Windward

Released: May 12, 2015
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 07:40 GMT

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05 Mar 2025Developer post
Captain’s Log: Windward Horizon – February Recap
Ahoy, Captains! February was an exciting month for Windward Horizon, with Steam Next Fest, new patch updates, and an amazing community stepping up to help fellow sailors. Let’s dive into what’s been happening! 🚢 Steam Next Fest & Trailer Windward Horizon made waves during St
Ahoy, Captains!
February was an exciting month for Windward Horizon, with Steam Next Fest, new patch updates, and an amazing community stepping up to help fellow sailors. Let’s dive into what’s been happening!
🚢 Steam Next Fest & Trailer
Windward Horizon made waves during Steam Next Fest, bringing in thousands of new captains eager to set sail. Some key highlights from the event:

We've sailed past 22,500 wishlists, up 7,000 in the past two weeks. 🎊
Over 10,000 players claimed the demo
Over 1,100 unique players connected to the demo server for online play.
Over 1,200 daily active users over the past seven days.
Steam reports an average of over 1,600 daily players during the event.
A huge thank you to everyone who played, shared feedback, and contributed to discussions! If you missed it, here are a few screenshots from one of the battles we fought during the demo:
⚓ Demo Week Patch Highlights
Throughout the month, I've been refining the game with community-driven improvements and fixes. Here’s a breakdown of the biggest updates:
🛠️ Gameplay Improvements & Fixes

Volley can now be aimed manually like mortars (right-click to disable auto-targeting) and always does full damage if it hits.
Accuracy and range mechanics were reworked, making sniper-like Offense builds more viable and removing the 150-yard range cap.
Summoned ally damage, healing, and kills now count towards their summoner’s stats.
UI & Quality of Life Updates

New range and firing arc indicators for abilities and enemy ships.
A UI scaling option was added for 1080p displays to fit more information on the screen.
CTRL+Click on ships to auto-attack on sight, bypassing the conversation dialog.
World & Rewards Adjustments

Diving spots generate floating loot periodically, similar to Windward 1.
Mini-game rewards improved, and "dud" pickups now grant XP.
Provinces now have visible control regions that exert influence on nearby areas, affecting reputation gains. Check with /pressure in chat to see the impact.

🌟 Community Spotlight
A huge shoutout to the players who have gone above and beyond in helping others and keeping the community engaged! This month, we want to recognize: 🏴‍☠️ Sapholin (Sir Pencil), Edwyndham, and Captain Jack – for their constant support in Steam and Discord discussions and answering community questions. 📜 LimDood – for sharing detailed mini-guides that help new captains navigate the game’s mechanics. Your contributions make the Windward Horizon community a better place, and I appreciate everything you do!
🌊 On the Horizon
As we move forward, the plan is to continue and fine-tune gameplay, add more content (like player factions!), and build towards 1.0 Release. If you have feedback or suggestions, be sure to join the discussions on Steam or our Discord server! Thank you for sailing with us! More updates coming soon, and please wishlist the game if you haven't as it helps a lot! ⛵ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2665460/Windward_Horizon/
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21 Feb 2025Developer post
Windward Horizon is sailing into the Steam Next Fest!
This Monday, join your friends in exploring the world of Windward Horizon, a solo dev project and a sequel to fan-favorite Windward! The Demo will be live exclusively during Steam Next Fest! Explore a Vast, Open World You’ll begin as a young, unaffiliated captain in a vast proced
01 Jul 2024Developer post
Windward Horizon: Play Test 2
All Windows and Linux Windward players are invited to try the upcoming sequel, Windward Horizon, for free during the July 5th weekend! Experience the multitude of changes since the May's playtest, including new storylines, rewards, an unlockable faction and ship, new larger proce
13 May 2024Developer post
Windward Horizon Play Test Weekend
As promised last month, the Play Test for the upcoming Windward Horizon game is going to be here this week for you to enjoy. Anyone that owns the original Windward game and doesn't mind running into a few bugs along the way can try the early preview build of Windward Horizon for
18 Apr 2024Developer post
Sequel to Windward coming in 2024!
The wait is nearly over! The long-awaited sequel to Tasharen's Windward, originally released on Steam in 2015, is finally getting a sequel, and it's coming sooner than you think! Windward Horizon aims to improve every aspect of the original, such as adding lore to the game, a rob
16 Aug 2019Developer post
Project 5: Sightseer launched, Windward 2 is next!
I'm happy to announce that today marks the launch day for Tasharen's latest game, Project 5: Sightseer (available here on Steam ). If exploration, resource gathering and base building is your thing, check it out! In other news, Windward is officially getting a sequel! The develop
02 Dec 2018Developer post
BLAST from the PAST! Begins Dec 14th
A little trip back in time for old hats and new come join us on the TASHAREN Community server.
21 Jun 2018Developer post
Pirate 'AAAR!' bundle
Ahoy, Captain! We’re proud to announce that development studios from all over the world have united to offer you the Pirate ‘AAAAR!’ collection, a special bundle of games about pirates! The bundle is available on Steam starting today and last until the 4th of July. The Pirate ‘AA
Ahoy, Captain! We’re proud to announce that development studios from all over the world have united to offer you the Pirate ‘AAAAR!’ collection, a special bundle of games about pirates! The bundle is available on Steam starting today and last until the 4th of July. The Pirate ‘AAAAR!’ bundle contains three games that are going to be your ultimate journey into the world of pirates. As you navigate the dangerous waters you won’t just catch up with merchants, but you will encounter fellow pirates, terrible mythical monsters and other dangers of the sea. Purchase the bundle now and save 10% on each of these great games on top of the Summer Sale discount!

