Cursed Winds

You control a small ship from a top-down view, sailing across a map dotted with islands. The moment-to-moment play involves steering with the arrow keys, maneuvering to line up shots at enemy vessels, and firing your cannons with the spacebar. Your main goal is to hunt down and sink every other ship on the map to clear each area. As you defeat enemies, you earn coins that let you visit ports between stages to buy upgrades, like stronger cannons or improved hull armor. The pacing is brisk, with new enemies appearing quickly, and the difficulty comes from being surrounded and outgunned. It feels like a tense, chaotic skirmish where positioning is everything.