Rogue Waters
Skip · Roguelike · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $7.49.
- Length
- 13.3h
- Value
- $0.56/hr
- Reviews
- 74% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 75% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 50% ($14.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 67% ($9.89)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 || Radeon RX 560, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
September 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $7.49. Its cuts run 50 percent off as a rule. There have been 18 in the 2 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart. Today's $7.49 at 75 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 74 percent. On the same math Popup Dungeon ($24.99, scores 35) and Trials of Fire ($19.99, scores 64) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
The press liked it more than its buyers did, 83 against 74 percent.
Of the 539 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 7 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2024 to September 2026.
The drop-off
80% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
It's okay. Pirate X-Com with an emphasis on wallslamming dudes, backed up by a darkest dungeon gameloop where you don't have to win every round but you can lose your heroes. There's a pre-battle phase where you can cannon off your opponent's buffs, and surprisingly decent writing that accompanies the mix of non-3D (good) and 3D (mid) art. It does all feel a little plain, and combat isn't as dynamic as something like...
I had fun with it. If you're playing just to complete the story and reach the final boss on whatever difficulty you're able to, it's a very short game.
Seems fun but controller functionality is completely broken. Currently only way to play is with a keyboard and mouse. Hopefully they fix this, until then if you prefer to use a controller than pass on this game.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Rogue Waters scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1691190/rogue-watersReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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