Maelstrom

Maelstrom (2019)

Gunpowder Games, Inc. · September 20, 2019 · Free to Play, Pirates, Battle Royale, Naval, Sailing

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Very Positive83% · 2,581
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Maelstrom price

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About Maelstrom

✦ AI summary

Captain an Orc, Dwarf, or Human warship and battle rival players across the monster-infested Abyssal Ocean in tactical naval combat with physics-based cannon fire, ramming, boarding, and strategic armor positioning. Sink enemies, plunder treasure, outmaneuver deadly sea creatures, and upgrade your unique ship with new captains, cannons, and crew as you climb the ranks in this free-to-play multiplayer seafarer.

Command the seas in Maelstrom! Engage in fast-paced naval battles with powerful warships and colossal sea monsters. Customize your fleet and dominate the Abyssal Ocean. Are you ruthless enough to survive?

Maelstrom — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Online co-op
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Maelstrom is a fun and accessible pirate naval game with quick matches that players find enjoyable, though it's currently in flux under new developer management. The main complaints center on low player population making it hard to find matches, matchmaking bugs, and save/reward system issues that need fixing. Most active players are on the development server, and the community recommends checking the Discord for updates on the game's progress.

Recommended Feb 27, 2026
In a state of flux under new developer but a great, fun, easy to learn game with quick matches. Most players currently playing on the development server which you can choose in settings. Hit up their Discord for the latest.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 14, 2026
Jogo parece ser divertido mas não encontrei ninguém online, jogo está morto.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 11, 2026
Pretty fun pirate naval game.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended May 2, 2026
Did not like the game but yet this unknown ass company still did an infinitely better job than big boy goobisoft with the trash that is skull and bones. Congrats on that at least.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 15, 2026
This free to play visual novel with adventure and roleplaying game (RPG) elements by NLB project features two short stories in Am I a Monster and Return of Red Riding Hood, New Adventures. In Am I a Monster, it features an unnamed male protagonist who has suddenly turned into a wolf and is hunted by fearful townspeople and police officers. The protagonist (the player) must decide what to kill and to eat as he gradually becomes more attuned as a wolf or retains his human form. In Return of Red Riding Hood, New Adventures, it continues with a parody of the classic children's fairy tale where the mother of the same unnamed girl in NLB project's earlier game Return of Red Riding Hood Enhanced Edition tries to tell a bedtime story of Little Red Riding Hood to her daughter to get her to sleep at night. As a young teenage girl Little Red Riding Hood, she lives with her mother and receives a task by her mother to gather ingredients to make a basket of sorrel, ham or cottage cheese pastries to deliver to her grandmother who is a forester and lives alone in a cottage inside a forest. After making the pastries, the game will transition to the visual novel part of the game where Red Riding H…
1 found this helpful
Recommended May 25, 2026
match making appears bugged, have to reset the game after every run to do gauntlet. only a portion of the rewards are being saved. i just smash an easy 25k plus 20k from completing missions and i was only able to spend 10 and after waiting awhile and resetting the game i have less than what i did when i closed the game. save profile needs work and guidelines.

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