- Procgen Maps and Infamy! - 6 July 2025
Gday Sailors!We're happy to bring you the next update of Sea Of Survivors! This update includes: procedurally generated maps, location based waves, the infamy system (new game+), 19 new treasures, and a lot of quality of life improvements.Unfortunately, as a side effect of the new map system, all progress on the old map is lost.The MapAll progress on the old map is lostMaps are now procedurally generated based on an input seedEnemy waves now vary by island, with each island having a raid wave and an area waveBuried treasure islands now always give a fixed treasure, based on the map seedBottles now always give maps to the 3 closest islandsAdded the new cartographer island, which reveals the closest undiscovered island when raidedMergates now reveal all other Mergates when raidedInfamyRemoved the various curses from the game.Added 19 tiers of Infamy, slowly ramping up the difficulty of th…
- Crew overhaul, a new chest, and more! - 3 February 2025
This update introduces the long overdue crew system overhaul, replacing the tedious crew leveling and passives with a more interactive quest system: Crew Ambitions, allowing you to plan runs which satisfy your Crew, for which they'll share their personal treasures! Crew overhaul Crew leveling and passive skills have been replaced with 41 new Ambitions Including 12 new treasures only rewarded from Ambitions Players with trained crew will be awarded doubloons for each removed skill Ambitions are a once per run quest that gives a fixed treasure reward Crew wages are based on their satisfied ambitions Crew mates can now be retired to gain their wage in doubloons Boss Chest A new chest with 6 new treasures has been added as a reward for slaying each boss Quality of Life Indicators can now be removed by clicking on them in the map Indicators can now be placed by clicking on the map Indicators…
- Weekly Hotfixes - 15 November 2024
In Run Menu The tabs are now at the bottom of the screen, so you can see your level/the clock when upgrading, and to make the touchscreen experience nicer The 'menu' tab has been replaced by a settings button Continue and Quit buttons have been added which are always visible, so the menu can always be exited with a single click Removed Stats Turn speed stat and treasures have been removed, turn speed now scales with the ships speed Projectile spread stat and treasures have been removed, the spread of weapons now scales with amount Hotfixes Fishing rod has been moved to the common level up chest Coins vacuumed with a ledger now count towards the pickup achievement Polished spread patterns for all weapons Fixed a bug where the Great One wouldn't spawn in the Grand Deep if the Kraken had already been slain Crableaf no longer triggers the player damaged sound effect The Dutchman is no longe…
- Weekly Hotfixes - 4 November 2024
Ahoy Pirates! Thanks for all the feedback! Here's a list of all the hot fixes this week: Moved the fishing rod to the level up chest Tweaked the base overcharge stats for all weapons Removed overcharge scaling from weapons which always fire once off cooldown Starting a raid no longer removes arrows pointing at other raids Off-screen enemies are no longer considered for raid conditions Time based enemy raids now trigger the next wave immediately if all enemies have been killed Added support for DX12 and Vulkan based renderers (which should fix issues on Intel ARC graphics card) Changed Flintlock Pistol description from "Increase damage permanently on level up" to "Increase damage for each level gained with the pistol" Fixed a bug where treasures which don't persist on the grid (such as "Hand of Glory") wouldn't be revealed in the stash Fixed a bug where some enemies wouldn't spawn if kil…
- The Shifting Isles - 27 October 2024
Ahoy Sailors! We're dropping anchor to bring you the next Sea of Survivors update! The Shifting Isles Hidden deep within the murky waters of the Shifting Isles, the Curseweavers gather, toiling in unity, weaving curse after curse on one another with singular purpose, uniting the world under a nightmarish order, by bringing forth the Great One. In the Shifting Isles, there's many secrets to discover: 3 new weapons 3 new bosses 10 new enemies 35 new locations 21 new bounties 21 new treasures Other Changes The Shifting Isles come with a lot of other changes: The Grand Deep has been completely rearranged The Dutchman has a new moveset The barrel dropping sloops have completely new art Some Raids now require kills to complete, instead of time There's a new Raid UI for counting the seconds left or kills required Renamed preparation to charge New weapon charging UI for visualizing cooldown/cha…
- Sea of Survivors handpicked for PixElated Festival - 16 July 2024
We're thrilled to announce that Sea of Survivors has been handpicked for PixElated Festival, presented by Brave At Night! The festival celebrates the best indie games with outstanding pixel art, and we're honored to be among the select few chosen to present their games. The event runs from July 29th to August 5th, 2024, and will be a visual feast for all pixel art enthusiasts. Sea of Survivors and PixElated Festival will feature as a Midweek deal, alongside some other incredible indie titles. Thank you for your support so far, we're stoked to take part in this epic pixel art celebration. P.S. Keep your eyes peeled for some exciting news about Sea of Survivors that's just over the horizon.
