- #1 Sailing Era
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,902 reviews2023
Dev: GY GamesPub: bilibili
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Every voyage is a journey of "Sailing & Beyond" in Sailing Era! Navigate your fleet and sail for fun; run a business; have a romantic encounter in the tavern; capture pirates amid intense battle; explore inland for treasure... Experience foreign culture, make novel discoveries, and sail away!
Why similar: Sailing 24.6% ★, Naval Combat 22.2% ★, Pirates 12.9% ★, Historical 12.5%, Trading 10% ★
- #2 Horizon's Gate
96% matchVery Positive95% of 1,231 reviews2020
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Sailing 24% ★, Naval Combat 15% ★, Party-Based RPG 12.4%, Pirates 12.1% ★, Strategy RPG 10.4%
- #3 High Sea Saga DX
96% matchVery Positive82% of 468 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Set sail and join yer crew in search of treasure and glory!
Why similar: Pirates 30.8% ★, Party-Based RPG 23.1%, Strategy RPG 20%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, RPG 7%
- #4 Winds Of Trade
95% 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: Sailing 25.2% ★, Naval 19.2% ★, Pirates 16.8% ★, Naval Combat 16.6% ★, Trading 10.6% ★
- #5 Abandon Ship
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,326 reviews2019
Dev: Fireblade Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Naval Combat 22.9% ★, Naval 20.6% ★, Pirates 17.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Historical 8.6%
- #6 Mystical Maritime Adventure
94% 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: Naval Combat 28.5% ★, Naval 27% ★, Pirates 24% ★, RPG 6.3%, Sailing 6.2% ★
- #7 航海霸業 Maritime hegemony
93% matchMostly Positive70% of 131 reviews2022
Dev: Chongqing Aoxia Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: STIM GAMES
Windows
"Navigation Domination" is an RPG game with the 15th century era of great voyage as the background. Based on the 14th to 19th centuries, especially the world after the great geographical discovery and the opening of new routes, maps, ports, cities and specialties for trade are constructed.
Why similar: Sailing 22.7% ★, Naval 15.4% ★, Naval Combat 15.1% ★, Pirates 12.9% ★, Trading 9.5% ★
- #8 Sagres
91% matchVery Positive81% of 228 reviews2023
Dev: oozePub: Kakehashi Games
Windows
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: Sailing 47% ★, Historical 18.1%, JRPG 11.8%, Exploration 8.1%, Medieval 6.9%
- #9 Uncharted Waters Origin
92% matchMixed46% of 1,729 reviews2023
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.Pub: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 108.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Commemorating 30 years of the Uncharted Waters seriesSail through the vast oceans, massive worlds and contentsOpen world exploration RPG Uncharted Waters Origin
Why similar: Sailing 43.3% ★, Trading 17% ★, Historical 15.9%, Open World 9%, RPG 7.7%
- #10 Seablip
89% matchVery Positive82% of 1,036 reviews2024
Dev: Jardar SolliPub: Vibedy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Naval Combat 27.3% ★, Pirates 26.8% ★, Strategy RPG 19.6%, Open World 9.9%, Exploration 6.2%
- #11 Pixel Piracy
91% matchMixed65% of 7,360 reviews2014
Dev: Vitali Kirpu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Sailing 29.6% ★, Naval Combat 21.9% ★, Naval 19.6% ★, Pirates 18.1% ★, Open World 6.8%
- #12 Endless Voyage / 无尽航线
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 682 reviews2021
Dev: Dalaran Game StudioPub: KuYou Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
“Endless Voyage” is a Roguelike strategy card game. Follow captain Qin, who leads her sailors into a labyrinth of boulders. combine your deck as well as collecting powerful relics to defeat various NPCS and explore this world. Captain, raise your sails and venture forward!
