Windrose (Early Access Preview)
Do you yearn for the pirate life but the yearning is so strong you can't wait for Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced? Can I interest you in Windrose? A mixture of a fairly run of the mill survival crafting simulator with a pretty decent piratical sailing system, Windrose is surprisingly difficult to stop playing at the end of a session. The introductory cutscene for the game has your ship being boarded by a rival pirate looking to plunder some kind of mystical rock you've just discovered. While most of the game, particularly in the early sections, is grounded in reality, there are fantasy elements scattered throughout. Zombies can be found in some locations and one of the bosses, without spoiling it, definitely has some otherworldly assistance. But the gist of the game will be familiar to you if you have played any of the dozens of other survival-crafting games out there, from Minecraft to Valheim to Enshrouded. You start with nothing and must collect basic sticks and ro...