SHIPS AT WAR

Ships At War entered Early Access on August 5, 2021 as a solo-developed naval sandbox game. The developer, Julian, posted regular patch notes and updates through 2021 and into 2022, adding ships, weapons, physics improvements, and gameplay systems at a consistent pace. On May 30, 2022, the developer published an important update to the game's direction. Multiplayer — the original core feature — was scrapped due to technical constraints, and a planned DLC and mod support were also removed from the roadmap. Instead, the developer refocused on polishing the game, adding new weapon types, and expanding the ship roster, with a stated goal of releasing the game out of Early Access in Q4 2022. Development continued after that announcement, with further feature patches and bug fixes arriving through early 2023. The last recorded update was a hotfix on January 16, 2023. Since January 16, 2023, no further updates, patch notes, blog posts, or communications have been posted by the developer. The promised Q4 2022 Early Access graduation did not happen, and no explanation or revised timeline has been provided. The game remains in Early Access on Steam with no 1.0 launch announced. Given over three years of silence following an active development period, the current state of the project is unclear.