Rogue Waters Steam news

• Latest observed players69 · 25 September 2026 - 11:44:03 UTC
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• Review score75% positive
• Total reviews1,254
• Release dateSep 30, 2024
• DeveloperIce Code Games
• PublisherTripwire Presents

Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: Ice Code GamesPublisher: Tripwire Presents

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Rogue Waters Steam news

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Latest Steam announcements

• Rogue Waters 1.0.15.3290 Patch is live! - 25 June 2026

  Pirates, we have push a patch on Steam with other platforms to follow in the near future. This patch includes the following: All achievements now unlockPreviously, achievements outside of act completion were not unlocking consistently. All achievements are now unlockable through gameplay.Achievements do not retroactively unlock.Workshop upgrades are now shown as unlocked immediately upon purchasingPreviously, workshop upgrades would not be unlocked until tabbing away from the menu and back. These upgrades are now shown as unlocked as soon as the currency is spent.Workshop hull upgrade removedPreviously, a non-functional hull upgrade tree was present in the workshop. This has now been removed.Workshop Crew UpgradesPreviously upgrades such as the Sturdy Deck starting module would not function as intended after acquiring them. All Crew upgrades in the Workshop now grant the proper modules…

• [PSA] Rogue Waters - Investigating Your Reports of a Few Upgrades and Modules - 12 June 2026

  Hello Pirates! We interrupt your pillaging and plundering to inform you that we are aware of reports of the following: Hull upgrade system - Workshop (no functionality, placeholder images)Sturdy deck - Ship Module (does not work as intended)Ship upgrades - Workshop (Upgrades not applying immediately, leading to purchasing twice)Achievements (not unlocking for max level specialists)Crew quarters workshop upgrade (does not apply upgrade)We are investigating these reports to deliver fixes and will provide an update in the near future. As always, thanks for your continued support!

• A Storm Is Coming - Announcing The Dead In The Water DLC! - 8 June 2026

  A Storm Is Coming! Prepare to spice up your grog with Dead In The Water, the first DLC release for pirate tactical turn-based roguelite Rogue Waters. This upcoming DLC includes a new storyline, enemies, and an arsenal of new weapons, items, and skills. New Story Campaign!Toxic Glass fumes are forming a dark, unnatural tempest that threatens to spread to every corner of the map, with deadly winds that carry the voices of the dead. Expand the adventures of Captain Cutter as he voyages to the Storming Sea in this terrifying new side story campaign. Play alongside the original campaignNew story eventsNew random events Captain Circe! You'll face a harrowing new boss enemy with undead powers and a burning (and well earned?) desire for revenge against Captain Cutter. Ghosts!These strange new storms bring new enemies to haunt the seas. Their bone-chilling skills are hard to beat. Wraith Wail!Ch…

• Hotfix Patch Live - 6 November 2025

  An update for Rogue Waters just went live.This hotfix addresses a prior Unity vulnerability to ensure a safer and more stable experience for everyone setting sail.

• Sail into the Steam Summer Sale! - 1 July 2025

  The Steam Summer Sale is here! Jump into the water and save 40% on Rogue Waters! Offer ends July 10th!

• Nightmare Frontier Early Access is Live! - 17 June 2025

  There comes a day in every parent's life when the little bird leaves the nest... sigh... no time for sentiment! Nightmare Frontier is entering Early Access, which means even more work lies ahead of us than ever before! 🤠💼 Maybe comparing it to a child leaving home wasn’t the best choice after all… 😅 Alright, now on a more serious note - up until now, your feedback on the demo (here on Steam and on our Discord) has been absolutely invaluable, and we’ve expressed our gratitude many times already. But now… things are getting real! As we’ve mentioned before, our goal has always been to make Nightmare Frontier a True Early Access experience = one that grows and evolves hand-in-hand with our community. To achieve that, we’ll need your feedback more than ever! On every aspect of the game. Your experiences, insights, and suggestions will shape the path forward. To support this, we’re launchi…

• Ice Code Game's Nightmare Frontier Demo is here! - 28 May 2025

  Ice Code Games is bringing you some fantastic news! The NIGHTMARE FRONTIER DEMO is live on Steam for the Steam Next Fest! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3310950/Nightmare_Frontier/ Later this year, the TACTICAL EXTRACTION LOOTER will also LAUNCH INTO EARLY ACCESS!

