- #1 Republic of Pirates
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 545 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
Why similar: Pirates 66.5% ★, Strategy 17.7%, Simulation 15.8%
- #2 Corsair Cove
96% matchVery Positive85% of 3,566 reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Pirates 60.9% ★, Strategy 20.3%, Simulation 18.8%
- #3 Pirates Journey
96% matchMixed56% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: 2MEDYA
Windows
You and your crew have been shipwrecked on a tropical island in the late 1600s. At the beginning of the adventure, you find yourself with only a few basic supplies, including ropes, sticks, and stones. With skill and cunning, you can survive on the island and thrive as a pirate crew.
Why similar: Pirates 100% ★
- #4 Caribbean Crashers
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,469 reviews2024
Dev: Bloxhill
Windows
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 43.7% ★, Strategy 28.8%, Simulation 27.6%
- #5 Pixel Survivors
94% matchMixed65% of 294 reviews2016
Dev: Patagoniart
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Pixel Survivors is a god management game. Create some land and build structures to keep your small society settled. See how long you can keep your village alive!
Why similar: Simulation 43.1%, Pirates 32.1% ★, Strategy 24.8%
- #6 Planetbase
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Why similar: Strategy 63.4%, Simulation 36.6%
- #7 SugarMill
94% matchMixed49% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Aatlantis Code
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
SugarMill comes to break the rules of village building simulation. Get ready to deal with food expiration, thirst, real-world measurements, and transportation of goods with horse-drawn carriages.
Why similar: Strategy 36.1%, Simulation 35.3%, Pirates 28.6% ★
- #8 Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale
92% matchMixed57% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Tortuga - A Pirate’s Tale tells the journey of a pirate captain with a lust for gold and glory who assumes command of a fleet of pirate ships to strike the Caribbean.
Why similar: Pirates 67.2% ★, Simulation 20.1%, Strategy 12.7%
- #9 Life in Bunker
91% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.
Why similar: Strategy 51.7%, Simulation 48.3%
- #10 High Sea Saga DX
89% matchVery Positive82% of 545 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Set sail and join yer crew in search of treasure and glory!
Why similar: Pirates 77.8% ★, Simulation 22.2%
- #11 Pirates of Black Cove
91% matchMixed65% of 173 reviews2011
Dev: Nitro Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Plunder your way to the top and claim the title of Pirate King. This humorous mix of adventure and strategy lets you unite pirate factions, manage strongholds, and dominate land and sea battles. Raid, recruit, and wreak havoc across the Caribbean in your quest for ultimate infamy.
Why similar: Pirates 75.7% ★, Strategy 24.3%
- #12 Port Royale 2
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 711 reviews2009
Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
The Caribbean in the 17th Century - Trade with over 60 towns, create your own production facilities, expand your trading empire and influence the development of the New World. As pirates and military fleets threaten your trade convoys, you'll need escort ships.
Why similar: Pirates 64.4% ★, Strategy 35.6%
- #13 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
89% matchMixed66% of 6,027 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Strategy 57.4%, Simulation 42.6%
- #14 Cursed Crew
88% matchVery Positive83% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Cracklewock Games
Windows
You’re the captain of a cursed ship in this crew management roguelite! Command your crew, keep the ship afloat, defeat pirates and deep-sea beasts, and sail as far as it takes to lift the curse.
Why similar: Pirates 61.3% ★, Strategy 21.5%, Simulation 17.2%
- #15 Pirate Cove Simulator
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
Pirate Cove Simulator will have you run a shop and tavern on the Island of the Damned, to get rich and buy your way out of the pirate afterlife. Trade with restless undead pirates, run your own distillery and turn local plants into potent drinks, search for hidden treasures, or just go fishing.
Why similar: Pirates 74.8% ★, Simulation 25.2%
- #16 Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story
87% matchMixed65% of 78 reviews2015
Dev: Epic Devs LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 43.6% ★, Strategy 30%, Simulation 26.3%
- #17 Port Royale 3
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,593 reviews2012
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.
Why similar: Pirates 56.9% ★, Strategy 25.3%, Simulation 17.9%
- #18 World Cruise Story
84% matchVery Positive90% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Captain a luxury cruise liner, sailing the entire world while entertaining VIPs!
