Age of Water News

Arrr, seafarers and adventure seekers! Age of Water is joining the grand pirate event as part of the "Pirates vs Ninjas" festival and we’re inviting you to embark on an epic maritime odyssey.

Our world, full of valor and dangers, awaits you. A sea of opportunities, freedom, and adventures lies ahead!



And what adventure would be complete without pirates? Bold and open to the challenges of fate, they always remain at the forefront of maritime history. The Jolly Roger emerging from the horizon transformed seasoned sea wolves into frightened landlubbers, but certainly not you, esteemed captains!



Add Age of Water to your Steam wishlist now and get ready to set sail. Exciting battles and impressive victories await you in the struggle for glory and treasure! All aboard, towards the high seas and amazing discoveries!

Inhabitants of the water world know one thing for sure: your boat is your home, craft shop and war fortress which are always with you. Meaning, there is no simple answer to the question “which boat is the best?” It must fit your personal needs and preferences and help to solve your tasks. You are the captain - you decide what your boat is.

Age of Water gives you the ability to enjoy a broad choice of options while constructing and upgrading your boat and its components tailoring them to your needs.



From the hull plating where selecting materials based on their weight and strength affects speed and durability, to selecting the exact deck layout. Where will the steering column be? How is the captain or gunner protected from the occasional bullet? How many pumps will give you needed safety? What cover can your crew use while under fire? Should you raise the gun position to shoot above the waves or is it better to keep a low profile? What guns and other weaponry can you use in general… Oh, and how can you provide enough power for all of it! You have a pretty infinite number of choices.

While discovering and obtaining new equipment and extracting artifacts from the old civilization, you can upgrade and reconfigure your ship anytime you like to adjust it to your current crew and missions. Who said that half of a school bus is junk? It can make a great and safe wheelhouse!

Any suitable object from your inventory can be located on the ship’s structure using the possible 14 mounting points using the placement grid, sometimes even one object over another to create a superstructure!



Also, you can collect and recycle different wreckage and trash to stockpile useful materials for repair works and additional protection elements to the construction.

Last but not least, don't forget how it looks! The ocean likes tidiness and your boat is like a woman - it needs care and a nice look! Assemble a beautiful and practical vessel, and it will help carry you through all the adventure throws at you!

Last week we announced to you, the estimated dates when Age of Water will be available for purchase on Steam. This wonderful news raised several related questions, which we plan to regularly collect on the game's official platforms and prepare answers for you.

Today we will answer the main questions about PVP, game localization and the fate of CBT buyers.

Q. Will you send an activation code to those who purchased the CBT?
If you purchased one of the Early Access packs back in the summer, you will get a copy of the game once it's launched on Steam.

Q. How much will the game cost and what languages will be featured in the game?
The release version will feature all the languages that are listed on the game's Steam page (Russian, English, German, French, Spanish and Simplified Chinese). We will tell you about the prices later, stay tuned.

Q. Are there any projects to translate the game into other languages?
The game is localized into a number of languages at release time. We will see later if it will need any additional language.

Q. Is the game all about PVP?
PvP in the game is optional, mostly you do fight AI enemies etc. in the open world.

Q. When you say PvP is optional do you mean I can play the game with PvP disabled between players but players are still present or is it more like a private instance where other players (aside from friends I invite) can't join at all?
As of now you will always witness other players in the game, and they can see you. You won't be able to attack each other unless you deliberately go to a special area. So if you'd like to play the game without ever engaging in PvP activities, you can totally do it.

Q. Will it have a true open world, accessible for all players on the server, or separate maps with a certain player limit?
It is a "layered" scheme. As in, all the players are on a single server, but they are distributed between different instances. So if you want to play with your friends, you have to make sure you're in the same one

Q. Is this game only an MMO or can we play solo, like making quests to the main lore, etc?
The game has a PvE story-based campaign.

Q. So this game is an MMO. Does it mean that it will be f2p, as most MMO's are?
Age of Water will be a paid title, you purchase it once and there will be no subscription.

We’ll collect your questions in the future and definitely prepare part two. So, don’t be shy and write to us on all our official pages: Facebook, X, Instagram, Discord or Steam.

The feedback that we get shows that there is still some confusion regarding the game business model, especially since our publisher is predominantly known for the free-to-play games, and online games in general are quite often free-to-play nowadays.

We’d like to clarify that Age of Water is a paid game, not a free-to-play title. You’ll be able to make a one-time purchase to get access to the game and play the game campaign without paying anything extra.

Age of Water is not a session-based online PvP game like Crossout or War Thunder, it’s an open world adventure game with particular online features that enrich the gameplay experience. It’s totally possible to follow the story only without engaging in PvP activities or interacting with other players, if you feel like it. On the other hand, you can always invite your friends to have fun together.

Please, feel free to ask any questions via our social media or Steam. We’re closely monitoring your feedback and will be glad to help you understand the game nature better.

Gaijin Entertainment and Three Whales studio announce that the new online adventure game Age of Water will be available for purchase in Q1 2024 on Steam. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic water world where all land has been flooded after a global catastrophe. The price and exact release date will be announced later on the official website of the project, and players are welcome to add Age of Water to your Steam wishlist to get all updates in time.

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The Age of Water protagonist travels on a battle boat between scarce settlements of survivors, fights with pirates, extracts artifacts of the lost civilization from the bottom of the sea, transports valuable goods, performs faction tasks, finds new friends and uncovers the secrets of the exciting water world. The player can either follow the story or explore the world independently at their own pace – for example, trade between settlements, board other people's boats, fight other captains in PvP battles, build their own base.

"We warmly thank the participants of the alpha and beta tests that helped us immensely to move forward with the game," says Yuri Miroshnikov, the game's producer. - It was very important for us to create an atmosphere of an exciting sea adventure, in which the player feels like the main character of a wonderful story".

The game will be sold as an Early Access title and will be improved even further based on user feedback, nevertheless this version will allow the players to complete the whole Age of Water story from day one and with no additional cost. Closed Beta participants who purchased one of the Summer 2023 CBT access bundles will receive a similarly priced edition of Age of Water for free on Steam.

Age of Water is a game developed as a part of Gaijin's inCubator program that was created by Gaijin Entertainment to support new and promising game development studios.

More information about the game can be found on the official Age of Water website.