- #1 Blazing Sails
97% matchVery Positive86% of 10,569 reviews2023
Dev: Get Up GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight for survival in Blazing Sails, a fast-paced pirate PvP game! Create your own unique pirate and ship. Band together with other players to command your mighty vessel! Explore different game-modes, maps, weapons, ship types and more while eliminating other crews in epic battles on land and sea!
Why similar: Pirates 30.7% ★, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Co-op 11.4%, Naval 11.1% ★, Open World 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers first-person pirate crew combat with ship sailing, cannon fire, boarding, and chaotic multiplayer battles that feel closest to Sea of Thieves’ PvP side.
- #2 Blackwake
96% matchVery Positive81% of 26,044 reviews2020
Dev: Mastfire Studios Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel.
Why similar: Pirates 40.4% ★, Naval 15.8% ★, Sailing 11.4% ★, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is one of the purest alternatives for coordinating a crew on a sailing warship, manning cannons, repairing damage, and fighting other players from a first-person view.
- #3 Skull and Bones
96% matchMixed67% of 4,077 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft SingaporePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Skull and Bones is an open world naval action RPG where ship combat, build choice, and sailing skill define your pirate legend. Conquer rival ships and mythical beasts in a vast ocean of up to 20 players.
Why similar: Pirates 35.8% ★, Open World 14.3%, Co-op 11.4%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Sailing 8.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: It scratches the open-world pirate fantasy with sailing, naval combat, loot chasing, and online play, even if it leans more into ship-focused RPG systems.
- #4 ATLAS
95% matchMixed47% of 42,887 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 112.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Why similar: Pirates 30% ★, Sailing 24.4% ★, Open World 12%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: ATLAS offers a huge online pirate sandbox where crews build ships, explore islands, gather treasure, and fight both players and creatures.
- #5 Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
94% matchMixed56% of 563 reviews2020
Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Treasure Royale is a Battle Royale style game in which dozens of pirate crews face each other on the open sea, jungle islands and dark caves. Navigate your ship, bombard enemies, find gear but above all - hunt treasures!
Why similar: Pirates 26.8% ★, Sailing 19.8% ★, Naval 11.9% ★, Open World 10.4%, Multiplayer 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This pirate PvP sandbox mixes first-person gunplay, ship combat, and island scavenging in a way that echoes Sea of Thieves’ combat loop.
- #6 Salt 2: Shores of Gold
93% matchVery Positive85% of 2,246 reviews2025
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Salt 2 is a pirate-themed open world adventure focused on exploration, crafting, and survival. Play solo or with up to 5 friends, sailing the sea with your ship as a mobile base. Discover islands full of quests, towns, caves, and secrets. Level up, craft gear, hunt, fish, and customize your ship.
Why similar: Pirates 31.9% ★, Sailing 29% ★, Open World 14.3%, Naval 13.3% ★, PvE 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: The first-person island-hopping, treasure-seeking, and personal-ship exploration make it a strong single-player stand-in for Sea of Thieves’ PvE adventure side.
- #7 Sail
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 141 reviews2022
Dev: Red Team Interactive Inc.
Windows
Open World, Multiplayer VR Pirate Game!
Why similar: Pirates 32.8% ★, Sailing 27% ★, Open World 8.7%, Swordplay 7.7%, PvP 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person co-op sailing and survival focus captures the feeling of actually operating a ship together rather than just steering a vehicle.
- #8 Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
92% matchVery Positive88% of 77,467 reviews
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 20.9 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Discover Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the classic pirate action-adventure game from 2013. Command your ship, hunt Templars and carve your legend as Edward Kenway across the Caribbean's Golden Age of Piracy.
Why similar: Pirates 50.9% ★, Open World 17.4%, Naval 14.3% ★, Multiplayer 8.2%, Adventure 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Black Flag is still one of the best pirate fantasies on PC thanks to its seamless blend of ship combat, treasure hunting, and swashbuckling exploration.
- #9 Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy
91% matchVery Positive81% of 146 reviews2022
Dev: Skyward DigitalPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Witness the rise of piracy in this prologue to Buccaneers!, a classic pirate RPG. Command and customise a powerful warship on PC or in VR and take part in tense naval and land battles that will put your swashbuckling skills to the test.
Why similar: Pirates 34.3% ★, Sailing 28% ★, Naval 18% ★, Open World 12.8%, First-Person 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: This focuses on living as a pirate captain in an open Caribbean with naval combat, quests, and free-roaming progression.
