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Sailing games on Steam

65 games carry the tag · 3 released in the last 12 months (vs 26 the year before) · median price $9.99

The verdict

Not enough estimated games in this niche for an honest verdict yet — a median under the coverage floor would be a lie with confidence. The counted facts below stand on their own.

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 3,193 stored reviews from 65 games.

Gameplay & mechanics71% positive · 1,336 mentions · 63 games
Visuals & audio79% positive · 1,024 mentions · 63 games
Story & writing74% positive · 955 mentions · 55 games
Content & longevity70% positive · 880 mentions · 58 games
Price & value68% positive · 825 mentions · 59 games
Controls & UI62% positive · 693 mentions · 60 games
Performance & stability63% positive · 600 mentions · 54 games
Difficulty & balance66% positive · 429 mentions · 53 games
Multiplayer & community80% positive · 261 mentions · 35 games

Reviews are shown as published on Steam, including reviews from key activations and free copies — so percentages here can differ from the score on the Steam store page. GameTrend does not check whether reviewers bought or played the game.

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 71% of the niche's 21,571 reviews; it takes 10 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Sailing games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
Spilled! 2025 5,316 Very Positive
Sailing Era 2023 5,091 Mostly Positive
Caribbean Legend 2024 3,244 Mostly Positive
Ys X: Nordics 2024 955 Mostly Positive
Forgotten Seas 2025 606 Mostly Positive
Sunset Routes 2022 570 Overwhelmingly Positive
Lighthouse Keeper 2022 477 Mostly Positive
Windward Horizon 2025 451 Mostly Positive
Sea of Survivors 2023 418 Very Positive
SeaOrama: World of Shipping 2023 417 Mixed

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Counts are measured (reviews, releases, prices); concentration is review-share, not an index; momentum is new-review pace between our own daily observations, computed across the segment's 400 most-reviewed games.