AHOY Explained: What to Know About the Ultra-Realistic 16-Player Pirate Game

by Fernando Diaz / Articles, Editorials, Upcoming Games / 16 Jun 2025

Sailing the high seas as part of a tightly-run disciplined crew — that’s the way Capstan Games wants you to experience Ahoy in all its lovely detailed goodness. However, for those of us who’ve played enough co-op games… we know the real experience will involve one person steering you into a rock while another tries to fire a cannon at a particularly annoying seagull.

The 16-Player Crew

This isn’t just a party system — it’s the whole point of the game. Players will take on officer roles to make command decisions, but you’ll also be managing a crew of AI sailors who do the more grunt-work style tasks. This means your job isn’t just to fire a cannon but to make sure the right people are in the right place at the right time. The potential for perfectly-executed maneuvers — and catastrophic, hilarious failures — is massive.

First-Person Combat

Unlike games where you command from a bird’s-eye view, you’re on the deck in the middle of the action. This means you’ll have to account for the wind, watch your ammunition and coordinate with your crew in real-time. It also includes hand-to-hand combat for when you inevitably get close enough to board another ship. This seems designed to make every battle feel frantic & personal, where your individual skill actually matters.

Hardcore Historical Accuracy

The developers are leaning heavily into realism. We’re talking ships built from actual historical blueprints and an obsessive attention to detail -> in practice this means the game will likely have a steep learning curve: you’ll probably have to learn real sailing terminology & techniques to be effective. For history nerds, this is a dream come true. For everyone else, it means you probably shouldn’t skip the tutorial…

So what can you do right now??

Since Ahoy isn’t out yet — and there’s no devmode to mess with — your options are a bit more limited. However you can still get involved:

Wishlist it on Steam: This is the most important one… For an indie developer, wishlists are a huge indicator of interest that helps them with visibility on the platform. Think of it as casting a vote for “yes, please make this wildly ambitious game.”

Join the Discord: If you want to follow development more closely, the official Discord server is the place to be. You can see updates as they happen and get a feel for the community that’s building around the game…

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Fernando Diaz

Fernando is doing what he always did, sharing his honest opinions about games whenever he can. The difference is now he is writing and not talking about it.
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Tags:AHOY, Capstan Games, Pirate Games

The 16-Player Crew

First-Person Combat

Hardcore Historical Accuracy

So what can you do right now??

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