- #10 Sea Dogs: To Each His Own
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,353 reviews2012
Dev: BlackMark Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 48.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
1654 AC. The Caribbean. A place of opportunities and mysteries.
Why similar: Pirates 41.8% ★, Sailing 25.3% ★, Naval 18.7% ★, Open World 10.1%, Adventure 2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep pirate role-playing with open-world Caribbean sailing, boarding actions, trading, and faction-driven adventures.
- #11 Tempest: Pirate Action RPG
89% matchMixed69% of 2,601 reviews2016
Dev: HeroCraftPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 40.6% ★, Sailing 16.3% ★, Naval 15.7% ★, Open World 9.7%, Co-op 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Tempest leans into the monster-hunting, ship-upgrading, and broad seafaring adventure that Sea of Thieves players often enjoy.
- #12 Windward
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,625 reviews2015
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 44.6% ★, Naval 18.1% ★, Sailing 11.6% ★, Multiplayer 7.8%, Open World 7%
Why You'll Like It: Windward captures the relaxed co-op sailing-and-fighting loop of roaming the sea with friends, just from a top-down perspective.
- #13 Sid Meier's Pirates!
88% matchVery Positive94% of 7,407 reviews2005
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 52.8% ★, Sailing 16.9% ★, Open World 13%, Naval 12.5% ★, Adventure 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: This classic still delivers the full pirate loop of sailing, trading, dueling, treasure maps, and naval battles in a compact sandbox.
- #14 Age of Water
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,482 reviews2025
Dev: Three Whales StudioPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Age of Water is an online adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean and reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.
Why similar: Pirates 36.1% ★, Naval 25.9% ★, Open World 15%, Massively Multiplayer 8.5%, Multiplayer 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: While post-apocalyptic rather than pirate-themed, its shared-world ship-based exploration, upgrades, and sea combat tap a similar open-water multiplayer itch.
- #15 Naval Action
87% matchMixed52% of 14,590 reviews2019
Dev: Bermuda Computer Club
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 89.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Or were you deaf or were you blind when you left your two fine legs behind, Or was it sailing on the sea when you got the cannonball to your knee, I too was young and I was slim and I had a leg for every limb, But now I’ve got no legs at all, they were both shot away by a cannonball.
Why similar: Pirates 30.1% ★, Sailing 27.5% ★, Naval 15.8% ★, Open World 11.4%, Multiplayer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part is realistic age-of-sail ship handling and cannon duels with other players, this goes much deeper on that front.
- #16 The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
86% matchVery Positive83% of 4,599 reviews2016
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Hail to the Captain! Sail into the heart of the Caribbean in the Age of Piracy - the time of black flags and white skulls, blue waves and golden opportunities. Hoist the Jolly Roger and grab the steering wheel to sail through battles and raids, ransoms and treasures, to become the Crimson King of the Antilles!
Why similar: Pirates 47.6% ★, Naval 14.9% ★, Sailing 13% ★, Multiplayer 10.2%, Open World 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It’s a lighter but very direct pirate-ship combat game centered on sailing, broadsides, upgrading vessels, and roaming the Caribbean.
- #17 Caribbean Legend
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,032 reviews2024
Dev: BlackMark Studio
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 54.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An open-world RPG, set in the Golden Age of Caribbean piracy. Embark on a 200-hour-long adventure, plunder cities and ships, explore the unknown, discover treasures, forge friendships, earn bounties on your head, and charm the ladies on your path to ultimate freedom!
Why similar: Pirates 39.8% ★, Sailing 23.5% ★, Naval 18.6% ★, Open World 15%, Exploration 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a more hardcore single-player Caribbean pirate RPG with free sailing, quests, factions, and boarding-heavy naval play.
- #18 Raft
84% matchVery Positive93% of 371,624 reviews2022
Dev: Redbeet InteractivePub: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 14.6 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Why similar: Multiplayer 29.4%, Co-op 26.2%, Open World 20.2%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Even without the pirate theme, its first-person co-op life at sea, emergent adventures, and teamwork-driven travel make it a natural fit.
- #19 King of Seas
85% matchMixed59% of 770 reviews2021
Dev: 3DCloudsPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 35.2% ★, Sailing 26.8% ★, Naval 16.1% ★, Open World 12%, PvE 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: This action-RPG turns the pirate captain progression loop into a faster, more arcade-like format full of sea battles and exploration.
- #20 Furious Seas
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 247 reviews2021
Dev: Future Immersive
Windows
Furious Seas puts you in command as captain of a deadly pirate ship. Navigate through treacherous waters and blast apart fearsome enemy fleets in this thrilling VR adventure like no other. Carve out your legend today amidst the Furious Seas.
