Windrose Sells 500,000 Copies in 48 Hours at $26.99 Early Access Price

Windrose sold more than 500,000 copies in its first 48 hours after launching into Steam Early Access on Apr. 14, 2026. Kraken Express posted the milestone on Steam News and said the game had also hit nearly 100,000 concurrent players the previous day. Steam’s store data lists the Windows PC game at $29.99, discounted 10% to $26.99 during launch. The r/pcgaming post had 744 points and 231 comments at crawl time.

Sales and Store Data

The Steam News post is dated Thu, April 16, 2026 at 10:05 AM GMT and directly frames the result as 500,000 copies sold in 48 hours. It also says the studio is working on the next hotfix update, expected Friday. The Steam app page describes Windrose as a PvE survival adventure built around land and sea combat, solo or co-op play, building, crafting, open-world exploration, boss fights, and ship command.

Kraken Express is listed as developer. Publishing is credited to Kraken Express and Pocketpair Publishing (Japan). Steam genres include Action, Adventure, RPG, and Early Access, while the category list includes Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing.

Thread Reaction

The r/pcgaming thread treated the number as meaningful but not settled proof of staying power. One high-scoring commenter said the game looked good but familiar next to other survival games. Another said the early hours were enjoyable. A third raised the standard Early Access concern: whether the developer will keep supporting it after the first sales wave.

That makes the next update cycle important. Windrose already has launch demand, a discounted $26.99 entry price, and a large concurrent-player claim from the developer. The harder test is whether Kraken Express can turn the Friday hotfix and later patches into retention before the Early Access survival audience moves to the next release.