Abandon Ship
Skip · Roguelike · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 31, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Length
- 25.2h
- Value
- $0.99/hr
- Reviews
- 73% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 6000 or equivalent, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.
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
The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in March 2026. It has been discounted 78 times in the 9 years tracked here, typically at 60 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.
It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 76 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Windward ($9.99, scores 58) beats it on value, while it beats Pixel Piracy ($14.99, scores 15).
This site sampled 486 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 47 percent of the 164 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
64% start to 3% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
6 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 14:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Great game! Good story and the game play is simple but effective, I think my only floor would be that when you capture ships you don't get to keep/swap or sell them bit thats just a small nit pick
I absolutely adore this game. One you will come back to time and time again starting new playthroughs. Well designed and ultimately customizable. Highly recommend
This game has its quirks, but it has a lot of effort put into it. My biggest gripe is probably the music. I think the sound effects used are pretty tasteful but the music doesn't do the rest of the game justice. The bounty system can be very punishing if you get to the two skull level and you don't have enough cash on hand to pay your fine. You get caught in an endless loop of hoping to find an encounter that will...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Abandon Ship scores 31/100 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/551860/abandon-shipReviews 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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