Windrose was one of the biggest success stories of the latest Steam Next Fest, and now it turns out the wait for more will be very short. Windrose Crew has confirmed that the pirate survival action RPG will enter Early Access on April 14.

A lot of demos drew attention during the latest Steam Next Fest, but Windrose stood out in a much louder way than most. Its demo alone reached 22,396 concurrent players, which is already the kind of number that suggests something bigger than routine festival curiosity. After that surge, the developers initially asked for patience and said they wanted enough time to keep polishing their high-seas adventure. It now turns out that the extra wait will be minimal, because the Early Access launch is almost here.

The announcement carries even more weight because, according to Windrose Crew, the game has now passed 1,500,000 wishlists worldwide. That is the sort of figure that pushes a project beyond the label of merely promising and into the territory of real market pressure. So the next question is not only whether the Early Access build is in strong enough shape, but also whether the excitement generated by the demo can translate into a lasting player base once people finally get their hands on the full work-in-progress version.

It is not hard to understand why the game caught on so quickly. Windrose is pitched as a pirate action-adventure survival RPG with fantasy elements and an open world, mixing ship navigation, naval battles, base building, and third-person combat with a stronger focus on exploration. The developers also promise procedurally generated biomes, more than 100 hand-crafted dungeons, and content that can be tackled solo or in co-op, all inside a setting shaped by colonial empires and supernatural forces. In other words, Windrose is not just selling pirate atmosphere, but a fairly dense package of systems built around sailing, survival, combat, and darker fantasy themes.

Source: 3DJuegos