Windrose — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| New accolades trailer to celebrate over 1,500,000 copies sold! | 2026-04-30 | Over 1,500,000 copies sold and the new trailerAhoy, captains! As Windrose is sailing into the third week, we’d like to present you this accolades / thank you trailer. That’s a token of our appreciation for your support, patience, and passion. Hopefully you will like it and chuckle at some of the funniest Steam reviews we’ve put in there. With this trailer we also celebrate another milestone – over 1,500,000 copies sold. The community keeps growing, the feedback keeps flowing, and looking at this, we feel huge gratitude. Thank you for this opportunity, captains! P.S. Don’t forget to check out a new update we’ve rolled out a couple of hours ago |
| Patch Notes: Version 0.10.0.4.268-9d2ca277 | 2026-04-30 | Ahoy, captains!Thank you for your patience and support throughout our journey. In this update, we’ve focused on addressing some of the most commonly reported issues so far.Among the changes, you’ll notice improved connection stability, reduced disk and CPU usage, and a variety of quality-of-life adjustments designed to make your overall experience smoother.As for Steam Cloud Save fixes, they’re still on the way. After additional internal testing, we decided to give them more time to ensure everything works reliably before release.Patch notesVersion: 0.10.0.4.268-9d2ca277Important bitsAdded a new setting: Force Relay Connection. Doesn't work w |
| Community update: new feedback website and other news | 2026-04-28 | Ahoy, captains! We’re into the third week since release, and the high seas remain busy: while Windrose gathered a little less concurrent players over the last weekend compared to the first one, it’s still sailing steady (over 210,000 captains swashbucklin’ at the same time on Sunday!), and the number of daily players actually keeps growing! We’re thrilled to see such passion for our game, and thank you wholeheartedly for this. In fact, we’re preparing a little surprise for you to celebrate, but for now, let’s focus on some serious, yet important things you need to know.Windrose.support: new platform for support, bug reports and feature sugges |
| 1,000,000 copies sold in 6 days and over 200,000 concurrent players! | 2026-04-19 | 1,000,000 copies sold in 6 days, and over 200,000 players online!Ahoy, captains! We have just plundered another milestone – 1,000,000 copies, and “we” means “you” – a crew of fine brave captains sailing the seas of Windrose. Moreover, today Windrose has assembled over 200,000 concurrent players! Your support for the game is absolutely astonishing, and your patience while we are working on fixes is truly heart-warming. While we keep working on the game, we read your reviews and comments, watch your videos and streams, and sometimes, honestly, shed a pirate-y tear of happiness, because now when the game is out you share our dream of swashbuckli |
| Connectivity Fixes, Direct IP Added & Save Backup System Update | 2026-04-19 | Dear captains,Over the past few days, some of you have encountered several issues. Our team has been working in emergency mode to resolve them as quickly as possible so that more players can enjoy the game without disruptions. Version: 0.10.0.3.104-256f9653CONNECTIVITY SERVER SELECTIONWe identified issues with certain ISPs blocking parts of our networking services. To address this, we’ve implemented the following changes:Connectivity Server Selection: You can now manually choose a specific connectivity server instead of relying on automatic selection. You can also see which servers are reachable. Dedicated server settings can be configured vi |
| Steam Cloud Saves Update | 2026-04-17 | Ahoy, mateys!First off, thank you. Seriously. The amount of love and support you’ve been showing us lately hasn’t gone unnoticed, and we really appreciate it.Over the past few days, we’ve been investigating a number of issues, and today we want to talk a bit more about the Steam Cloud save problems some of you have been running into.From what we’ve seen so far, it can show up in a few different ways:Playing on 2–3 different devices → and then suddenly not being able to log into the game anymorePlaying on a single device → but after saves get uploaded to the cloud, you can’t get past the main menuOther odd behavior that’s hard to pin down and |
| Hotfix incoming, online modes downtime heads-up! | 2026-04-16 | On Friday, Apr 17, we are going to update the game to the version 0.10.0.2.54-451ec92d, addressing some of the current issues.Online modes will not be available from 12 AM PDT / 3 AM EDT / 7 AM GMT / 9 AM CEST for approximately one hour! You can check your local date & time here (enter your city to view it). Offline mode will not be affected, but we recommend downloading the update as soon as possible. Patchnotes:Connectivity Fixes:Disabled the access token generation cooldown for dedicated servers, this should alleviate some of the connectivity issues for dedicated hostsMore connectivity fixes are underway and are currently being tested, the |
| 500,000 copies sold in 48 hours! | 2026-04-16 | Ahoy, captains! While we’re working on the next hotfix update (expected to come this Friday), let us take a short break and thank YOU for this milestone: over 500,000 Windrose copies sold just in 48 hours since launch. That’s a very humbling moment for us, just like seeing the game hitting nearly 100,000 concurrent players yesterday. All of this is possible because of you and thanks to your support and passion for Windrose. You are simply amazing, captains! We are truly thankful for this opportunity and will keep working hard to deliver. Kraken Express |
