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Ships and Shanties is a Viking-pirate survival and seafaring adventure. You begin with little, learn to survive a harsh northern coast, craft better tools, build and improve your own ship, and venture into dangerous waters, alone or with friends.

Ships and Shanties is in development. A release date has not been announced yet. Follow the development journal for news as it is confirmed.

A survival, exploration, crafting and shipbuilding game with ship customisation, naval gameplay, trade, quests and cooperative multiplayer, set in a grounded, mythic North Sea world.

While official captures are being published, some pages use illustrative artwork created for this website to show atmosphere and art direction. Illustrative artwork is always labelled and is not gameplay footage.

Gather resources, craft tools and equipment, build up your capabilities, build and customise ships, explore coastlines, islands and ruins, trade and take on quests with NPC settlements and factions, and face the dangers of the sea. The Gameplay page describes each part of the experience.

Yes, and customising your ship is the big selling point. You make a hull at a shipwright table, then build your ship on top of it: every ship has sails and rigging, and the rest is yours to add and change. See the Shipbuilding page for how that journey is described.

The shipwright table comes in tiers, and each tier lets you make bigger and better hulls. They are a feature of the shipwright table, not a game-wide progression system.

Trade, quests, factions and NPC settlements are all part of the design, in a persistent world. Details are not final and will be shared as they are confirmed. The Gameplay page describes each one.

Ships can be equipped for naval activity, including different categories of mounted weapons.

Yes. Cooperative multiplayer is part of the game: you can host a game, invite friends, and join other players.

Joining through Steam and by direct connection are both part of the intended multiplayer experience. Exact steps will be published once the workflow is final.

The design target is up to 16 players, including the host. Full-capacity support is still being tested, so this figure may change.

Windows PC. No other platforms have been announced.

The Steam page is not live yet. Follow the development journal and this site for the announcement.

Pricing has not been announced.

Read the development journal on the News page. Community and social links, and a mailing list, appear on this site as soon as they are available.