Arr matey! What be the finest pirate-themed games ye have plundered? Personally, I’ve sailed the treacherous seas of Sea of Thieves and danced with shadows in Shadows Gambit. But I be yearnin’ for more pirate adventures. What be yer recommendations, me hearties?
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I love Monkey Island!
Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag. Also, the sea battles in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey are fantastic.
Yup - Black Flag - half tempted to even purchase the remaster if that actually comes to fruition.
I’d like a spin-off. Less land stuff and more sea stuff. Instead of the ‘armada’ thing, how about being able to buy or capture larger ships for personal use? Or being able to directly control 2-3 ships? Or fight large scale coordinated naval battles?
That concept has so much more potential and I wish somebody would do more with it.
Ayy I worked on the Odyssey ships, I’m glad you enjoyed playing with them :D
Sid Meier’s Pirates! is a wonderful mix of exploration, sea battles, romance, swordplay, trade, and subterfuge.
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove is one that I’ve only played briefly, but I remember it having such good style that I want to try it in depth some time.
Assassains creed black flag has such a good pirating mechanic they tried making an entire game focusing on it.
But Ubisoft…right?
The mechanic was developed for AC3 so I’d say they successfully made an entire 4th game revolving around it
All games are pirate games if you do it right
Windward is pretty fun and under the radar.
Sid Meier’s “Pirates!” is old as hell but still a great game.
Even the remake of Pirates! is fantastic.
I played this on Xbox when it came out. It was a lot of fun but once my pirate got too old I couldn’t bring myself to start again.
Pirates! is amazing
- Capturing ships to make your own fleet
- Searching for lost treasure
- Many different ships and upgrades to choose from (go war canoe)
- Sword fighting
- Wooing governor’s daughters (somewhat similar in gameplay to sword fighting)
- (mediocre) stealth and land battles
- Free your family from the grasp of Baron Raymondo (Evil!)
- Battle famous pirates and take their ships
Its not quite a pirate game, but if you’re willing to expand your seach to include a nautical mystery game aboard a trading ship in 1807, than Return of the Obra Dinn is worth a look.
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) is my favourite pirate game. No, it’s nothing like what you think a licensed tie in game from 2003 would be like.
It’s a real oddity. This was made by a Russian studio and originally meant to be a sequel to their previous age of sail game, Sea Dogs. In Russia it was still marketed as a sequel, without the Pirates of the Carribean branding. It has basically nothing to do with the movies in reality. I have no idea how or why this ended up being a tie in.
I don’t really have a short hand for describing the genre. It most reminds me of space sims - where you control a vessel which you can replace, has an economy/trade system, management mechanics, factional reputation systems and an open world. It’s not a simplified as Freelancer, but not a spreadsheet game like the X series.
The sailing is great, a happy medium between completely arcade stuff where you just point your ship where you want to go and sims. Wind and weather play an important role without being tedious or overwhelming.
You also control a character for ship environments, like boarding, and exploring towns and islands (with swashbuckling combat, of course). It’s pretty bare bones but the variety is appreciated. There are lite-RPG dialogue/story mechanics and quests, though I do not want to give the impression this narrative heavy game. It’s an RPG style that used to be relatively common but not so much anymore.
But the real highlight is the New Horizons mod which greatly overhauls the game. It’s been developed for almost 20 years. I don’t recommend playing the vanilla game - I enjoyed it at the time, but it’s just an inferior experience to the mod.
Best yet, it’s free. The game is abandonware.
I haven’t played this game in years but spent hours playing it with the old build mods, pretty amazing that people are still working on this
I rented PotC from blockbuster once and all i remember are insane loading times and super janky combat
(/jk, because otherwise somebody will take me at face value)
I had a Fisher Price pirates point and click adventure when I was… 6? I adored it so that I guess. Also there was a Muppets Treasure Island point and click adventure from back in the day. I’m sure that counts and is what you’re looking for.
If you’re into MMO and jack sparrow- The Legend of Pirates Online - a remake of an old PoTC online game is a thing
I sunk a lot of hours into Port Royale 2 many years ago. I’m not sure how well it holds up today or on its sequels. I think 3 was well received and 4 poorly.
Age of Booty.
Very different than what others are recommending. It’s a fun arcade game.
If your looking for a cheap puzzle game, I had fun with Unforgettable Voyage on steam.
I like Raven’s Cry but it is a janky game so be warned.
