026
12.5h played

Truly enjoyable. Reminds me of The Last Spell in that runs a bit too long for a Roguelike. But that is about all that keeps it from absolute greatness. Good graphics and voices, quite fluid gameplay, sensible

Helpful: 0
Petrich
Not recommended | 17 May 2026
13.6h played

The game was great at first, until i started noticing weird things. It is half incomplete with unfinished features scattered around, random UI bugs and a overall not polished experience. Really sad because i loved the

Helpful: 3
Zod
Not recommended | 30 May 2026
25.5h played

Until the developers come back and update this incomplete game, I won't recommend this game. The premise of the game is good and I had good fun with it. But there are bugs and unfinished features that still needs to be

Helpful: 1