Build a captain. Live a life at sea.

Begin as a young sailor in Lisbon. Grow eight skills through choices, find a purpose for going to sea, choose a companion and ship, then follow a voyage with its own people, dangers and ending. Your current life saves in this browser.

How to play

  1. Choose a young sailor with a background and starting strengths.
  2. Make choices during youth. Your abilities grow, and an afternoon of your own sets your purpose for going to sea.
  3. Choose a companion and ship. Their strengths can help when the voyage becomes dangerous.
  4. Read each scene, take an action and see its outcome. Your preparation, cargo and earlier decisions can change later challenges.

One life. Many possible voyages.

Navigation, weather sense, sailing, repair, command, negotiation, courage and endurance shape your captain. Your wish may lead toward a season's catch, an ocean trade, a distant shore or a route through the world. The ending looks back at the wish and the voyage you actually lived.

Captain's handbook

Explore the backgrounds, skills and decisions behind your next life.

Build a Sea Captain | Character Choices in A Life at Sea

Choose a young sailor's background, develop eight skills and select a companion and ship. Build your sea captain in the browser game A Life at Sea.

Captain Skills Guide | Navigation, Command & Growth

Understand Navigation, Weather, Sailcraft, Ship Repair, Command, Negotiation, Courage and Endurance in A Life at Sea, with youth and port training choices.

Sailing Career Guide | Routes, Survival & Endings

Plan a sailing career in A Life at Sea: choose coastal or ocean routes, answer sea crises, explore landfalls and return to port before damage ends the voyage.

A Life at Sea · Update log

Latest updates

What changed, and what it means for your next voyage.

  1. Browser edition

    Choose a purpose for your life at sea

    • A choice during youth now shapes why you go to sea: make a living, undertake an ocean trade, reach a distant shore or chart a way through the world.
    • Follow a voyage with its own scenes and decisions. Cargo, preparations and people you meet can change later challenges.
    • The ending returns to the wish you carried from youth and the voyage you actually lived.
  2. Browser edition

    More stories to discover on shore

    • Regional exploration now draws from a larger pool of local encounters, giving new lives more variety when you land.
    • Some encounters continue into a follow-up scene, so your shore visit can unfold through more than one decision.
  3. Browser edition

    Landfall becomes a sequence of choices

    • Explore a region through several shore scenes, reading the outcome of each action before moving on.
    • Useful discoveries can support a later voyage. Shore memories and their consequences stay with your current life.
  4. Browser edition

    Varied companions, stable offers

    • New lives can offer different companions with visible rarity and specialties.
    • Refreshing the page preserves the companions offered for that life, keeping your recruitment decision consistent.

Before you sail

Is A Life at Sea free?

Yes. You can finish a full life free, with two new lives per day and five per week. Your first new life each day is always free. Age of Seas PRO removes the new-run limit across all games for $7.99 once.

Does my progress save?

Yes. You can resume an unfinished life in this browser. Clearing this site's browser data removes that local save.

Do my early choices matter?

Yes. Youth choices grow your skills and shape your purpose for going to sea. Your decisions can affect later scenes and the ending.

Can I play on a phone?

Yes. The game works in phone and desktop browsers, without a download.

Choose your next voyage