
Explore. Trade. Fish. Whale. Colonize. Fight. Pillage. Survive. You are a sea captain in the year 1522, and the whole world is yours to discover in this roguelike sandbox historical sailing simulator.
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Explore. Trade. Fish. Whale. Colonize. Fight. Pillage. Survive. You are a sea captain in the year 1522, and the whole world is yours to discover in this roguelike sandbox historical sailing simulator.

Kaperfahrt
Sail an open Caribbean where every choice matters. Plunder ships in fierce naval battles, trade between rival houses, and build yourself from a humble sloop into a feared legend. Kaperfahrt is your pirate sandbox on a grand scale.

Project Seaborne
Command a ship in the age of sail across a fully circumnavigable globe. Read the wind, trade for a reason, fight broadside to broadside, board and take prizes, and build a name — alone or in Steam co-op. Simulated sea, living crew, seventeen period hulls, a family to leave it all to.
Sail an open Caribbean where every choice matters. Plunder ships in fierce naval battles, trade between rival houses, and build yourself from a humble sloop into a feared legend. Kaperfahrt is your pirate sandbox on a grand scale.
Why similar: Sailing 22.4% ★, Pirates 21.9% ★, Naval Combat 15.7% ★, Trading 10.4%, Sandbox 7.2%
Command a ship in the age of sail across a fully circumnavigable globe. Read the wind, trade for a reason, fight broadside to broadside, board and take prizes, and build a name — alone or in Steam co-op. Simulated sea, living crew, seventeen period hulls, a family to leave it all to.
Why similar: Sailing 19.1% ★, Pirates 14.7% ★, Naval Combat 10% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Historical 8.2%
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Why similar: Pirates 25% ★, Sailing 24.4% ★, Naval Combat 16.9% ★, Open World 6.6%, Trading 6.3%
Captain your own vessel in this cozy Caribbean sailing management sim. Hire crew with unique personalities, outfit your ship, trade between tropical ports, and weather dynamic storms with skill-based sailing physics.
Why similar: Sailing 37.6% ★, Trading 22.6%, Pirates 14.3% ★, Simulation 5.8%, Historical 5.5%
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Why similar: Sailing 27.5% ★, Trading 18.8%, Naval Combat 12.7% ★, Economy 8.1%, Historical 8.1%
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Why similar: Sailing 23.8% ★, Pirates 17.1% ★, Trading 15.6%, Naval Combat 14.6% ★, Economy 6.9%
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Why similar: Pirates 22.8% ★, Sailing 22% ★, Naval Combat 21.8% ★, Trading 12.6%, Historical 10.4%
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Why similar: Sailing 38% ★, Trading 20%, Naval Combat 17.3% ★, Historical 11.6%, Economy 6.1%
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Why similar: Sailing 23.9% ★, Pirates 18.6% ★, Naval Combat 15.1% ★, Trading 14.5%, Open World 7.7%
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Why similar: Pirates 21.1% ★, Naval Combat 17.1% ★, Trading 13.8%, Perma Death 10.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
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Why similar: Sailing 27.6% ★, Pirates 19.4% ★, Naval Combat 17.5% ★, Trading 13.4%, Historical 6.1%
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Why similar: Sailing 24.6% ★, Pirates 18.7% ★, Naval Combat 15.9% ★, Trading 13.3%, Fishing 10% ★
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Why similar: Sailing 23.8% ★, Pirates 14.8% ★, Naval Combat 13.6% ★, Trading 13.1%, Perma Death 9.5%
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Why similar: Pirates 23.9% ★, Sailing 20.8% ★, Naval Combat 15.4% ★, Trading 13.3%, Open World 8.2%
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Why similar: Sailing 28.2% ★, Trading 17.6%, Naval Combat 17% ★, Historical 8.4%, Sandbox 8.2%
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Why similar: Pirates 38.9% ★, Sailing 20% ★, Open World 8.9%, Trading 6.3%, Historical 6.2%
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An open World Space Logistics Simulator set in the future where humanity have just started the BIG colonization effort of a new found world. Manage fuel economy and mine ores
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Why similar: Sailing 28.4% ★, Pirates 17.5% ★, Trading 17.5%, Naval Combat 16.1% ★, Open World 7%
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Why similar: Sailing 25.4% ★, Trading 17.1%, Naval Combat 14.6% ★, Diplomacy 9.5% ★, Economy 7.2%
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Why similar: Pirates 31.5% ★, Trading 25.7%, Naval Combat 19.4% ★, Sailing 13.6% ★, Open World 9.8%
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Why similar: Sailing 31.8% ★, Trading 19.2%, Fishing 13.9% ★, Pirates 13.6% ★, Open World 6.8%
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Why similar: Sailing 26% ★, Pirates 20.3% ★, Naval Combat 16.4% ★, Historical 7.8%, Economy 7.7%
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Why similar: Sailing 31.4% ★, Pirates 24.3% ★, Naval Combat 15.6% ★, Survival 9.5%, Open World 8.9%
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Why similar: Sailing 31.2% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Trading 12.8%, Simulation 11%, Historical 9.3%
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Why similar: Pirates 30.9% ★, Sailing 28.5% ★, Naval Combat 12.6% ★, Survival 10.3%, Open World 9.7%
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Why similar: Sailing 30% ★, Pirates 25.2% ★, Auto Battler 17.7%, Naval Combat 14.9% ★, Roguelike 9.8%
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Why similar: Sailing 35.3% ★, Pirates 24.5% ★, Open World 10.1%, Sandbox 9.2%, Survival 9.1%
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Why similar: Sailing 33.6% ★, Pirates 17.4% ★, Naval Combat 16.8% ★, Fishing 11.3% ★, Historical 9.9%
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Why similar: Sailing 32.7% ★, Pirates 26.1% ★, Naval Combat 15.4% ★, Survival 7.8%, Open World 7.1%
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Why similar: Sailing 26.7% ★, Naval Combat 18% ★, Pirates 16.7% ★, Trading 15.6%, Historical 11.7%
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Why similar: Pirates 27.3% ★, Sailing 24.7% ★, Naval Combat 14% ★, Open World 9.3%, Sandbox 8.5%
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Why similar: Pirates 28% ★, Sailing 26.9% ★, Naval Combat 17.4% ★, Sandbox 8.8%, Historical 8.7%
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