Nantucket

Released: Jan 18, 2018
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 09:26 GMT

Updates & announcements

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27 Sep 2019Developer post
Hotfix for Nantucket 1.4
Ahoy there, We just released an hotfix for the version 1.4 of Nantucket , it's a minor patch following the feedback received after the release of the DLC Masters of the Seven Seas . Here is the change log: * Mac version now supports both 32 and 64 bit CPUs * Fixed rare glitchy ma
16 Sep 2019Developer post
Patch 1.4 now live with our latest DLC: Masters of the Seven Seas
Ahoy there! We are really happy to announce the release of patch 1.4 together with the launch of our latest DLC: Masters of the Seven Seas . Masters of the Seven Seas introduces the Challenge Mode , a new game mode set in a new cylindrical map of the whole world with randomized w
Ahoy there! We are really happy to announce the release of patch 1.4 together with the launch of our latest DLC: Masters of the Seven Seas. Masters of the Seven Seas introduces the Challenge Mode, a new game mode set in a new cylindrical map of the whole world with randomized whaling areas, new cities to visit and new events. Choose your captain among the 10 historical whalers available and compete against the others to become the most renowned whaling master. More information about the DLC can be found here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084060/Nantucket__Masters_of_the_Seven_Seas/ Patch 1.4 introduces a couple of features requested during these months, together with a few fixes. Here is the complete changelog:

Added “Challenge Mode” for Masters of the Seven Seas DLC.
Added 100+ new Events.
Implemented Events triggering by entering a city.
Changed behaviour of Resuscitation command in combat, it now heals a mate even if he is not dead.
Added crew renaming, a button is now available in every hired character sheet to rename them (during the navigation).
Added “Playlist mode” for Sea Shanties, the sea shanties can now be played in a specific order instead of following gameplay rules.
Added “Reset Achievements” button in Options menu, if you want to have new games with achievements to unlock. This action is irreversible.
Fixed delivery quests disappearing and keeping the space occupied in the hold bug.
Increased the rewards for minor quests.
To celebrate the release of the DLC, the game will be 66% off all week long, the DLC Songs of the Braves 25% off and Masters of the Seven Seas will have a 10% launch discount. Thank you all for your support!
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23 May 2019Developer post
Announcing Masters of the Seven Seas!
Ahoy there, we are happy to announce our next DLC for Nantucket, Masters of the Seven Seas, coming this summer. Masters of the Seven Seas introduces the Challenge Mode, a new game mode set in a new cylindrical map of the whole world with randomized whaling areas, new cities to vi
04 Jan 2019Developer post
Nantucket in Kotaku's "Top 10 Games of 2018"
We are proud to announce that we have been nominated by Kotaku's managing director Riley MacLeod in his "Top 10 Games of 2018" list. We also had other nominations: Top 5 Strategy Games by thehistoricalgamer Top Indie Games of 2018 by Nookrium MsStandart favourite games of 2018 My
12 Nov 2018Developer post
Nantucket: Songs of the Braves DLC is out now
Ahoy there! As anticipated with the latest patch log, we just released the first DLC for Nantucket, Songs of the Braves . Songs of the Braves adds 10 new sea shanties to Nantucket, bringing more than 30 minutes of additional music to enhance players experience while sailing the s
10 Nov 2018Developer post
Patch 1.3 is out! More to come.
Ahoy there, here we are with patch 1.3, a small update to solve a couple of issues and add some additional materials. Fixes: * Fixed block on early game loading on lower end machines * Fixed auto combat saving the last used deployment set Additions: * Added a night version to all
15 Aug 2018Announcement
Daily Deal - Nantucket, 33% Off
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14 Aug 2018Developer post
Patch 1.2 out! The game is now available on Mac and Linux.
Ahoy there! After a long beta test phase, patch 1.2 is officially out. The biggest change introduced by this update is the support for Mac OS and Linux. In addition to that, major updates included in this patch are a complete rework of the scenes loading system, improving loading
Ahoy there! After a long beta test phase, patch 1.2 is officially out. The biggest change introduced by this update is the support for Mac OS and Linux. In addition to that, major updates included in this patch are a complete rework of the scenes loading system, improving loading time by 75%, and the introduction of a new background image for each city, giving them a unique feeling. Here is the list of changes contained in this update: Features:

Implemented compatibility with Mac and Linux
Added possibility to toggle controller support
Implemented customization of controller key mappings
Added difficulty panel in Character Creation
Changes:

Improved loading times
Added a new background image to each city in order to have them unique.
Fixes:

