Game update4 Sep 2026Update v1.4.3: the sea has weather, and rakes hit the end you aimed atEarly Access Update v1.4.3 ⚓ Two updates went out quietly last month. v1.4.1 and v1.4.2 were both live within days of each other and neither got a post, because at the time they read like housekeeping. Looking at them next to what landed this week, they do not. So all three come ashore here, and if your last voyage was v1.4.0 there is a fair amount below you have not seen. 🌥️ The sky moves now…
The Codex is now online Captains — the ship's library has come ashore. The Codex you open in game now lives on the website too, at piratetwistgame.com/codex . 147 entries across nine sections, illustrated with the game's own graphics, and searchable — so "what does Knighthead Bracing actually do" is a five-second question instead of a mid-run tab-out. 📖 What's in it · Modules — all 17, split b…
The First Sea is free ⚓ The Pirate Twist Demo is out now — free, on the store page, right under the trailer. One captain, one full expedition, the complete loop: sail, fight, dock, refit, and duel a named boss captain for the sea. No time limit, no locked systems. 🏴☠️ In the demo · A full First Sea voyage — a branching chart of pirate fleets, uncharted waters, and a boss captain finale · The…
Pirate Twist v1.1.1 — the Ultrawide Update 🖥️⚓ If you sail on an ultrawide monitor, this one's for you. Until today, Pirate Twist on a 21:9 or 32:9 screen was honestly a mess — menus blown up and cut off, the expedition chart huddled in the middle of the parchment, end-screens stretched like old sailcloth. That's fixed. All of it. 🖥️ Every screen, the full width · Every menu and screen now sc…
Pirate Twist v1.1.0 — the Ammo & Arsenal update ⚓ The biggest patch since Early Access launched. Your shot locker just became a real decision, six boss captains learned to fight with a signature shot, and controllers are fully, natively in — Deck, PlayStation, Xbox. 🎯 Every shot flies its own way The cannon does the reloading — same drill for every ball. What changes now is what the ball does…
Pirate Twist v1.0.1 — the Steam Deck update ⚓ The first patch of Early Access is live — built, tested, and tuned on a Steam Deck , with a combat rework that makes chain and grape shot earn their price tags. 🎮 Steam Deck support · Native controller scheme — LB cycles ammo, RB swaps the broadside, R2 fires, Y/X/A/B pick ammo directly, d-pad sails, L2 holds the overview. Works on any pad: Deck, X…
The harbor chains drop today ⚓ Pirate Twist is out now in Early Access — with 15% off for the first 7 days . You are the captain — and the ship is yours to build. Lay out every cannon, hold, and hull plate yourself on the 5×8 module grid, then take your build to sea: branching encounter maps, broadsides traded hull to hull, and a dock at port to refit between seas. Every run is a gamble. Every…
Two Weeks to Early Access Captains — set your charts. Pirate Twist sails into Early Access on July 15. It's been a long haul to get the ship seaworthy, and you've been aboard for the worst of the weather. Now the date is fixed and the horizon's in sight. What's aboard at launch · The full loop — Sail, fight, survive the storms, dock, upgrade, and sail again. · A 3-sea campaign — Conquer three s…
Want in the Playtest? The Crew Musters in the Discord Captains — we need hands on the ship, and we need them telling us the truth. The Pirate Twist playtest crew is mustering: early builds before anyone else, a name in the credits, and a real say in where this game sails. We read every report, and the changes land in the patch notes with your name on them. How to sign on · Join the Discord — it…
Every great voyage needs a crew, Captains. We've opened the doors to the Pirate Twist Discord — the wardroom where the wind, the broadsides, and the boss captains get argued over between expeditions. Come Aboard For · Dev updates first. Patch notes, build drops, and what's heading into Early Access — before they hit the store page. · Shape the game. Bug reports, balance gripes, and feature idea…
Pirate Twist — Playtest Update v0.1.0 Ahoy sailors! A big update has hit the Playtest branch. Here's everything new since the last build: ⚔️ New · Ramming combat — line up a bow-on charge and smash into enemy hulls. Adds new structural modules ( Ram Prow , Hull Bracing ) and a dedicated rammer boss, Kael the Reaver . · Ammo rework — each shot type now has a clearer role: Grape scatters, slows s…
The horizon's in sight, Captains — Pirate Twist sets sail into Early Access in 30 days . To mark the countdown, a fresh Playtest build has docked, and she handles like a different vessel — the biggest pass yet on the parts that matter: the wind that drives you, the broadsides that break ships, and the captains who hunt you across three seas. She Sails by the Wind Now · Read the weather. Directi…
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