Sailwind
Skip · Strategy · 2021 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 47, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Reviews
- 89% positive
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 25% ($14.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 30% ($13.99)
- Last discount ended
- 190 days ago
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 1050, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
Sailing simulator featuring realistic sailing physics and a vast open world to explore. Embark on cargo delivery missions, customize your boat, try fishing and cooking. A relaxing day sail, or an epic ocean voyage? Your sailing adventure starts here!
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
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. We scored it as a typical Strategy game (about 8 hours) and docked the score for the missing length.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $13.99. That was December 2025. Its cuts run 20 percent off as a rule. There have been 14 in the 5 years tracked, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 27 weeks ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 19 percent on value. It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Critter Cove ($24.99, scores 53) beats it on value, while it beats Breakwaters: Crystal Tides ($19.99, scores 6).
This site sampled 550 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 8 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 57 percent of the 161 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
Players
78 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 07:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Sailwind scores 47/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is estimated at 8 hours, not measured, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1764530/sailwindReviews set the ceiling, and price against its genre's typical length moves the BANG Score inside it, docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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