Fixed "Quest Completed" window appearing during combat and blocking the game, during Kahekili and Bass final quests
Fixed Game Over not appearing when losing in Main Quest 9
Fixed block on loading a game from the same scene
Fixed seadog save files not appearing in the load screen
Fixed graphical glitches on the first few frames after loading
Minor fixes in event tooltips
Fixed quest text of a non-whaling area discovered
Fixed wrong "Crew healed" notification when entering the port, when the crew had only maimed men
Fixed music overlapping after the tutorial
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05 Apr 2018Developer post
Mac and Linux versions now in beta, more to come.
Ahoy there! Mac and Linux versions of the game are now in beta and we are looking for testers. In case you are interested, please write us a mail at [email protected] specifying: - Hardware specifications - Operating System name and version - Steam username and account pa
05 Apr 2018Developer post
Mac and Linux versions now in beta, more to come.
Ahoy there! Mac and Linux versions of the game are now in beta and we are looking for testers. In case you are interested, please write us a mail at [email protected] specifying: - Hardware specifications - Operating System name and version - Steam username and account pa
15 Mar 2018Developer post
Patch 1.1 out!
Ahoy there! After 10 days of beta testing, patch 1.1 is officially out. Here are the changes contained in this update: Implemented a Fast Combat Animations option to speed up combat animations. The option can be found in the game settings and it has to be activated, since the def
Ahoy there! After 10 days of beta testing, patch 1.1 is officially out. Here are the changes contained in this update:

Implemented a Fast Combat Animations option to speed up combat animations. The option can be found in the game settings and it has to be activated, since the default option is “off” to help new players understanding what’s going on.
Added a separated volume slider for sea shanties and an option to disable them, since now they keep playing till the end and maybe some people would not enjoy it.
Implemented Controller support
Added the option to not pause and mute the game when tabbing out. This could be useful if you play the game in window mode or while doing something else.
Added “Take All” button in Post Combat interface
Added damage to the Tusk Strike attack of the narwhals, since the “bandages” ability was making them too easy to hunt.
Changed hunt risk formula to increase chance to have a low risk hunt
Added tool tip informing the user about the risks of automatic combat, now you know the chance to lose a man
Decreased chance to lose men during automatic combat. By investing in harpoon technology and good hunters you can have “0% chance to lose a man” automatic hunts
Changed de rerum animalia skill effect (now all the sea creatures cards are played face up, not just the ones attacking the whaleboat)
Decreased difficulty of combats in Main Quest 1
Shanties are no longer stopped by entering a city, quest events or combats, they keep playing till their end. They are still stopped by cut scenes.
Changed sleeping days of events in order to reduce events recurrence
Increased prices of large ships, since moving from a medium ship to a large ship was too fast.
Decreased price of small ships (not the base one)
Changed crew lay to decrease lay pressure in the end game
Reduced effect of the traits greedy/generous (just for crew members)
Fixed rare block in combat during the tutorial
Fixed attack commands doing negative damage (= healing the target)
Fixed Butcher skill not giving bonus on extracted blubber
Fixed weak and strong traits adding bonus damage also to non-weak men
Fixed Stray Bullet random condition adding Bleeding only for one turn
Fixed “In Vivo Testing” skill giving XP bonus only to the character, not to the whole whaleboat
Fixed wrong XP bonus given in some cases
Fixed safe docks disappearing when the crew was losing men with “Safe Docking” skill
Increased influence radius of non-main quests
Fixed wrong sea names in Whaling Area quests
Fixed pirates chasing ship for long distances
Fixed pirates waiting for the player exiting the harbor
Fixed wrong quest description when completing a whaling area quest
Fixed typos in events
Fixed typo in Main Quest 1 description
Fixed text in Main Quest 2 description
Fixed typo in post quest interface for main quest 7
Fixed Main Quest 3, where a particular set of choices gave you no chance to fight Diabolito
Fixed events in storm areas not checking who is at the helm to properly trigger
Minor gameplay fixes in events
Fixed typo in final credits subtitles
Fixed typo in Unstoppable combat ability description
Fixed event with merchant ship, in which you were losing money and barrels buying grog
Fixed trivial quests options not considering the captain “resuscitation” skill
Fixed captain xp bar showing wrong fill ratio
Fixed black market skills affecting also Merchant’s selling prices
Changed cannon compartment name to simply “cannon”
Fixed a few typos in newspaper headlines
Fixed yearly autosave not working
Fixed tooltips of Generous and Greedy traits
Fixed morale bonus for captain’s Xenophilous trait
Fixed a few typos in interfaces
Our next step is working on Mac and Linux versions of the game. If you are interested in partecipating to the beta for those two versions, write us at [email protected]
Original post
15 Mar 2018Developer post
Patch 1.1 out!
Ahoy there! After 10 days of beta testing, patch 1.1 is officially out. Here are the changes contained in this update: Implemented a Fast Combat Animations option to speed up combat animations. The option can be found in the game settings and it has to be activated, since the def
Ahoy there! After 10 days of beta testing, patch 1.1 is officially out. Here are the changes contained in this update:

