Sea Survivor

Sea Survivor drops a single pirate ship onto open water with one rocky island nearby. The camera sits overhead, so the whole stretch of sea around you is visible at once, and a bar in the corner tracks how much hull you have left. A line of text counts down to the next wave before it arrives.

Movement is all about steering. W or the up arrow pushes the ship forward while A and D swing the bow, and on a touch screen a single drag does both at once, with a longer pull from the centre adding speed. The cannons handle themselves, leaving you free to focus on where the ship is pointing.

Waves arrive on a timer rather than all at once, and the island in the middle is as much a hazard as a landmark. Circling it tightly keeps enemies bunched on one side, but a ship that clips the rocks loses the speed it needs to break away. Coins dropped by sunken enemies are collected by sailing over them.

Between runs, those coins go back into the ship itself, while a daily reward and an achievement list give slower players something to work towards. A run is short enough to retry straight away, so the upgrade you were saving for is rarely more than a few attempts away.