Why similar: Pirates 45.1% ★, Sailing 23.9% ★, Naval 11.1% ★, Co-op 6%, Multiplayer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers fast, arcade-style pirate naval combat in VR, focusing on ship duels and cannon action.
- #21 Salt
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,246 reviews2018
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.
Why similar: Pirates 33% ★, Open World 19.4%, Sailing 16.1% ★, Multiplayer 10.3%, Naval 8.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: Salt shares the first-person exploration, island discovery, and personal-boat adventuring that make Sea of Thieves’ quieter moments so appealing.
- #22 Sailwind
81% matchVery Positive90% of 2,195 reviews2021
Dev: Raw Lion Workshop
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Sailing 56.9% ★, Open World 23.6%, Adventure 5.8%, First-Person 5.4%, Exploration 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is for players who mainly love the actual act of sailing, navigation, and crossing dangerous open water on a small crewed vessel.
- #23 The Pirate: Plague of the Dead
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 632 reviews2017
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Command the most fearsome pirates in an exciting Caribbean adventure! Plague of the Dead is a new installment of The Pirate series, featuring an open world without loading screens, dynamic day and night cycle and weather system, it offers each gamer an unforgettable experience.
Why similar: Pirates 59.5% ★, Naval 14.9% ★, Multiplayer 14.1%, Adventure 4.2%, Action 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Like Caribbean Hunt, it centers on commanding pirate ships across the Caribbean with plenty of naval fights and fleet progression.
- #24 Sail Forth
80% matchVery Positive92% of 633 reviews2022
Dev: Festive VectorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 45.7% ★, Sailing 41.4% ★, Adventure 4.9%, Exploration 4.4%, Atmospheric 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its lighthearted fleet sailing, open-sea exploration, and constant movement from island to island echo Sea of Thieves’ adventurous pacing.
- #25 Windrose
78% matchVery Positive88% of 43,205 reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Express
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!
Why similar: Pirates 37.8% ★, Sailing 22.8% ★, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Open World 8.4%, PvP 4.5%
- #26 DREDGE
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 54,094 reviews2023
Dev: Black Salt GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Why similar: Sailing 36.8% ★, Open World 36%, Exploration 12.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Atmospheric 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: DREDGE matches Sea of Thieves’ love of ocean atmosphere, discovery, and creeping danger, even though it is a solo fishing-horror adventure.
- #27 Battlewake
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 128 reviews2019
Dev: Survios
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Fight for dominion in Battlewake, a fantasy naval combat game built for VR. Play as 4 mythical pirate lords, captain massive battle-ready warships, and summon ancient powers as you set sail on a larger-than-life nautical war for the ages.
Why similar: Pirates 52.2% ★, Naval 15% ★, Multiplayer 7.2%, Online Co-Op 6%, Adventure 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: In VR, it recreates the thrill of steering a pirate ship, blasting enemies with cannons, and using special abilities in naval battles.
- #28 World of Warships
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 154,591 reviews2017
Dev: Wargaming Group Limited
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 82.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
Why similar: Naval 30.6% ★, Multiplayer 18%, PvP 15%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Co-op 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: It drops the pirate fantasy, but the online ship combat and team-based naval battles will still appeal to players who love cannon duels.
- #29 World of Sea Battle
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,122 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Set sail in World of Sea Battle, an action-packed open-world MMO in the Golden Age of Sail! Command historic ships, battle in PvP & PvE, shape the economy, and engage in territorial guild wars in your quest for glory across the high seas!
Why similar: Pirates 29.1% ★, Sailing 23.8% ★, Naval 15.7% ★, Open World 11.4%, Massively Multiplayer 6.7%
- #30 Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale
78% matchMixed58% of 165 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 42.2% ★, Sailing 31.5% ★, Naval 23.2% ★, Exploration 2.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is a more strategic take on the pirate life, but it still offers Caribbean faction play, ship battles, and treasure-minded progression.
- #31 Piratopia
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,055 reviews2021
Dev: Adi ZhavoPub: Project 99 Games
Windows · Mac
Set sail in the open seas and plunder solo, PvE or PvP. Trade goods for ship upgrades or equipments to hunt the Kraken, all in the same Server. Dominate by yourself or with maties. Arrrr for free!