- Hotfix Patch Notes - 1 April 2024
Ahoy Pirates! Just a list of changes based on all your feedback that have been made this week. QoL: - Added an arrow indicator to shipwrecked crew mates - Stop shipwrecked crew mates from sinking if you sail too far away - Made right-click pause the game to allow for mouse-only gameplay - Added keybinds for controlling map zoom on keyboard (ctrl/shift, or 1/2, or +/-) - Added staked doubloons to the end game stats menu - Adjusted the names/order of doubloon related stats for clarity - Optimized the skeleton rowboats to reduce frame drops when battling them Bugs fixes: - Fixed a bug where staked doubloons were counted towards doubloon collected achievements - Fixed a bug where bottled maps may direct the player towards an captured port - Fixed a bug where picking up multiple merchant chests at the same time would sometimes not award all the chests - Fixed a bug where opening the steam ov…
- Map, Ports, Rerolls, and More. - 21 March 2024
Ahoy Sailors! We’re dropping anchor again to bring you the next Sea of Survivors update! This one introduces new mechanics at the voyage level and the progression level, as well as a lot of systems, quality of life, and bug fixes in preparation for the upcoming content update. The Map We’ve added a live map to the pause menu, which shows locations you’ve visited, or raided, and the path your voyage has taken. The new pause menu also lets you view crew, stats, and your captains log live during the run. Cross Doubles Everything! The Conquerors Cross now doubles all other upgrades, including Salt, Ritual Dagger, Heart of the Kraken, not just stats anymore, all of them! This is actually just the result of a much bigger change, we had to rebuild the upgrade system to let us do a lot of cool new things for the upcoming biome. So now, the Cross doubles everything, a lot of other small interact…
- Game Update: New Weapon + QoL - 23 January 2024
Hey Sailors! We've just hauled a new update onto Steam. We've gotten lots of feedback on Steam, worried that we've abandoned Sea of Survivors: We haven't! We're a small team of 3 and this is our first game, so we've had some growing pains, but we've been hard at work on the systems of Sea of Survivors, and the next area, featuring new enemies, new weapons, new items, and new islands. We're going to ship more smaller updates to make it more obvious we're still hard at work! The highlight of today's update is a new weapon to celebrate Pirates vs Ninjas! The Shuriken! For now it starts unlocked, but we'll change that once when we introduce the new area. This is the full list of changes: Weapons New weapon - Shuriken Reworked the Blunderbus Ambushers Gave the Cannonback Tortuga a tether and a Dash attack! System Picking up a map in a bottle now lets the player pick the destination type out…
- Bullet Heaven Fest - 6 November 2023
Ahoy Friends! Batten down the hatches and prepare to set sail with Sea of Survivors for the first ever Bullet Heaven Fest on Steam. We are thrilled to announce that Sea of Survivors has been hand-picked by our friends at Erabit and Ravenage to appear in the highly anticipated Bullet Heaven Fest. It's time to cast off the anchor and become the bullet hell as you dive into the thrilling world of pirates, treasures, and intense action. Don’t miss your chance to check out some of the other legendary titles such as Halls of Torment, 20 Minutes Till Dawn and many more at the heart of this exciting new festival. If you haven’t already, make sure you recommend Sea of Survivors to your friends and join the crew in the Discord.
- Achievements, A Halloween Event, & Bugfixes - 26 October 2023
Ahoy Sailors! Lost at Sea Event From the depths comes a limited time only game mode exclusive to Steam Scream 2023, you'll have to row like you've never rowed before to outrun the horrors of the deep and their undead compatriots. This game mode will go away at the end of Steam Scream, and is teasing some future content, make sure to check it out! Steam Achievements This update also enables steam achievements! Any bounties you've already collected should automatically be added to your steam profile upon opening Sea of Survivors. Gameplay Raids now reset if you get too far away The Player now collects all coins upon slaying the Kraken Balance Cannon weapon projectiles now pierce enemies Sharks damage down from 200 to 90 Barrel Boat knock back reduced from 3 to 1 Submarines now spawn further away Rowboats and Armored Rowboats hp lowered from 100 to 85 UI Damage numbers now show damage take…
- Sea of Survivors sails into Early Access! - 18 October 2023
Ahoy Pirates! Happy to announce Sea of Survivors has entered Early Access! We've been building and playtesting for a long time now, and we're finally ready to open it up to the world. Early Access introduces: 9 new Islands to find 12 new bounties A new secret boss Will your progress from the Demo carry over? Your progress from the demo will continue over as long as: You're playing on the same PC you played the demo on, OR You play on the same PC you played the demo on once, before you start playing on the new PC. What are we doing next? We'll be watching the Steam Community Hub and Sea of Survivors Discord closely for any reported issues. We'll be localizing the game into a few languages. We'll be enabling all the bounties as steam achievements. We'll be routinely shipping new content to find on your voyages. Join the Discord and help shape the future of Sea of Survivors with us! Smooth…
- Watch FoxyFrogYT and NeverNathaniel play Sea of Survivors! - 9 October 2023
Chat with the Developers as we watch NeverNathaniel and FoxyFrogYT try Sea of Survivors during Steam NEXTFEST!
