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.
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
All games are pirate games if you do it right
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.
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.
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.
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?
If your looking for a cheap puzzle game, I had fun with Unforgettable Voyage on steam.
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
Windward is pretty fun and under the radar.
Sid Meier’s “Pirates!” is old as hell but still a great game.
Another one for Sid Meier’s pirates, it was great and aged decently.
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
I like Raven’s Cry but it is a janky game so be warned.
Age of Booty.
Very different than what others are recommending. It’s a fun arcade game.
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.
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.