Why similar: Simulation 50.9%, Strategy 49.1%
- #19 Prosperity
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 101 reviews2018
Dev: Persera Software Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take on the role of leading a camp of weary peasants, make strategic decisions to fight for survival against the elements. If you're capable, the camp will grow into a settlement, and then a hamlet. Do you have what it takes to grow it into a city?
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Simulation 48.2%
- #20 Flotsam
80% matchVery Positive81% of 4,643 reviews2025
Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #21 Indie Dev Simulator
83% matchMixed64% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows · Mac
In this game, you're playing as game developer and encounter typical problems like eating and sleeping. You need to correctly allocate your time for human needs, hobbies and work, to live another day as indie developer.
Why similar: Simulation 51.1%, Strategy 48.9%
- #22 The people of Sea, Sun & Salt
79% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Emerick GibsonPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Will you create a lasting civilization or see it collapse into the sea? In Sea, Sun & Salt, you build a city on a small mediterranean island. Define the tenets of your culture, deal with your subjects' needs and withstand the forces of the elements.
Why similar: Strategy 53%, Simulation 47%
- #23 Buoyancy
82% matchMixed55% of 831 reviews2019
Dev: Devs on a Boat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.
Why similar: Pirates 45.4% ★, Strategy 40.1%, Simulation 14.5%
- #24 Pirates? Pirates!
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2020
Dev: Amrita Studio
Windows
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: Strategy 52.8%, Pirates 47.2% ★
- #25 One More Island
81% matchMixed67% of 268 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!
Why similar: Simulation 78%, Strategy 22%
- #26 Ostriv
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,692 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: Strategy 55.9%, Simulation 44.1%
- #27 Mistward
79% matchMixed62% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!
Why similar: Strategy 51.6%, Simulation 48.4%
- #28 Banished
78% matchVery Positive90% of 43,352 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: Strategy 53.4%, Simulation 46.6%
- #29 Sid Meier's Pirates!
77% matchVery Positive94% of 7,580 reviews2005
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 91.8% ★, Strategy 8.2%
- #30 Pirates
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 921 reviews2021
Dev: F.P. Games
Windows
(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.
- #31 Havendock
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,964 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Strategy 52.8%, Simulation 47.2%
- #32 Paragon Pioneers
75% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #33 Settlement Survival
73% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: Simulation 57.2%, Strategy 42.8%
- #34 Port Royale 4
76% matchMixed57% of 2,148 reviews2020
Dev: Gaming MindsPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century.
Why similar: Pirates 55.1% ★, Strategy 23.8%, Simulation 21.1%
- #35 The Colonists
74% matchVery Positive86% of 1,242 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
Why similar: Strategy 55.8%, Simulation 44.2%
- #36 Unclaimed World
77% matchMixed50% of 218 reviews2016
Dev: Refactored Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Manage interstellar pioneers and their descendants in this detailed sci-fi colony sim. Centuries after planetfall, colonists are still struggling to gain foothold on their lush and alien planet. You settle on the frontier by carefully managing resources, production and different personalities.
Why similar: Simulation 51.3%, Strategy 48.7%
- #37 Peachleaf Pirates
75% matchMixed66% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: Dog Kiss StudioPub: Digerati
Windows
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 79.8% ★, Simulation 20.2%
- #38 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
74% matchMixed69% of 371 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Strategy 52%, Simulation 48%
- #39 ShoreTiles
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Voxel StudiosPub: Noovola
Windows
Build your island around a fragile lighthouse in this Gloomy tile-placement strategy game. Balance growth, economy, and defense - because when night falls, THEY will rise from the depths.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #40 The Caribbean Sail
73% matchVery Positive94% of 536 reviews2017
Dev: Victorian Clambake
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 68.1% ★, Simulation 16%, Strategy 15.9%
- #41 Dream Town Island
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 549 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: Strategy 50%, Simulation 50%
- #42 Colonize Prologue
72% matchMixed64% of 514 reviews2022
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.