- Watch FoxyFrogYT and NeverNathaniel play Sea of Survivors! - 9 October 2023
Chat with the Developers as we watch NeverNathaniel and FoxyFrogYT try Sea of Survivors during Steam NEXTFEST! You can checkout NeverNathaniel playing a preview build of Sea of Survivors already over on YouTube:
- The Crew System & EA Release Date - 2 October 2023
Ahoy Pirates! We’ve made it! Sea of Survivors is ready for Early Access! On the 18th of October 2023, Sea of Survivors will be available. Get ready to assemble your crew and set sail on a pirate adventure like never before. We want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your unwavering support so far. If you haven’t already, you can Wishlist Sea of Survivors on Steam - it helps us tremendously! If you’d like to join the conversation, we also have an amazing crew of people on Discord - https://discord.gg/d3AvRGP3P3 Crew You can start building your crew right now in the demo, and your pirates will transfer over on release! Recruit and Manage Your Own Crew of Pirates: Hire the best crew for the job and sail with enhanced abilities, but beware, sink your ship and members of your crew will be lost at sea Each pirate you meet has a combination of useful skills as well as their own uniq…
- SHMUP Fest - 25 September 2023
Ahoy Pirates! Thank you everyone for being a part of our journey so far. We’ve just reached a huge milestone with over 7000 demo installs, far beyond what we expected when we set out on our voyage. To celebrate we are joining Steam in presenting the demo of Sea of Survivors as a part of SHMUP fest. Keep your eyes peeled! There's a massive content update just over the horizon, follow the game so you don't miss it. We’ll be announcing the Early Access Release date for Sea of Survivors in the next couple of weeks. If you’d like to get notified when Sea of Survivors enters Early Access, wishlist the game, it helps us A LOT. We also have a Discord community where you can become part of the crew and talk with the developers! Haven’t had a chance to try the demo? Watch Retromation defeat the Kraken!
- DEMO Update - 22 August 2023
Ahoy Pirates! Thanks to everyone that played the demo! The feedback so far has been great. We've just pushed the first update to the demo, the big changes: - Treasures no longer stack (except for weapons) - Treasures that used to stack, now get stronger for each surrounding treasure instead - Tooltips and Keywords for the upgrade system! - You can now click on a just placed treasure to undo the placement - You can now right click after placing a treasure to undo the placement - Doubled the size of the coins We've also fixed a bunch of other minor annoyances. Fair Seas, The Nah Yeah Team
- FREE DEMO AVAILABLE NOW! - 9 August 2023
Ahoy Pirates! We proudly announce that the Sea of Survivors demo is officially live! Embark on the high seas and attempt to survive against a faction of bounty hunters as they chase you to the edge of the known world. Hunt down merchant ships and discover powerful treasures and mysterious curses that will help you on your journey. The demo includes a range of weapons and cursed treasures that let you create a unique build with each run, the shipwright that allows you to spend your plunder and permanently upgrade your ship after every voyage, and a variety of enemies each with unique mechanics and challenges. If you can prove yourself a master of the seas you will have the opportunity to face the Kraken. Can you defeat her? Or will you find yourself in the belly of the beast? Don’t forget to follow and wishlist Sea of Survivors to stay up to date. You can also join the Discord crew and g…
- DEMO Launch Date - 4 August 2023
Ahoy Pirates! On Wednesday, the 9th of August 2023, Sea of Survivors will become available as a demo that will showcase the core mechanics and features of the game. This also gives you an opportunity to share your feedback with the development crew and help shape the game. If you haven’t already, make sure you follow and wishlist Sea of Survivors on Steam. If you’d like to become a part of the community, you can join the crew on Discord here. Happy Sailing, The Nah Yeah team
