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Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Explore, map, and survive a vast alien ocean. Upgrade your fleet, follow cryptic orders, and uncover secrets in this atmospheric corporate exploration game.
£1.69
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Adventure, Indie, Casual · 2025 · More under £5 games
Discover hidden wonders and survive in the vast alien ocean of Wake Explorer. Navigate cryptic orders and map uncharted territories as you explore and uncover mysteries for yourself.
About this game
You are an employee of a faceless corporation named W.A.K.E.
Dropped on an alien ocean world with one directive: Explore. Why? You don’t know. You just follow orders, printed coldly from a terminal in your cabin.
Explore, Upgrade, and Uncover the Unknown
Navigate a vast, procedurally generated world from the deck of your drone ship in this top-down exploration game.
Features:
🛥️ 15 Unique Ships – Each with distinct strengths, upgradeable stats, and abilities.
🌍 Endless Procedural Maps – No two expeditions are the same. Discover shifting biomes, colourful terrain and hidden buildings.
🏗️ Upgradeable Buildings – Find Research Stations to enhance ship capabilities and Harbor's to unlock more powerful vessels.
🔧 Persistent Progression – Earn Coins, Research Points, and rare Sub-nautical Data to continually improve your fleet and efficiency.
🎯 Objective System – Complete your mapping assignments to progress to new planets, unlocking new ships and technologies
📈 Highscores & Endless Levels – Compete, improve, and push deeper into uncharted waters.
You are not told the reasons. Only the results.
Follow the orders. Expand your fleet. Dive deeper
How far can your ship go?
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 or AMD FX-6300
- Memory: 4096 MB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated (Intel HD 530 or equivalent)
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 or higher
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 8192 MB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1050 or AMD RX 560
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Minor Update: Laptop touchpad fix
Resolved some players experiencing touchpad-related input issues affecting objective completion on laptops.Developers note:Took us a while to figure this one out, to those experiencing this issue, apologies!Read full article on Community AnnouncementsPatch NotesOfficial
Quick Fix Update – Menu Issue Resolved!
Hi everyone,Thanks so much to everyone who checked out Wake Explorer at launch! We really appreciate your support and feedback.We wanted to let you know we’ve just pushed a small update to fix an issue with the in-game menu that some players encountered. Everything should now be working as intended — smoother and more responsive.If you experienced any problems navigating the menu before, this update should take care of it. Please restart the game or verify your files if the issue persists.If you run into anything else, feel free to reach out.Thanks again for playing!– The Wake Explorer TeamRead full article on Community AnnouncementsAnnouncementsOfficial
Wake Explorer is out now!
We are super excited (and a bit nervous) to announce the launch of our first-ever game dev project as a two-person team — Wake Explorer! This game has been a labor of love, learning, and a whole lot of coffee, and we’re thrilled to finally share it with the world.About the Game: Wake Explorer is an atmospheric experience with a focus on exploration and mood. As our very first release, we wanted to keep things focused while trying to create learn as much as possible in the process.Low Price, High Hopes: We've priced the game as low as possible — not to make money, but to get our work in front of players. If you decide to give it a shot, we’d love to hear what you think.Feedback Means Everything: Your feedback — good, bad, or constructive — will help shape how we approach our future games. We’re planning to make more small, creative projects, and every insight helps us grow.If You Enjoy It: If you happen to like the game, a review would mean the world to us. Seriously — it’s one of the best ways to support tiny indie teams like ours.Thanks so much for checking out Wake Explorer. We're just getting started, and we hope you'll join us on this journey.Read full article on Community Announcements
