Age of Water

Age of Water

Released Jan 2025

Age of Water is an online adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean and reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.

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Evaluation

Age of Water graduated from Early Access on January 16, 2025 with the "Beyond the Waves" update, which introduced PvP modes, new bosses, a new quest line, and tier-6 weapons. The developer confirmed this as the official 1.0 release. Since launch, the game has maintained a high-frequency update cadence throughout 2025 and into 2026: on-foot island exploration was added in March 2025, a major "Storm Tuning" overhaul (new ships, weapons, energy system rework) shipped in June 2025, new flamethrower weapons and Atman fleet quest lines arrived in August 2025, additional interface and quest fixes followed in September 2025, and as recently as August 27, 2026, the developer shipped a substantial feature update introducing the foundation of a clan system, shared walking locations with other players, cooperative walking combat at the Volcano, a quest party finder, and overhauled cooperative reward systems. Crucially, the August 27, 2026 update post explicitly states that clan activities, ways to earn clan currency, clan-related rewards, and expanded clan capacity are all planned for "later stages of the system's development," and that walking mode will receive "new quests, equipment, weapons, and cooperative gameplay options." This is a direct developer statement of future content being in development. The developer has shown no signs of winding down support and has actively communicated ongoing plans as of August 27, 2026.
Evidence
Update 1.0.177.3855 shipped on August 27, 2026 adding the foundation of a clan system, shared walking locations, cooperative Volcano combat, and a quest party finder. The post explicitly states clan activities, clan rewards, and expanded walking mode content (new quests, equipment, weapons, and co-op options) are planned for future development stages.
news post · Aug 27, 2026 source content planned
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Update added a new Atman fleet quest line, three new flamethrower weapons, and multiple balance adjustments.
news post · Aug 12, 2025 source content shipped
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Details

Publisher
Gaijin Network Ltd
Achievements
12
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

Become a sea captain on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water and go on an adventure in a huge open world. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean, reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.

Water post-apocalypse

The ocean destroyed a once great civilization, but people survived and adapted. They built settlements on the roofs of tall buildings and the tops of other man-made structures. People travel across the ocean in tiny boats and huge combat vessels. The ocean provides everything they need, including extractable resources on the seabed. And yet, the dream of real land is still alive.

True open world

Explore the world at your own pace, discover new settlements and meet their inhabitants. Complete tasks, search for and extract valuable resources from the bottom of the ocean, earn money on trade or simply sell the artifacts you have obtained, and when you get the idea of how this world works, build your own base.

Hundreds of unique ships

Build boats from scratch or modify existing ones. Players have access to dozens of hulls and hundreds of parts, from which they can assemble anything ranging from a small boat to a hefty vessel 30 meters long, and then install equipment, armor and weapons. It’s important not to forget to gather a team of good crewmembers so that there is someone to stand behind machine guns and cannons or do other work on board.

Fierce naval battles

Pirates are always waiting for you at sea, and in some cases more aggressive players even start to chase you, so do not forget to install enough guns on your deck. You can destroy an enemy vessel, or you can capture it in battle and take it for yourself forever. Adventures might also get you into storming enemy fortresses and defending allied settlements!

Personal naval base

This shelter is reliably protected from enemies, and it allows a player to organize the production of everything that the captain may need on it. Build factories for the production of equipment, weapons, hulls for boats of all sizes, as well as the necessary resources.

Flexible balance between PvE and PvP

At first, you will only meet computer opponents, but later you can challenge other players if you are confident enough in your skills and gear. Always be on the lookout: if your task is to transport illegal goods, then other players may well take the quest to hunt smugglers. In Age of Water, everyone decides for themself who they are today - a peaceful traveler or a bloodthirsty pirate.

Last evaluated Aug 28, 2026
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