Why similar: Pirates 27.6% ★, Sailing 20.4% ★, Naval 10.5% ★, Open World 7.8%, PvP 6.8%
- #32 Forgotten Seas
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 580 reviews2025
Dev: Pangea Game StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
You are lost in the Bermuda Void, where the ocean is endless and dry land precious. Craft your Ship-in-a-Bottle, then experience survival on the high seas. Sail for new land, build camps, hunt for treasures, trade for goods - then defend your ship from dreaded pirates stalking this strange realm!
Why similar: Pirates 31.4% ★, Sailing 18.2% ★, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Co-op 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #33 Terror of the Seven Seas
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Cutthroat Games
Windows
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 34% ★, Sailing 27.7% ★, Naval 14.2% ★, Open World 12.9%, Adventure 3.1%
- #34 Windward Horizon
75% matchVery Positive80% of 434 reviews2025
Dev: Tasharen Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trade, quest, fight, or simply set sail and enjoy the ambiance in this charming open world naval RPG. Sequel to Tasharen's fan favorite game Windward released on Steam in 2015.
Why similar: Sailing 24.8% ★, Pirates 20.6% ★, Naval 14.7% ★, Open World 12.4%, Co-op 11.2%
- #35 Maelstrom
75% matchVery Positive83% of 2,581 reviews2019
Dev: Gunpowder Games, Inc.Pub: Forthright Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Command the seas in Maelstrom! Engage in fast-paced naval battles with powerful warships and colossal sea monsters. Customize your fleet and dominate the Abyssal Ocean. Are you ruthless enough to survive?
Why similar: Pirates 28.9% ★, Sailing 23.5% ★, Naval 15% ★, PvP 6.8%, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #36 Mystical Maritime Adventure
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Ze_Yu
Windows
Here, you can freely sail your ship, explore the endless ocean, and find hidden islands and treasures!
Why similar: Pirates 48.2% ★, Naval 24.3% ★, Open World 9.9%, Sailing 6.3% ★, Adventure 5.9%
- #37 Captain Bones: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive86% of 552 reviews2021
Dev: World of Poly
Windows
Captain Bones is an action-adventure game set in an open pirate world. You must have survival skills to make ship battles and treasure hunts with your crew.
Why similar: Pirates 35.6% ★, Sailing 25.2% ★, Open World 12.9%, Swordplay 9.2%, Naval 7.2% ★
- #38 Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey
72% matchVery Positive82% of 375 reviews2025
Dev: World of Poly
Windows
Captain Bones is an action-adventure game set in an open pirate world. You must have survival skills to make ship battles and treasure hunts with your crew.
Why similar: Pirates 33.3% ★, Sailing 26.5% ★, Naval 17.6% ★, Open World 12.3%, Swordplay 6.1%
- #39 Red Dead Online
73% matchVery Positive83% of 68,934 reviews2020
Dev: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 72.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.
Why similar: Open World 30.7%, Multiplayer 23.4%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, PvP 8.7%, Co-op 8.1%
- #40 Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
71% matchVery Positive88% of 9,393 reviews2025
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 26.1 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Embark on an over-the-top, modern-day pirate adventure with an ex-yakuza, now pirate captain & his crew. Engage in exhilarating combat on land and sea in the hunt for lost memories and treasure.
Why similar: Pirates 45.8% ★, Sailing 17.3% ★, Naval 11.8% ★, Open World 5.8%, Adventure 4.8%
- #41 Buccaneers!
73% matchVery Positive81% of 399 reviews2022
Dev: Skyward Digital
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 35.6% ★, Sailing 27% ★, Naval 18.1% ★, Open World 12.5%, FPS 3.1%
- #42 Unearned Bounty
74% matchMixed68% of 321 reviews2018
Dev: Extrokold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 180.6 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Unearned Bounty is an action-packed Free-For-All multiplayer game where you battle to become the most infamous pirate!
Why similar: Pirates 50.4% ★, Naval 13.9% ★, Multiplayer 12.8%, Sailing 12.1% ★, PvP 5.7%
- #43 Sea of Craft
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 455 reviews2023
Dev: Wizard Games
Windows
Hello! Captain! “Sea Of Craft” is a sandbox ocean-building game with realistic physics simulation. In “Sea of Craft”, you can build your exclusive ship with hundreds of materials, and explore intriguing stages on planet Beella as well as adventures of wonders in the great ocean!
