Seafarer: The Ship Sim Beginner Guide - How to Refuel and Start Your Career

Seafarer: The Ship Sim is a maritime career simulator from astragon Development, published by astragon Entertainment and released on Steam on Sep 24, 2026 at $12.49. You build a career at sea solo or in a crew of up to four, and the store listing names the jobs, the tools and the ships involved.

What the store listing says the game is

The store text sets the game in an open world inspired by Northern Europe and frames it around a career. You start as an aspiring captain, earn reputation across harbours and factions, and expand your fleet as opportunities open.

Jobs are named directly: cargo transport, rescue missions, firefighting, patrols and unexpected events. Cargo types run from bulk goods and containers to LNG, and the Tide Guard answers distress calls while a drone scouts ahead.

How to refuel and what the listing actually names

Players searching for how to refuel a ship will not find a refuelling step on the store page. What the listing does name is a set of interactive onboard tools: cranes, water cannons, drones and rescue equipment, plus varied onboard interactions.

• Interactive tools: cranes, water cannons, drones, rescue equipment.
• Job types: cargo, rescue, firefighting, patrol.
• Cargo classes: bulk goods, containers, LNG.
• Career metrics: missions, reputation, fleet progression.

No fuel system, no port service and no maintenance menu is described in the official text, so the honest answer is that the mechanic is not published rather than that it does not exist.

The career loop and progression

Career progression is described in one paragraph: complete missions, unlock new opportunities, expand your fleet and shape your own path on the water. Reputation is tracked across harbours and factions, which gives the loop two currencies rather than one.

Published element	What the listing states
Missions	Cargo, rescue, firefighting and patrol work
Reputation	Earned across harbours and factions
Fleet	Expanded as opportunities unlock
Campaign	A story about captain Teddy

No mission count, payout figure or fleet unlock cost is published with any of it.

Playing solo or with a crew of four

Multiplayer is a first-class mode rather than a bonus. The listing supports up to four players, and the store text describes sharing duties on board and coordinating during missions.

Ship handling is described as accessible, which is the phrase that opens the game to a crew rather than a single specialist. Ocean currents shape navigation on both solo and crewed runs, and the water is powered by Unreal Engine 5 and NVIDIA WaveWorks 2.0.

What is not published

• No refuelling, maintenance or repair system is described.
• No fast travel or map-size figure appears on the store page.
• No mission payout, reputation threshold or fleet cost is published.
• No roadmap, update plan or future DLC schedule is listed.

Where the official record stops, this page stops with it. The store text names systems and jobs rather than numbers.

Where to go next

The systems behind the jobs are on How It Plays, the build and requirement facts are on Availability, and the launch record is on Launch & Demo.