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CROSSWIND, THE UPCOMING PIRATE SURVIVAL ADVENTURE GAME, REBRANDS AS WINDROSE IN NEW TRAILER

Windrose Crew flies under a new flag at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase with a new gameplay video featuring high-seas combat, exploration and adventure!

TORTUGA – Dec. 4, 2025 – Yo ho, ya scalleywags! Windrose, the upcoming survival pirate adventure game formerly known as Crosswind, released a brand-new trailer during today’s PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase. Development studio Windrose Crew showed off just a taste of the swashbuckling action that players can expect when Windrose releases on Steam, including high-stakes shootouts, intense swordfights, and high-seas shenanigans.

Windrose PC Gaming Show Trailer: YouTube
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Become the most feared raider to ever sail the high seas, solo or with a pack of friends in online co-op. Experience thrilling sea battles and seamless ship-to-land gameplay with a strong focus on exploration, base building, and combat. Face off against formidable enemies and bosses in challenging Souls-lite action, recruit the perfect crew, and become a notorious pirate captain the oceans fear!

Key Features

• A Pirate Tale for the Ages: Welcome to the Age of Piracy! You are a freelance courier betrayed and stranded after a job gone wrong. What starts as a grounded story of survival and revenge will put you in the middle of a conflict between empires, pirate clans and mysterious dark powers looming on the horizon.
   
• Conquer the Seas: Take the helm, blast your enemies with cannons or finish them off in fierce boarding actions. Your adventure traverses sea and land seamlessly: bombard coastal forts from afar or close in and engage in hand-to-hand combat! Command a nimble cutter, an all-rounder frigate, a colossal galleon, and other ships. And don't forget to sing sea shanties with your crew while you travel, on your own or in co-op!
   
• Survive the Onslaught: Windrose is a refined and comprehensive survival experience. Explore vibrant, diverse biomes, gather resources, unleash your creativity in building and crafting, and turn your shelter into a fully operational outpost. Recruit and expand your crew to speed up harvesting and production. You’ll need every advantage to overcome the dangers ahead.
   
• Become the Savviest Swashbuckler: Hack, slash, bash and shoot your way to glory! Master a vast arsenal of melee weapons and firearms, parry and dodge enemy attacks, and make good use of different strikes to gain the upper hand. Put your skills to the test against challenging bosses – defeat them and plunder their treasures!

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About Windrose Crew

Windrose Crew (formerly “Crosswind Crew”) is an experienced team of developers dedicated to bringing the open seas to fans around the world with their upcoming pirate survival adventure game Windrose.

Media Contact

Tony Rivera
Sandbox Strategies for Windrose Crew
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