Why similar: Pirates 40.1% ★, 2D Platformer 23.6%, Strategy 15.2%, RPG 14.9%, 2D 6.2%
- #13 Terror of the Seven Seas
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 99 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: Sailing 23.7% ★, Naval Combat 19.9% ★, Pirates 14.8% ★, Naval 13.8% ★, Trading 9.1% ★
- #14 Ocean Punk
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Studio
Windows
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 56.9% ★, Open World 15.3%, Exploration 12.5%, Strategy 9.6%, 2D 5.8%
- #15 Windward
88% 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: Naval Combat 29.7% ★, Pirates 22% ★, Naval 20% ★, Sailing 11.3% ★, Trading 7.5% ★
- #16 Sail Forth
86% matchVery Positive92% of 625 reviews2022
Dev: Festive VectorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Sailing 39.7% ★, Naval Combat 31.3% ★, Pirates 22.4% ★, Exploration 6.5%
- #17 Following Seas
86% matchVery Positive81% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Whipstaff Games
Windows
Following Seas is a game about ships and the sea. Transport cargo, fish, and fight the weather in an unforgiving open world. Featuring elements of realistic ship management, you can use the stars to navigate, batten the hatches, and get lost beyond the edges of the map.
Why similar: Sailing 35.7% ★, Naval 25.9% ★, Trading 14.5% ★, Pirates 12.3% ★, Open World 6.7%
- #18 Rise of Piracy
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 355 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: Sailing 27.7% ★, Naval Combat 21.6% ★, Naval 19.9% ★, Pirates 17.7% ★, Open World 5.2%
- #19 The Caribbean Sail
84% matchVery Positive94% of 524 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: Sailing 30.6% ★, Naval Combat 20% ★, Pirates 18.9% ★, Naval 16.5% ★, Open World 5.6%
- #20 Feral Blue
85% matchMixed52% of 244 reviews2019
Dev: Snowbird Games
Windows
The old world has drowned after the Second Flood. Now, only few survivors are fighting for the new gold - clean water, wood and soil. Become a ship's captain, keep your crew alive and create your sea empire!
Why similar: Sailing 26.8% ★, Naval 20.6% ★, Naval Combat 18.8% ★, Pirates 16.7% ★, Open World 5.1%
- #21 Sail the Seas
82% matchVery Positive81% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: Viking Game Studio
Windows
Sail the Seas is a sailing, trading simulator set in 18th century, spanning whole world
Why similar: Naval 32.4% ★, Sailing 19.5% ★, Historical 14.4%, Trading 11.6% ★, Exploration 8.3%
- #22 Uncharted Waters Online
83% matchMixed69% of 422 reviews2018
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.Pub: Papaya Play
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Discover yourself in the “Age of Discovery” where you’ll sail out into the uncharted waters! Discover real historical artifacts and mystical legends! Start a company and make enormous fortunes! Fight in fierce sea battles! Whatever your play style, you can play who you want and how you want in UWO!
Why similar: Sailing 35.1% ★, Pirates 20.4% ★, Naval 17.4% ★, RPG 11%, Strategy 9%
- #23 Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,027 reviews2023
Dev: Revolution IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 28.8%, Naval 27.7% ★, Pirates 23% ★, Open World 8.2%, RPG 7.3%
- #24 Nantucket
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 870 reviews2018
Dev: Picaresque Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.
Why similar: Naval 27.2% ★, Sailing 25.8% ★, Historical 15.3%, Pirates 9.4% ★, Strategy 8.7%
- #25 イル・ドー
80% matchVery Positive89% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: あとらそふと
Windows
このゲームは、海洋交易で資金を稼ぐゲームで、交易、探険、戦闘の3つが重要となります。交易で銀貨を稼いで仲間を増やし、探険で手に入れた資材で強い船をつくり、戦闘に勝利しましょう。交易、探険、戦闘をどういうバランスで進めていくかは、プレイヤーの自由な攻略に委ねられています。ゲームの舞台となる海域には、ライバルの勢力がいて覇権を競い合っています。プレイヤーはストーリー中の分岐によって、勢力同士争いに介入することができ、その選択が味方になる勢力と敵になる勢力に影響を及ぼします。
Why similar: Sailing 43.7% ★, Trading 17.9% ★, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Historical 12.9%, RPG 5.2%
- #26 High Seas, High Profits!