Why similar: Strategy 67.6%, Simulation 32.4%
- #43 Captain of Industry
68% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Strategy 50%, Simulation 50%
- #44 Red Rogue Sea
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Firemage Studios
Windows · Linux
Red Rogue Sea is a roguelike strategy game that puts you in the shoes of a pirate captain and their crew. Manage your vessel as you sail through the treacherous waters of the archipelago, interact with the scum that inhabit it, and engage in battle using a tactical deck-building system.
Why similar: Pirates 74% ★, Strategy 26%
- #45 Resort Island Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Tenjin GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
A world filled with tricksters, pirates, zealots, and treasures. An ocean full of danger and prize. Face dilemmas and encounters. Manage a resort in this wild world and build a thriving business. An Explorer, a Survivor a Resorter or a Trader? Forge your own path to wealth. Make Resort Prosper!
Why similar: Pirates 74.6% ★, Simulation 25.4%
- #46 SeaColony
68% matchMixed65% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.
Why similar: Strategy 52.1%, Simulation 47.9%
- #47 Flooded
70% matchVery Positive81% of 139 reviews2023
Dev: Artificial Disasters
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Flooded is a reversed city-builder, in which you need to optimize your production on an island that shrinks over time. Gather enough resources to flee to safety, while the surrounding world is getting flooded.
Why similar: Strategy 53.8%, Simulation 46.2%
- #48 Pirates of Everseas
72% matchMixed64% of 134 reviews2019
Dev: Moonmana
Windows · Mac
Build a pirate empire & explore the open seas in this exciting strategy game!
Why similar: Pirates 76.6% ★, Strategy 23.4%
- #49 Tiny Life
69% matchVery Positive86% of 433 reviews2023
Dev: Ellpeck GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #50 Corsairs - Battle of the Caribbean
69% matchMostly Negative34% of 132 reviews2026
Dev: Fishing CactusPub: Microids
Windows
Get ready to scour the waves of the Caribbean in search of glory and riches! An immersive strategy game set amidst the world of buccaneering. Navigate tumultuous seas and manage a diverse crew to establish maritime dominance and ensure your fleet's future.
Why similar: Pirates 76% ★, Strategy 24%
- #51 Cruise Ship Manager
71% matchMixed42% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Take the challenge of managing a cruise ship! Maintain your vessel, plan your route, and sell tickets to the wealthiest passengers. Give tasks to your crew and keep their morale high. Choose the ship's layout and the offered amenities. Keep the prices right, passengers happy, and your wallet full!
Why similar: Simulation 53.6%, Strategy 46.4%
- #52 Winds Of Trade
71% matchMixed62% of 178 reviews2017
Dev: Rhombico Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Winds Of Trade is a strategy game about running an ocean trading company in the 18th and 19th centuries. Building your trading empire will not be your only goal! Ruthless pirates, shady smugglers, wartime and fierce competitors will make the way to the top a long and hard road for you!
Why similar: Pirates 72.3% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 10.9%
- #53 Dungeon Settlers
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,361 reviews2026
Dev: CanOpener
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A colony sim based dungeon crawler where you manage your expedition to build a settlement in barren land, provide food and shelter for your people, lead them deep into the merciless dungeon, overcome challenging combat by your strategy.
Why similar: Strategy 54.3%, Simulation 45.7%
- #54 Land of the Vikings
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,266 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: Strategy 60.1%, Simulation 39.9%
- #55 Island Tribe
70% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2015
Dev: Qumaron
Windows
You find yourself on a mysterious island in the middle of the ocean inhabited by a forgotten tribe. The islanders lived a carefree and quiet life and everything seemed to be perfect…
Why similar: Strategy 55.6%, Simulation 44.4%
- #56 Forsaken Isle
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 521 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
- #57 Desperate Place
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 301 reviews2025
Dev: BruceGalaxy
Windows
Desperate Place is a strategic tower defense game where you play as a crew member who wakes up early on a damaged colonization starship. Stranded on an unknown planet, you must gather resources, repair the ship, and defend against alien monsters to survive and escape.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #58 Pirates Outlaws
67% matchVery Positive82% of 789 reviews2020
Dev: Fabled Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
Why similar: Pirates 79.5% ★, Strategy 20.5%