Implemented a Fast Combat Animations option to speed up combat animations. The option can be found in the game settings and it has to be activated, since the default option is “off” to help new players understanding what’s going on.
Added a separated volume slider for sea shanties and an option to disable them, since now they keep playing till the end and maybe some people would not enjoy it.
Implemented Controller support
Added the option to not pause and mute the game when tabbing out. This could be useful if you play the game in window mode or while doing something else.
Added “Take All” button in Post Combat interface
Added damage to the Tusk Strike attack of the narwhals, since the “bandages” ability was making them too easy to hunt.
Changed hunt risk formula to increase chance to have a low risk hunt
Added tool tip informing the user about the risks of automatic combat, now you know the chance to lose a man
Decreased chance to lose men during automatic combat. By investing in harpoon technology and good hunters you can have “0% chance to lose a man” automatic hunts
Changed de rerum animalia skill effect (now all the sea creatures cards are played face up, not just the ones attacking the whaleboat)
Decreased difficulty of combats in Main Quest 1
Shanties are no longer stopped by entering a city, quest events or combats, they keep playing till their end. They are still stopped by cut scenes.
Changed sleeping days of events in order to reduce events recurrence
Increased prices of large ships, since moving from a medium ship to a large ship was too fast.
Decreased price of small ships (not the base one)
Changed crew lay to decrease lay pressure in the end game
Reduced effect of the traits greedy/generous (just for crew members)
Fixed rare block in combat during the tutorial
Fixed attack commands doing negative damage (= healing the target)
Fixed Butcher skill not giving bonus on extracted blubber
Fixed weak and strong traits adding bonus damage also to non-weak men
Fixed Stray Bullet random condition adding Bleeding only for one turn
Fixed “In Vivo Testing” skill giving XP bonus only to the character, not to the whole whaleboat
Fixed wrong XP bonus given in some cases
Fixed safe docks disappearing when the crew was losing men with “Safe Docking” skill
Increased influence radius of non-main quests
Fixed wrong sea names in Whaling Area quests
Fixed pirates chasing ship for long distances
Fixed pirates waiting for the player exiting the harbor
Fixed wrong quest description when completing a whaling area quest
Fixed typos in events
Fixed typo in Main Quest 1 description
Fixed text in Main Quest 2 description
Fixed typo in post quest interface for main quest 7
Fixed Main Quest 3, where a particular set of choices gave you no chance to fight Diabolito
Fixed events in storm areas not checking who is at the helm to properly trigger
Minor gameplay fixes in events
Fixed typo in final credits subtitles
Fixed typo in Unstoppable combat ability description
Fixed event with merchant ship, in which you were losing money and barrels buying grog
Fixed trivial quests options not considering the captain “resuscitation” skill
Fixed captain xp bar showing wrong fill ratio
Fixed black market skills affecting also Merchant’s selling prices
Changed cannon compartment name to simply “cannon”
Fixed a few typos in newspaper headlines
Fixed yearly autosave not working
Fixed tooltips of Generous and Greedy traits
Fixed morale bonus for captain’s Xenophilous trait
Fixed a few typos in interfaces
Our next step is working on Mac and Linux versions of the game. If you are interested in partecipating to the beta for those two versions, write us at [email protected]
Original post
04 Mar 2018Developer post
Patch and additional versions update
Ahoy there! First of all, thank you all. In these past weeks your feedback/suggestions helped us a lot to decide the first steps to take in order to improve Nantucket. Our first patch is now in beta, you can try it out right now, helping us to spot potential new bugs created by t
04 Mar 2018Developer post
Patch and additional versions update
Ahoy there! First of all, thank you all. In these past weeks your feedback/suggestions helped us a lot to decide the first steps to take in order to improve Nantucket. Our first patch is now in beta, you can try it out right now, helping us to spot potential new bugs created by t
23 Feb 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
The Flare Path: Waives and Waves
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09 Feb 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
The Flare Path: Rubber & Blubber
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02 Feb 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
The Flare Path: Thar She Blows!
Half Moby Dick, half Sunless Sea, Nantucket sweats Nineteenth Century nautical drama the way the Charles W. Morgan to this very day sweats Nineteenth Century whale oil. Picaresque’s failure to recreate whaling’s most telling/pathetic scenes (The hopeless marguerite … the confused
26 Jan 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
The Flare Path: Jets, Jungle, and Jack Yards
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19 Jan 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
The Flare Path: Catch of the Day
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19 Jan 2018Product Release
Now Available on Steam - Nantucket, 10% off!
Nantucket is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off!* Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few

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Now Available on Steam - Nantucket, 10% off!