Games Like Don't Sink

Go from humble beginnings to a feared pirate captain in this seafaring open-world adventure! Enhance your reputation as you take on bounties, upgrade your ship, hire a crew and search for treasure, or just go fishing instead!

Why similar: Pirates 62.3% ★, Pixel Graphics 12%, RPG 10.4%, Adventure 6.6%, Casual 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art pirate RPG that emphasizes ship management and exploration in a way that feels like a natural evolution of Don't Sink.

Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!

Why similar: Pirates 85.8% ★, RPG 9%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential open-world pirate game that perfectly captures the blend of sailing, combat, and island-hopping exploration.

Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.

Why similar: Pirates 86.9% ★, RPG 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on naval combat and ship management, offering a more intense survival-oriented take on the pirate experience.

Name your crew, purchase supplies, sail the world, harpoon fish, plunder your enemies, die horribly, unlock a new Captain and do it all over again!

Why similar: Pirates 66% ★, RPG 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Adventure 8.3%, Casual 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-management game that challenges you to manage your crew and resources while navigating the dangers of the open sea.

Embark on an epic 2D pirate simulator RPG adventure, where you navigate both land and sea. Upgrade your ship, recruit and level up your crew, and uncover hidden treasures as you become a legendary pirate.

Why similar: Pirates 72.6% ★, RPG 14%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that lets you build your own ship and manage a crew, focusing on the tactical side of pirate life.

Swords and Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story is a high seas swashbuckling adventure! Explore the oceans, battle brigands, defend the helpless, find the lost treasure of a forgotten people, build and maintain your very own pirate island, and more! All of this in a fully realized role playing adventure from Epic Devs.

Why similar: Pirates 55.2% ★, RPG 28.9%, Adventure 15.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines RPG elements with strategic combat and island management, mirroring the core gameplay loop of Don't Sink.

Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures! Solve tricky puzzles, battle formidable foes, piece together clues and dig up secrets to uncover your own shrouded history as you explore this sprawling open world.

Why similar: Adventure 62.2%, Indie 37.8%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful 2D exploration game that captures the sense of wonder and discovery found in nautical adventure titles.

Lovely adventuring RPG series. Casual, story-driven journey and quests. The kingdom is under threat from pirates. Sail to the farthest islands to save your sister and become hero of the kingdom.

Why similar: Pirates 47.5% ★, Adventure 17.9%, RPG 16.4%, Casual 11.7%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, point-and-click adventure that focuses on resource management and exploration in a similar top-down style.

Washed ashore with no memory of how you got there, an eccentric cast of locals welcome you to their quirky paradise. Divide your time between adventuring and homesteading, and discover there’s more to the island than palm trees and parrots in this colorful RPG with point & click & farm-sim elements.

Why similar: Pirates 68.2% ★, RPG 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blends life-simulation and farming mechanics with a pirate theme, offering a more relaxed pace for fans of the genre.

Set sail and join yer crew in search of treasure and glory!

Why similar: Pirates 69.7% ★, RPG 14%, Casual 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation game that focuses on building a pirate crew and managing their growth through RPG mechanics.

Every activity in Puzzle Pirates is a uniquely fun puzzle: be it sailing, gunning, or hauling treasure, your own puzzling skill determines your success!

Why similar: Pirates 62.3% ★, RPG 14.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Casual 7.3%, Indie 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic pirate-themed MMO that uses puzzle-based mechanics to manage ship operations and combat.

Here, you can freely sail your ship, explore the endless ocean, and find hidden islands and treasures!

Why similar: Pirates 65.1% ★, RPG 15%, Adventure 10.1%, Casual 9.2%, Indie 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A casual RPG that focuses on exploration and naval combat in a lighthearted, pirate-themed setting.

Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 50%, Casual 50%

Why You'll Like It: While set in the clouds, its core loop of trading, management, and exploration is very similar to the economic side of Don't Sink.

Windward is an action-filled multiplayer sandbox game that puts you in control of a ship sailing the high seas of a large procedurally-generated world.

Why similar: Pirates 81.6% ★, RPG 8.1%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on naval exploration and trading, allowing players to build their own faction and control the seas.

All hands on deck! Pirate armada dead ahead! Take part in an uncompromising struggle repelling freebooters' assaults. Watch out, the enemy may catch the tide for ruining your fortress. Build towers, collect crystals, upgrade spells and believe in your victory!

Why similar: Pirates 62% ★, RPG 14%, Casual 9.6%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused title that captures the island-defense aspect of the pirate genre.

Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!

Why similar: Pirates 76.1% ★, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic pirate world that emphasizes base-building and survival.

Shipwreck is a top down adventure game in which you must travel the land, explore dungeons, and defeat monsters to earn safe passage off the island on which you are stranded.

Why similar: Adventure 38.3%, Indie 24.4%, Pixel Graphics 22.1%, RPG 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure game that centers on survival and exploration after being stranded at sea.

Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.2%, RPG 23.4%, Adventure 21.8%, Casual 14.4%, Indie 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival and crafting game that focuses on exploration and resource gathering in a pixel-art environment.

Tempest is a Pirate Open World Action RPG where you rove the seas across three continents filled with dozens of colonies and forts, hundreds of quests and countless ships to plunder. Customize your ship, trade, challenge fellow pirates and face mythical monsters such as the Kraken and Leviathan!

Why similar: Pirates 84.3% ★, RPG 12%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more expansive open-world experience with a focus on naval combat and ship customization.

Sailing simulator featuring realistic sailing physics and a vast open world to explore. Embark on cargo delivery missions, customize your boat, try fishing and cooking. A relaxing day sail, or an epic ocean voyage? Your sailing adventure starts here!

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a realistic sailing simulation for players who want to experience the technical side of navigating the high seas.

Reclaim the Sea is a roguelike strategy game set in a pirate fantasy world. Fight your way through randomly generated maps and text events. Command your pirate crew, upgrade your ship and make tactical decisions to beat the boss and save the world… or die trying.

Why similar: Pirates 66.9% ★, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, RPG 9.9%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging strategy-roguelike that focuses on naval combat and resource management.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: RPG 48.9%, Adventure 34.9%, Indie 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric exploration and management game that emphasizes survival and the dangers of the unknown ocean.

Mysterious Things are Happening on Vooju Island...

Why similar: Pirates 58.9% ★, Adventure 23.9%, Casual 17.2%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that brings a humorous and narrative-focused approach to the pirate genre.

X marks the spot! Follow the map and find hidden treasures.

Why similar: Pirates 53.7% ★, Adventure 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-adventure platformer that offers a more arcade-style take on the pirate theme.

Defeat legions of pirates and marine beasts to emerge victorious! Ruiga Pirates: First Survivors is an adventure with survival elements. Customize your ship, brace yourself for a bullets from myriad foes! Navigate the perilous waters of a ghost-infested realm and Play for Free now!

Why similar: Pirates 57.7% ★, Casual 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that provides fast-paced combat for those who enjoy the action side of pirate games.

Caribbean Crashers is a fast paced pirate strategy game where you control your own ship and fire cannonballs at enemy vessels to secure victory!

Why similar: Pirates 44.6% ★, Casual 17.5%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

A farming life sim with high seas adventure. Grow crops, grow ammo, grow a backbone! Side with the Pirates or help restore Global Trade. Feed the islanders, forge relationships, find romance, and call people "scurvy dog"! Raise the mainsail, fire the cannons, and set sail for adventure!

Why similar: Pirates 78.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A life-sim game that incorporates naval combat and exploration, focusing on the social and management aspects of island life.

A rogue-like pirate adventure game. Explore a skeleton-riddled archipelago in search of a giant monster. Find treasures, weapons and secrets. Can you defeat the terrible kraken?

Why similar: RPG 33.4%, Pirates 30.6% ★, Adventure 22.1%, Indie 13.9%

Pirates? Pirates! is a Reigns-inspired pirate survival RPG. You are a pirate captain in charge of your ship and crew on the most dangerous adventure of all seas. Fight your way ahead, sort out emergencies, and discover legendary treasures!

Why similar: Pirates 34.3% ★, RPG 27.3%, Casual 17.8%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 3.1%

(Sandbox Game) You play as a pirate on a remote island, surviving alone or with other players as you battle hostile skeletons. Construct a shelter and gather resources to fortify your survival.

Why similar: RPG 45%, Adventure 20.7%, Casual 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%

Team up with friends and dive into adventure! Rescue dwellers, let them work for you so they farm resources and protect you from enemies. Upgrade your equipment, explore new lands, complete quests and fight evil with glory!

Why similar: Adventure 55.3%, Casual 44.7%

Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!

Why similar: RPG 44.6%, Adventure 29.6%, Casual 25.8%

Become a fearless captain in Buccaneers!, a classic pirate RPG. Join a band of pirates or a naval power and fight for supremacy in the Caribbean. Build and customise your fleet to take on any foe and rewrite history!

Why similar: Pirates 80% ★, RPG 14.6%, Casual 2.8%, Adventure 2.6%

Set sail for adventure in the Age of Discovery! Explore the seven seas as the fresh-faced ship captain Fernando. Customise your ship, battle against pirates and sea monsters, and assemble your crew to delve into the mysterious disappearance of the legendary explorer, Sir Antonio.

Why similar: RPG 31.3%, Adventure 27.6%, Pixel Graphics 25.9%, Indie 15.2%

Throw yourself into a world of fantasy and create your own character to embark on an epic high seas adventure of your own making.

Why similar: RPG 42.4%, Adventure 25.3%, Indie 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%

As the captain of the pirate ship Sam, you will immerse yourself in the adventure tale of a mystical archipelago full of secrets and treasures. Using pirate skills and ancient artifacts, save the crew members scattered around the different islands and discover the dark secrets of a mysterious temple

Why similar: Pirates 58% ★, RPG 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Adventure 7.6%

Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.

