Seafarer: The Ship Sim

Seafarer: The Ship Sim is the very definition of a mixed bag of an Early Access experience. It’s a game with enormous potential and a solid, addictive simulation core—the kind we’ve been waiting for for years. At the same time, however, it’s a technical mess that’s desperately under-optimized, riddled with bugs, and lacking in basic features and content. Fortunately, the developers are active and promise a robust roadmap of future updates, including new ships and cooperative multiplayer. Buying the game right now is therefore a gamble—an investment in the promise of something that could one day be great, but for now is just a beautiful, albeit leaky, wreck. Still, you can sail somewhere with it.