Abandon Ship
Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all…
Abandon Ship is an adventure developed by Fireblade Software, released 22 October 2019 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Linux. It currently starts at $2.49 at IndieGala.
What Abandon Ship is
Abandon Ship is an adventure game developed by Fireblade Software and released in 2019. It was published by Dear Villagers. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2017.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Abandon Ship is a strategy video game developed by Fireblade Software and published 2018 for Windows and in 2019 for Mac and Linux by Plug In Digital. Set in the Age of Sail, the player manages a ship's crew as they explore the ocean and fight other ships and mythological monsters. Development of Abandon Ship was led by Gary Burchall, a former member of Climax Studios. The game received average to mixed reviews from critics, with many reviewers comparing it with the 2012 game FTL: Faster Than Light.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 87 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Abandon Ship holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 19 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.2GHz Processor, 4 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 6000 or equivalent. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.49 at IndieGala, 90% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Abandon Ship launched on 22 October 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium and Persona 5 Royal. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding, The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Abandon Ship yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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