From the studio
Updates, releases, and behind-the-scenes from Phalangix.
Jun 14, 2026
The Antikythera mechanism is a 2000-year-old geared device recovered from a Greek shipwreck, often called the world's first computer. Here is the full story, and why the sea keeps the best secrets.
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Jun 12, 2026
Charybdis, the ship-swallowing whirlpool of Greek myth, is a boss in SeaWar Sandbox V1. Here is the ancient legend that inspired her.
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Jun 10, 2026
SeaWar Sandbox V1 is now available on Android, free, as a direct download. The full naval combat sandbox on your phone or tablet, plus an honest word on why it is not on Google Play yet.
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Jun 7, 2026
Everything that changed in SeaWar Sandbox V1, the Phalangix Launcher, and the website since launch: the Android version, seamless launcher updates, save persistence, and more.
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Jun 5, 2026
A behind-the-scenes devlog on how SeaWar Sandbox V1 was built solo: the water, the combat, and the choices behind a free naval sandbox.
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Jun 1, 2026
SeaWar Sandbox V1 is coming to Android. The same free open-sea naval combat sandbox, adapted for phones and tablets. Here is what we are planning.
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May 31, 2026
SeaWar Sandbox V1 has launched. A free 3D top-down single-player naval combat sandbox for Windows. Salvage a raft, climb six ships, beat the Demon Lord.
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May 31, 2026
The Phalangix Launcher is live. Download the small, free Windows app that installs SeaWar Sandbox V1 and keeps it up to date. No account, no tracking.
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May 30, 2026
The official SeaWar Sandbox V1 trailer just premiered on YouTube. Ninety seconds of open-sea naval combat, six ships, and the road to the Demon Lord.
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May 29, 2026
The Phalangix community hub is open. Join the Discord to talk SeaWar Sandbox V1, report bugs, share builds, and sail with other captains.
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May 28, 2026
The studio site is officially online. Here is what Phalangix is, what is shipping this summer, and what comes next for SeaWar Sandbox V1.
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May 25, 2026
Ten naval and pirate games keeping the open-sea genre alive in 2026. Live giants, hardcore simulators, mobile strategy, indie sailing, and the browser classics that started it all.
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May 20, 2026
The pitch. SeaWar Sandbox V1 is a single-player open-sea naval sandbox launching this summer. Six ships, six regions, thirty hours of main story, no live service, no subscription, no internet required after install.
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May 15, 2026
What the Phalangix Launcher is, why we built our own, what it does, and when it ships. The small standalone installer that puts SeaWar Sandbox V1 and every Phalangix game in one place.
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May 8, 2026
A practical, no-fluff buyer’s guide to the best ship games of 2026. Sorted by what you want from a session, not by review score. Includes PC, mobile, browser, and indie.
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Apr 28, 2026
A guide to the modern Seafight private server scene and its spiritual successor projects. Battle of Sea, The Atlas Online, Sea of Legend, Ocean’s Call, Armada Battle, Terror of Sea, and where each one fits.
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Apr 19, 2026
A long look at Pirate Storm, the second great browser pirate MMO from Bigpoint. Launch, peak years, sunset, and the modern spiritual successors keeping its design DNA alive in 2026.
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Apr 12, 2026
A long look at Seafight, the browser pirate MMO from Bigpoint that defined what online naval combat meant for a generation. Launch, golden era, modern day, and the spiritual successors keeping the lineage alive.
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Apr 4, 2026
Twenty years of ship combat in one essay. What the classics got right, what the modern era stripped out, and what we are putting back into SeaWar Sandbox V1.
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Mar 22, 2026
The founding manifesto. Why the naval sandbox is having a moment, why we think it deserves a serious single-player entry, and what we are betting on.
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