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Sid Meier's Pirates!
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18 Nov 2017Developer post
Project 5: Sightseer is almost here!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you guys again for being supportive of Tasharen's latest game -- Project 5: Sightseer . Since the original announcement just over a year ago we've had 3 open play test weekends where many of you got to play the free prototype, as pro
18 Nov 2017Developer post
Project 5: Sightseer is almost here!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you guys again for being supportive of Tasharen's latest game -- Project 5: Sightseer . Since the original announcement just over a year ago we've had 3 open play test weekends where many of you got to play the free prototype, as pro
02 Jun 2017Developer post
Project 5: Sightseer is open to all Windward players this weekend!
Interested in checking out the next game Tasharen is working on? You can do that for free this weekend! Right-click Windward in your Steam library, Properties, Betas, and choose "sightseer_weekend_2" from the drop-down. Let it download, then launch Windward and you will be playin
02 Jun 2017Developer post
Project 5: Sightseer is open to all Windward players this weekend!
Interested in checking out the next game Tasharen is working on? You can do that for free this weekend! Right-click Windward in your Steam library, Properties, Betas, and choose "sightseer_weekend_2" from the drop-down. Let it download, then launch Windward and you will be playin
28 Dec 2016Developer post
Project 5: Sightseer has been officially Greenlit!
I have no words... I'm blown away by everyone's support for the game that let it get noticed so quickly. I expected it to take a few months... but just under a week? You guys are amazing!
28 Dec 2016Developer post
Project 5: Sightseer has been officially Greenlit!
I have no words... I'm blown away by everyone's support for the game that let it get noticed so quickly. I expected it to take a few months... but just under a week? You guys are amazing!
24 Dec 2016Developer post
Sightseer Pre-Alpha Weekend is Live
Edit: Play test ended on the 26th of December. Thank you everyone for the awesome feedback! Until then, please vote for the project on Greenlight to help! As promised (and a bit delayed due to a curious buuuug), the Project 5: Sightseer pre-alpha play test for you Windward player
24 Dec 2016Developer post
Sightseer Pre-Alpha Weekend is Live
Edit: Play test ended on the 26th of December. Thank you everyone for the awesome feedback! Until then, please vote for the project on Greenlight to help! As promised (and a bit delayed due to a curious buuuug), the Project 5: Sightseer pre-alpha play test for you Windward player
22 Dec 2016Developer post
W2 has a name: Sightseer, and you can play it this weekend!
Yup. It's true! W2 is now known as Project 5: Sightseer, and is now one of the games on Greenlight: All existing Windward players that are interested will be able to play Sightseer this weekend right after FatPlanetEntertainment's stream of the game, countdown for which will begi
22 Dec 2016Developer post
W2 has a name: Sightseer, and you can play it this weekend!
Yup. It's true! W2 is now known as Project 5: Sightseer, and is now one of the games on Greenlight: All existing Windward players that are interested will be able to play Sightseer this weekend right after FatPlanetEntertainment's stream of the game, countdown for which will begi
02 Oct 2016Developer post
Windward... 2?
It's no secret at this point that I've been busy working on the followup game to Windward for the past several months. Windward was an excellent project to work on, but I feel like it has achieved what I had in mind for it: a multiplayer action game set in the Age of Sail meant t
02 Oct 2016Developer post
Windward... 2?
It's no secret at this point that I've been busy working on the followup game to Windward for the past several months. Windward was an excellent project to work on, but I feel like it has achieved what I had in mind for it: a multiplayer action game set in the Age of Sail meant t

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Updates & announcements

Captain’s Log: Windward Horizon – February Recap

Ahoy, Captains!

🚢 Steam Next Fest & Trailer

⚓ Demo Week Patch Highlights

🛠️ Gameplay Improvements & Fixes

UI & Quality of Life Updates

World & Rewards Adjustments

🌟 Community Spotlight

🌊 On the Horizon

Windward Horizon is sailing into the Steam Next Fest!

Explore a Vast, Open World

Solo and Co-op are available from the get-go!

Your Ship, Your Rules!

Your Actions Shape the World

Play the Demo During Steam Next Fest!

Windward Horizon: Play Test 2

Windward Horizon Play Test Weekend

Sequel to Windward coming in 2024!

Project 5: Sightseer launched, Windward 2 is next!

BLAST from the PAST! Begins Dec 14th

Pirate 'AAAR!' bundle

Project 5: Sightseer is almost here!

Project 5: Sightseer is almost here!

Project 5: Sightseer is open to all Windward players this weekend!

Project 5: Sightseer is open to all Windward players this weekend!

Project 5: Sightseer has been officially Greenlit!

Project 5: Sightseer has been officially Greenlit!

Sightseer Pre-Alpha Weekend is Live

Sightseer Pre-Alpha Weekend is Live

W2 has a name: Sightseer, and you can play it this weekend!

W2 has a name: Sightseer, and you can play it this weekend!

Windward... 2?

Windward... 2?