• Rogue Waters: PC Hotfix Today! - 12 February 2025

  Yo-ho Pirates! We interrupt your daily pillaging to bring you a fix for community reports of Damage debuffs not working as intended. Hotfix 1.0.7.3265: Fixed an issue with abilities not applying -1 Damage debuffs (ie. Steal Strength) Thank you for your continued support, Ice Code Games

• Rogue Waters Developer Live Stream - 4 February 2025

  Come explore the Rogue Waters PC Update with Ice Code Games and Tripwire as they feature the new playable character and new enemy!

• Rogue Waters Update: New Playable Character and New Enemy! - 4 February 2025

  NEW FEATURES https://media.tripwirecdn.com/020425/rwseawitchseawolf.png New Playable Character Sea Witch introduced with two unique Skill Trees (Blessed and Cursed Swap), Blessed Swap - swap places with an ally, on higher levels grant the ally with push immunity and additional Armor, Cursed Swap - swap places with an enemy, on higher levels additionally reduce enemy's Armor, New Enemy New, challenging Enemy introduced, Sea Wolf moves slowly, but his powerful mace strikes deliver devastating damage. Fortunately, the sheer force of his own blow stuns him, leaving him out of action for one turn, Sea Wolf can spawn as an elite unit in any faction on Tier Heroic I or higher, On higher difficulty levels Sea Wolf no longer stuns itself, IMPROVEMENTS Status tooltips moved to Tactical Inspect Mode, BUGFIXES Fixed the issue with Anchor's body collapsing in a different place than suggested by spat…

• Rogue Waters Winter Update Is Out Now! - 19 December 2024

  Yo Ho Ho Ho Pirates! We have exciting news for all you pillaging adventurers! The Winter update is here and ready to sail! NEW FEATURES Skill Tree Armorer - available for Backstabbers, Cooks, Grapplers and Spearmaidens. Armorer units can temporarily increase their Armor and Armor Bash enemies dealing Damage equal to their current Armor value. Items Screaming Head - Create a shockwave that can Push up to 3 opponents at once. Killing an enemy using Screaming Head allows to repeat the attack, Blight burning needle - Deal armor-ignoring Damage equal to the target's Blight level, Bloodletting Needle - Apply 1 Bleeding, Bloodletting Strike - Deal armor-ignoring Damage equal to the target's Bleed level, Titan's Boots - Deal armor-ignoring Damage and Push equal to the wielder's Armor, Amulet of Stealing Armor - Steal 1 Armor point from a target and transfer it to the wielder in 5 cell range. Mo…

• Rogue Waters November Update Is Out Now! - 27 November 2024

  Ahoy Pirates! We have exciting news for all you pillaging adventurers! The November update is here and ready to sail! Second up, new Steam Community Avatars have been added to the list of Rogue Waters Steam Community Items. A few examples are shown off below. There are a total of 18 added so be sure to check out the rest! These are not reliant on opting into the beta and are available for everyone right now. https://media.tripwirecdn.com/112224/rwsteamavatars.png NEW FEATURES Patch Notes for 'Rogue Waters' 1.0.4.3215 Release Date: November 27th 2024 Skill Tree Infester - A new Skill Tree for Musketeer, Backstabber and Spearmaiden applying 'Infested' status - when a character affected by this status dies, they explode in a poisonous burst. Items Life Reaver Knife - A melee attack with a knife. When an opponent is killed by an attack with this weapon, the wielder is fully healed Reaper Pi…

• Rogue Waters First Beta for Early Access to Changes and New Steam Community Item - 22 November 2024

  Ahoy Pirates! We have exciting news for all you pillaging adventurers! Ice Code Games is bringing the first Rogue Waters beta to enthusiastic pirates looking to set sail early into a sea of improvements. We'd love to get your early impressions before the full release. Second up, new Steam Community Avatars have been added to the list of Rogue Waters Steam Community Items. A few examples are shown off below. There are a total of 18 added so be sure to check out the rest! These are not reliant on opting into the beta and are available for everyone right now. https://media.tripwirecdn.com/112224/rwsteamavatars.png IMPORTANT!!!!: This new build of the game for the beta branch does affect current game saves. Players who on the Beta branch and return to Default / Live branch before full release will likely experience progression loss and corruption of their save. As such, WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND…

