"Well this is awkward..."

Image credit: Windrose Crew/Pocketpair Publishing

Windrose, as you may have heard, has been taking Steam by storm since its swashbuckling release. A pirate-themed survival game, over a million players sailed into a new adventure soon after its release. Some of these sailors have drifted a little off course, however.

If you popped by the r/windrose subreddit recently, you may have been one of them. As seen on the subreddit, Windrose is also the name of an Italian power metal band, best known for a range of fantasy-themed albums and 2019's Diggy Diggy Hole.

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"/r/Windrose is about the metal band, not the pirate survival game" stands firm as the pinned post on the band's community hub. Where players should be going is r/Crosswind, the original name for Kraken Express' latest release during development.

"Well this is awkward," writes user Typical_Ad_2513 , having washed up to unfamiliar shores.…