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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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.
They’ve been trying with skull and bones but it’s both in development hell, been delayed multiple times and even changed play styles over the years. I’m not hopeful sadly.
And somehow Skull and Bones is coming out this month! Not getting it (cos its Ubisoft) but excited to see how the game will be taken in by the players, if at all…
Ayy I worked on the Odyssey ships, I’m glad you enjoyed playing with them :D
I love Monkey Island!
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
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 a fun style that made me want to try it in depth some time.
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.
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
Another one for Sid Meier’s pirates, it was great and aged decently.
Even the remake of Pirates! is fantastic.
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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.
Yet another old hidden gem! Thanks for shedding some light on this one 🌻
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
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.
This is stretching things a bit, but I’d like to throw in Skies of Arcadia if you like retro games. They’re also fantasy Sky-ships instead of real ones.
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(/jk, because otherwise somebody will take me at face value)
I like Raven’s Cry but it is a janky game so be warned.
I read that title and thought you were asking where to download cracked versions of games.
Nah :P I might be sailing the high seas from time to time, but never when it comes to indie games.
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 you’re into MMO and jack sparrow- The Legend of Pirates Online - a remake of an old PoTC online game is a thing
Thanks for sharing this, I never knew. Do you play this yourself?
I used to play the original PoTC version
Looks interesting, very cool that its still in active development. Watched Manixs video on it :)