• Rogue Waters: Demo and Update Out Now! - 6 November 2024

  Captains, This morning you will find a New Demo of Rogue Waters available on Steam! You can also find the change log for today's update to the game below. Improvements Added a Fear tooltip, visible when hovering over the Fear bar with the mouse cursor in Tactical mode. Added an additional Undo keybind under the 4th mouse button. Pirates can now be switched at any point during the player's turn using the Left Mouse Button, as long as they are not a viable target of the currently selected Ability. Cone AoE Abilities like Sword Swing or Sword Sweep can now be targeted at obstacles, as long as there are viable targets within the Ability’s area of effect. The Armor icon next to the targeted unit’s HP bar will flicker on hit, indicating that damage was absorbed. Blackbone can no longer be targeted in Sea Battles. New Difficulty Tiers now unlock faster for players winning on the highest availa…

• Rogue Waters Dev Stream: Exploring Future Updates And New Demo! - 5 November 2024

  Come explore the brand new Rogue Waters Demo with the team from Ice Code Games as they talk about future content and gameplay updates! When: Tomorrow, November 6th at 2pm EST Where: Steam Broadcast Twitch Youtube

• Rogue Waters Steam Community Items are New Treasure for Pirates to Collect! - 23 October 2024

  Hello Pirates, We interrupt your daily pillaging to thank you again for your continued support and wish you the best of luck on the high seas! Keep your eyes or eye, as we know the life of a pirate is rough, open and on the lookout for more news and Rogue Waters discussion from the Ice Code developers. Yesterday, they were back with another insightful stream this week focused on Retaliation Combat tactics. VoDs and replays of the dev stream can be found in the following places: Steam Broadcast Twitch Youtube We are also happy to bring pirates some shiny new loot on Steam! By playing the game on Steam, you’ll soon be able to earn and craft Rogue Waters Steam Community Items. Collect trading cards and craft badges to inspire the admiration and envy of other pirates that lurk the Steam Community waters. Badges Preview (Level 1-5) https://media.tripwirecdn.com/102324/rwallbadges.png https:/…

• Developer Stream: Advanced Combat using Retaliation! - 21 October 2024

  Join the team at Ice Code Games as they explore advanced strategies with Retaliation combat! Starts at 3:00 PM EDT (09:00 PM CEST). We'll be live: Here on Steam Twitch Youtube

• Rogue Waters is a cross between Pirates of the Caribbean, Slay the Spire, and XCOM - 20 October 2024

  Pirates are like vampires—they should make perfect videogame protagonists, but there are only a handful of genuinely good games about them. It's tricky because we want such specific things from them. The ideal pirate game in my head is a raid-and-trade game of battle on the high seas, but also one of portside economic simulation; broadside-maneuvering but also dueling on storm-tossed decks... Read more.

• Rogue Waters Patch Notes for v1.0.2.3161 - 9 October 2024

  Captains, a new patch for Rogue Waters releases today! Improvements Introduced an action availability indicator to indicate characters who have actions left. They now display an arrow icon to the left of their HP bar. Bug Fixes Fixed a softlock that could occur when characters bounce off obstacles. Fixed multiple softlocks caused by character animations. Fixed a delay in the death animation when using the Assassination ability. Fixed an issue causing the Backstabber to die at low HP while using the Assassination ability. Fixed the Call for Rope ability issue that caused the character model to disappear. Fixed Chop III ability order on the action bar. Fixed animation freeze on Grappler when using the Wrestle ability. Mitigated character animation glitches on deployment confirmation. Fixed redundant VFX display issue when using the Kraken Tentacle Slam ability on a 1-cell target. Fixed a…

• Developer Stream: Advanced Class in Spearmaiden - 7 October 2024

  Join the team at Ice Code Games as they explore advanced stratagies with the Spearmaiden class! Starts at 2:00PM EDT (20:00 CEST). We'll be live here on Steam, Twitch and Youtube

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