Why similar: Pirates 82.7% ★, RPG 17.3%

Defeat legions of pirates and marine beasts to emerge victorious in Ruiga Pirates: Cursed Seas! Adventure with survival elements. Customize your ship, prepare for barrages from myriad foes, and navigate the perilous waters of a monster realm. Embark on this thrilling journey and Play for Free now!

Why similar: Pirates 54.8% ★, Casual 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Adventure 12.6%, Indie 4.7%

Sail a fleet of customizable ships across an ocean whose ancient depths have swallowed the key to the mysterious past. Befriend fishfolk to expand your boat crews, take up arms against petulant pirates, and chart a course across an expansive watery world. Will you answer the call of High Adventure?

Why similar: Pirates 88% ★, Adventure 12%

Reunite the kingdom of Adventuria and defeat the evil Illusionist Miraj by recruiting Adventurers to send on Adventures for epic loot and rewards in this RPG/Management Sim with tons of depth, randomization, and customization options!

Why similar: RPG 47%, Pixel Graphics 23.9%, Casual 16.1%, Indie 13%

DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 34%, RPG 24.3%, Casual 18.7%, Adventure 18%, Indie 5%

Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 36.1%, RPG 29%, Adventure 21%, Indie 13.9%

Become a Mighty Captain in a Age of sail naval combat game, set in all of the Seven Seas! Sail the entire world: conquering, boarding, plundering, exploring and trading along the way! Gather your crew, ready your ship, hoist your sails and enter a world of swashbuckling and piracy!

Why similar: Pirates 89.7% ★, Adventure 10.3%

King of Seas is an ARPG adventure game set in a nautical pirate world. Embark on an epic adventure across the seven seas where you’ll discover lost islands and treasures, fight rival pirates and menacing monsters, and become the most legendary pirate of all time!

Why similar: Pirates 76.7% ★, RPG 13.3%, Adventure 6.2%, Indie 3.8%

Buy yachts and customize the interior with furniture, besides fishing around the world!

Why similar: RPG 35.1%, Casual 24.3%, Adventure 24.1%, Indie 16.6%

Loot Hunter is a fun role-play game from the world full of old ships, pirates and adventures!

Why similar: Casual 64.2%, Indie 35.8%

IIslands of War is a 2D roguelike where you build floating islands out of blocks and modules. Travel through different realms to various locations to collect powerful items, shop for items, forge your items to become more powerful, and battle the Dark Order.

Why similar: Adventure 60.3%, Indie 39.7%

Set sail with Captain Pawsome on the relaxing 2D fishing adventure! Craft, upgrade, customize, and conquer the high seas. Clean the environment, catch unique fish, and unleash your inner adventurer. Dive in now and make a splash!

Why similar: RPG 26%, Pixel Graphics 25.8%, Adventure 20.3%, Casual 17%, Indie 10.9%

Voyage into the wide world of Eral as an explorer, trader, or privateer. Defeat your enemies on land or at sea in deep but straightforward tactical combat. Unravel the secrets behind Dominio's betrayal – or sail off in search of your own adventure.

Why similar: Pirates 69.8% ★, RPG 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%

You have been a knight. You have been a gladiator. Now for the first time in Swords and Sandals, you are a PIRATE! Embark upon the grandest adventure of all in Swords and Sandals Pirates, the latest epic chapter in the hugely popular RPG series!

Why similar: Pirates 64.9% ★, RPG 13.3%, Adventure 9.2%, Casual 8.2%, Indie 4.4%

Farm, cook, craft and decorate in this casual open world farming adventure! Set up camp with your crew after being shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago. Your quest is to survive, explore and uncover the secrets of the Cursed Islands. Take care of your crew to build relationships and earn rewards!

Why similar: Pirates 66.2% ★, RPG 14.3%, Adventure 10.1%, Casual 9.3%

All Guns On Deck is a naval strategy, real time tactics action rpg with a unique battle system and unforgiving world to conquer.

Why similar: RPG 36.2%, Casual 24.3%, Adventure 24%, Indie 15.5%

Pixel Privateers is a Squad Based Tactical RPG “Loot ‘Em Up” that will send your team of mercenaries through a mysterious wormhole on a quest to gather technology for your employer. An entire galaxy awaits - full of worlds to explore, factions to encounter, and epic gear to collect!

Why similar: RPG 38.9%, Pixel Graphics 24.5%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 15.5%

Save the world by fishing! This is a brand new action RPG game where you stand on an adventure to fish the Sea'Az, the marine life of this world, in a vast pixel world. This is not a peaceful fishing game. The destruction of the world is imminent....

Why similar: RPG 45.7%, Pixel Graphics 37.2%, Adventure 17.1%

Every activity in Puzzle Pirates is a uniquely fun puzzle: be it sailing, gunning, or hauling treasure, your own puzzling skill determines your success!

Why similar: Pirates 81.5% ★, Casual 10.6%, Adventure 7.9%