| Hotfix 0.10.0.1.6 | 2026-04-14 | Ahoy, captains! We are deplyoing a small hotfix to address several issues.Minor localization fixesNitrado link is now correctText fields in the "Show Server Info" section of the Esc-menu are now hidden by default, click the reveal buttons to view them. |
| Windrose is setting sail now! | 2026-04-14 | Windrose is out now in Early Access!Ahoy, captains! We are finally here, and honored to be on the same ship with all of you. We have just released the game into Early Access and, while it has certainly been a long journey, the most exciting part is that even more lies ahead! We hope you all enjoy playing the game as much as we enjoyed working on it. Now a new chapter begins: charting the course to 1.0. We are absolutely sure that with your feedback and passion for Windrose we will be able to create something special for all the brave souls who hear the call of the sea! Have fun, and thank you! P.S. One more thing: we are renaming our studio f |
| Windrose Early Access is setting sail on April 14! | 2026-04-09 | We are ready to set sail — coming out on April 14Ahoy, captains! It has been a long journey, and we are finally ready to start its new exciting chapter together with you. Windrose Early Access is coming out on April 14 – in less than a week! Don’t forget to add the game to your wishlist and check out the release time map to be prepared!In case you are wondering about the price, Windrose base game will cost 29,99 USD.If you’d like to support the game a bit more, you can get the official soundtrack (including in-game ambient music, our trailer tracks and a hearty selection of sea shanties recorded by Seán Dagher) with a few swashbuckling wallpa |
| 1,500,000 wishlists and post-demo QoL improvements | 2026-03-23 | 1,500,000+ wishlists — thank YOU!You are amazing! Seriously, after climbing to the top demos of Steam Next Fest and reaching one million wishlists we were not expecting this momentum to continue — but here we are, with over 1,500,000 sea wolves waiting for Windrose to finally set sail. Another impressive number — over 800,000 captains have tried the demo! And by the way, you can still do it, the demo is staying up until the Early Access launch. Demo feedback: what we’re working onThanks to your involvement in the demo, we’ve got tons of feedback to work on, including over 12,000 completed surveys, 7500+ Steam reviews, and lots and lots of in- |
| Windrose First Building Contest: Winners’ Creations Showcase | 2026-03-16 | Ahoy, mateys!We recently hosted our first-ever Building Contest: a community event where players could truly unleash their creativity.The response was incredible: over 190 submissions poured in, ranging from cozy survival shacks perched on cliffs to sprawling, intricate pirate strongholds. Now it’s time to shine a spotlight on the best of the best. We hope these builds inspire you as much as they inspired us! Top 5 AwardsBased on the highest number of ❤️ from the communityI. Team work creators — ScottishViking, youwrongs, DorkGirl21, beardedninja: Arrgh, Old Hand… ’Tis either cruel fate or the devil’s black luck that ye washed ashore this ver |
| Windrose Building Contest on Discord | 2026-02-26 | Ahoy, Captains!We hope you’ve had a chance to try the demo! We also know many of you are passionate about Windrose’s building mode. So we thought—why not put those skills to the test?We’re excited to announce our first-ever community Building Contest on our Discord server.Interested? Then dive in and check the details below.Event ScheduleSubmission phase: Feb 26 – Mar 11Voting phase: Mar 12 – Mar 14Winners announced: Mar 16All Discord members may participate — solo or in teams (up to 4 players). Each participant or team may submit one entry.How to submitDeadline: Mar 11, 23:59 (UTC)Submission includes:Up to 5 high-quality screenshots(Optional |
| Raging Seas Trailer — Windrose x IGN Fan Fest | 2026-02-25 | Ahoy, mateys!A swashbuckling life is about discovery and reward — and that spirit is at the heart of our brand-new “Raging Seas” trailer, just aired on IGN Fan Fest:Now we’re thrilled to share it with you as well. It’s just a glimpse of what’s coming in Early Access: Tortuga, more ships, weapons, armor, building pieces…and more enemies to fight.As for us, we’ll continue working on your feedback from the demo to improve Windrose. Thank you for sailing with us, there’s much more ahead!Ragingly yours, Windrose Crew |
| 1,000,000+ wishlists, a message of love from us & remastered Drunken Sailor | 2026-02-22 | Hey everyone, and welcome! We’re truly grateful you decided to give our game a chance. Windrose means the world to us, and we hope that, over time, it might come to mean something special to you too.This past week has been a real whirlwind for our team with all the attention the game has been getting. And as the spotlight grows, so do expectations. We’re working hard every day to live up to them. There’s still a lot ahead of us, and honestly, it can feel a little scary at times. Our biggest goal is to ship a great game and let you be the judge. It may take time, but with your support, this journey becomes a lot easier (and a bit more swashbuc |
| PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted x Windrose — new content sneak peek! | 2025-12-04 | Hey everyone! As we’re sailing toward the new year, we’re lucky enough to be a part of another great event — PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. And showing up empty-handed? We figured we could do better than that.We’ve prepared a brief video update showcasing recent progress, featuring:A greatsword — a heavy two-handed cleaver with far more impact and crowd control potential. We’re excited to see the builds you’ll create around it.A blunderbuss — sometimes getting close & loud is the fastest path to survival, especially when a greatsword isn’t quick enough to turn the tide.A new enemy type: the grenadier — you didn’t think danger wouldn’t evolve, d |