Why similar: Pirates 38.6% ★, Open World 15.2%, Naval 13.1% ★, Multiplayer 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8.4%
- #44 Pirate Fighting Simulator
70% matchVery Positive91% of 893 reviews2023
Dev: Uncommon UTD
Windows
Pirate Fighting Simulator is a free multiplayer PVP game where you can fight friends or randoms on an island arena
Why similar: Pirates 58.4% ★, PvP 14.1%, Multiplayer 9.5%, FPS 8.5%, First-Person 5.3%
- #45 Corsairs Legacy - Pirate Action RPG & Sea Battles
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,146 reviews2024
Dev: MaurisPub: Mauris Games OU
Windows
Get ready for ‘Corsairs Legacy’. It’s an open-world adventure in the Caribbean, the historical pirate life simulator. Sail the sea, fight the enemies, and explore islands. Will you rise to become a legendary pirate or meet your end at the hands of your enemies? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Pirates 35.6% ★, Sailing 28.8% ★, Naval 17.9% ★, Open World 13.5%, Adventure 3.5%
- #46 Monster Hunter: World
69% matchVery Positive89% of 508,024 reviews2018
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36.1 hrsMean: 163.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.
Why similar: Co-op 30.5%, Multiplayer 26.7%, Open World 23.8%, Action 5.2%, Great Soundtrack 4.8%
- #47 DAVY x JONES
67% matchVery Positive87% of 403 reviews2025
Dev: PARASIGHT
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Command the skies. Crush the ground. Conquer The Locker. A grand action-adventure where you play as two halves of one legendary pirate — DAVY (Head) and JONES (Body). DAVY commands your flying ship in roguelite sky battles; JONES unleashes visceral first-person combat on the islands.
Why similar: Sailing 28.9% ★, Pirates 27.3% ★, Open World 15.1%, Swordplay 10%, FPS 5.7%
- #48 PIRATECRAFT
70% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Game for games
Windows
PIRATECRAFT is a game battle-royale (survival, action, first person shooter) for single or multiplayer game
Why similar: Pirates 41.6% ★, Open World 12.3%, PvP 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Co-op 8.3%
- #49 Rise of Piracy
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 432 reviews2026
Dev: IrishJohnGamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.
Why similar: Pirates 34% ★, Sailing 27.1% ★, Naval 17.1% ★, Open World 10%, PvP 7.1%
- #50 Pirate Souls
69% matchMixed62% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: Diamond SoulPub: Hitspark
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D Online RPG where you can become the most wanted pirate, the strongest bounty hunter or even the highest-ranking Marine! Customize your character to be uniquely yours, level up and find treasures. Start your adventure in the world of Pirate Souls now!
Why similar: Pirates 32.4% ★, Open World 14.7%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Co-op 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #51 Captain Blood
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Seawolf StudioPub: SNEG
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Captain Blood is a pirate-themed action game where you play as a fearsome pirate seeking gold and glory. Expect adventures with cannon firing, pistol shooting, swashbuckling sword fights, and plenty of pirate shenanigans. This hack'n'slash features fierce combat, hordes of enemies and flashy combos.
Why similar: Pirates 46.5% ★, Sailing 31.3% ★, Swordplay 9.7%, Adventure 4.8%, Funny 3.8%
- #52 Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 455 reviews2026
Dev: ReCon TeamPub: BlackMark Studio
Windows
You are the captain and owner of your own ship—the finest fate one could hope for in the 17th century Caribbean. Unlimited sandbox experience. 60 hours of content. A unique genre blending naval combat, land exploration, and global map. Think Sid Meier's Pirates! meets Bannerlord.
Why similar: Pirates 41.7% ★, Sailing 25.9% ★, Naval 22% ★, Open World 7%, Exploration 3.2%
- #53 The Caribbean Sail
68% matchVery Positive94% of 527 reviews2017
Dev: Victorian Clambake
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 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 37.3% ★, Sailing 30.7% ★, Naval 14.5% ★, Open World 11.1%, Adventure 3.7%
- #54 Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,988 reviews2024
Dev: Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft StudioPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a third and first-person action-adventure game set in the Western Frontier. Reconnect with your lost heritage and discover what it means to be Na'vi.
Why similar: Open World 27.3%, Online Co-Op 19.7%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Co-op 8.4%, Adventure 7.1%
- #55 Sea Dogs
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 171 reviews2018
Dev: Akella
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Sea Dogs is an epic role-playing game for the pirate in all of us. Return to the age of sail as a young captain looking to make a name in the world. Develop your character from humble beginnings and rise to control all of the islands for your country or yourself.
Why similar: Pirates 33.1% ★, Sailing 27.3% ★, Naval 17.6% ★, Open World 10.5%, Swordplay 7.6%
