Sailaway III

About Sailaway III

Sailaway III is a multiplayer racing game. It was developed by Orbcreation BV and was released on November 1, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

The most realistic sailing simulation game available. On a global scale, in real weather, ready to be explored. Made by a sailor, helped by the joined effort of sailors from all over the world. ----- Sailaway comes with 2 basic boats (a 38' cruiser and the small Nordic Folkboat). The rest of the boats are made by other sailors like you and are sold separately by them. This also applies to most…

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67%Audience ScoreBased on 96 reviews

graphics6 positive mentions

stability7 negative mentions

Extremely realistic sailing simulation with real-world weather, ocean physics, and global scale allowing players to sail anywhere in the world.
Highly detailed boat and sail handling mechanics provide an authentic sailing experience, useful for both beginners and experienced sailors to learn and practice sailing skills.
Active developer support with frequent updates and a friendly, helpful community including multiplayer races and content creation options.

The user interface and controls are unintuitive, clunky, and frustrating, requiring significant time to get used to and sometimes interfering with gameplay.
Many desirable boats and additional content require microtransactions via an in-game currency system, which some users find confusing, inconvenient, or excessive.
The game suffers from bugs, occasional crashes, performance issues on some platforms, incomplete features, and a world environment that feels sparse or low-detail in some areas.

graphics
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
35% positive mentions, 47% neutral mentions, 18% negative mentions
The graphics have seen significant improvements, particularly in water, sky, and boat visuals, offering sharp and detailed environments that enhance navigation. However, some areas like shore detail, graphical optimization, and certain visual effects still feel underdeveloped or indie-like, with occasional glitches and performance issues noted. Overall, while the graphics are impressive for a sailing simulator, there remains room for refinement and polish.
- “The graphics (and options in general) have been given a gigantic overhaul.”
- “The graphics are nice and there is enough detail on the land to determine where you are.”
- “Full world in real scale, online, real weather, real time, excellent graphics and physics.”
- “The game world is fairly bare and aside from the water graphics and wave simulation and the sailboat itself, everything looks like a port from a mobile game.”
- “The graphics are much improved over SA2 but they are the main improvement and they are still very indie - especially when you get close to land.”
- “It needs many improvements on graphics (sails disappear after boat optimization, no name displayed on boat, the main sheet is not always on the boom), there are no map tools and some more...”
stability
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game's stability is currently a mixed experience, with users acknowledging noticeable bugs and visual glitches that persist despite improvements in recent updates. While some find these issues minor and manageable, others feel the game remains unfinished and buggy, impacting overall playability. Ongoing fixes and updates are expected to enhance stability over time.
- “Not recommended because of very buggy and bad webpage and you can't bubble for extra ships.”
- “It is still very buggy, though much improved over v1.18.”
- “Unfortunately unfinished and lots of glitches playwise, graphicswise, etc.”
optimization
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions
Optimization in the game is inconsistent, with poor performance on lower-end hardware like the M4 Mac resulting in very low frame rates, while even high-end GPUs struggle to maintain smooth gameplay. Several graphical issues and missing features also suggest the need for further optimization and refinement.
- “It's downright incredible and the ability to set up the autopilot and sail whilst offline (according to your previous performance!) feels a lot like hunkering down for some kip and doing watches when on a real voyage.”
- “Graphics are improved yet appear to need optimization (61fps on a 4090 for me).”
- “Performance on M4 Mac is horrible - I get like 20 FPS at best.”
- “Physics appears to be fine most of the time but with these controls and performance the sim is just unplayable for me.”
- “Graphics are improved yet appear to need optimization (61 FPS on a 4090 for me).”
gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The gameplay shows potential with basic sailing mechanics and a clear developer vision, but it suffers from chaotic, unintuitive controls that lead to tedious and frustrating experiences. Poor design choices hinder the overall enjoyment despite the game's promising concept.
- “The devs clearly have a vision for what they want but the mechanics implemented to materialize this vision are so chaotic, unintuitive and incompetent.”
- “In conclusion, Sailaway III had tremendous potential to be one of the greatest sailing sims on the market but due to incompetent design that causes tedious gameplay and a greedy business model, the user is left in the dust.”
- “I wish I could handle the sails more manually, like with ESail, but the basic mechanics are there.”
monetization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions
The game's monetization relies heavily on microtransactions, particularly for accessing new boats, which some players find unfavorable. Additionally, there are concerns about the game's ongoing support and activity.
- “Microtransactions...”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The music in this game receives mixed reactions, with some users disliking the selection; however, it can be easily turned off in the settings for those who prefer to disable it.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Grinding in the game is described as tedious and unnecessarily time-consuming, which detracts from the overall experience and makes progression feel frustrating rather than rewarding.
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The story is generally regarded as weak and unengaging, lacking compelling action or narrative depth.