78% matchVery Positive91% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: lexy.zip
Windows · Linux
Live your medieval trader life! Buy low, sell high and explore the world! Buy ships, build businesses, find or train captains. Deal with pirates, manipulate mayors and challenge traders. React to hundreds of events that shape your very own procedurally-generated world!
Why similar: Sailing 38.2% ★, Trading 21.6% ★, Pirates 15.2% ★, Medieval 10.5%, Exploration 6.7%
- #27 Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales
81% matchMixed61% of 136 reviews2018
Dev: Akella
Windows
Sail the rough seas with your tall ship and loyal crew of vicious cutthroats and fierce corsairs. Build up your fleet and capture and rule colonies to become the mightiest pirate of them all! Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales is a naval game devoted to pirate adventures on the Caribbean seas of the 17th century, aiming to be the ultimate pirate...
Why similar: Naval Combat 31.5% ★, Pirates 20.5% ★, Naval 17.2% ★, Sailing 15.3% ★, RPG 6.7%
- #28 King of Seas
79% matchMixed59% of 767 reviews2021
Dev: 3DCloudsPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.2 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: Sailing 28% ★, Naval Combat 24.1% ★, Naval 19.1% ★, Pirates 18.7% ★, Open World 6.4%
- #29 Sid Meier's Pirates!
78% matchVery Positive94% of 7,332 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 31.3% ★, Sailing 19.4% ★, Naval 16.5% ★, Open World 7.7%, Historical 6.8%
- #30 Port Royale 4
79% matchMixed58% of 2,044 reviews2020
Dev: Gaming MindsPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Sailing 22.2% ★, Pirates 16.1% ★, Naval 16% ★, Naval Combat 15.9% ★, Trading 14.3% ★
- #31 Caribbean Legend
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,945 reviews2024
Dev: BlackMark Studio
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 53.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Sailing 22.1% ★, Naval 19.9% ★, Pirates 18.9% ★, Naval Combat 15.7% ★, Historical 8%
- #32 Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale
77% matchMixed58% of 164 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: Sailing 23% ★, Naval Combat 22.7% ★, Naval 19.3% ★, Pirates 15.7% ★, Strategy RPG 8.1%
- #33 Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey
75% 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: Sailing 23.2% ★, Naval Combat 19.2% ★, Naval 17.5% ★, Pirates 14.8% ★, Life Sim 6.8%
- #34 Windward Horizon
73% matchVery Positive81% of 430 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 25.5% ★, Naval Combat 23.1% ★, Naval 17.2% ★, Pirates 10.8% ★, Trading 8.8% ★
- #35 Dreaming Isles
75% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: YawningDad
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Naval Combat 25.3% ★, Sailing 23.7% ★, Naval 17.7% ★, Pirates 14.4% ★, Life Sim 12.2%
- #36 The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean
74% matchVery Positive82% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: MuccyGames
Windows · Mac
Become the God of Harvest, explore the world of food and adventure, plant, trade, and spread deliciousness to create your own path to prosperity!
Why similar: Sailing 48.5% ★, Pirates 22.4% ★, Historical 17.2%, Exploration 6.3%, RPG 5.7%
- #37 Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 350 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: Sailing 22% ★, Naval 21.3% ★, Pirates 18% ★, Naval Combat 12% ★, Historical 10.4%
- #38 Overfall
77% matchMixed47% of 874 reviews2016
Dev: Pera Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Party-Based RPG 24.3%, Strategy RPG 24.2%, Pirates 20.7% ★, Open World 9.2%, Exploration 8.4%
- #39 Forgotten Seas
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 572 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: Sailing 33.5% ★, Pirates 29.4% ★, Naval Combat 29.1% ★, Exploration 8%
- #40 Red Rogue Sea
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 70 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: Naval Combat 50% ★, Pirates 32.3% ★, Strategy 9%, Exploration 8.6%
- #41 Reclaim The Sea
71% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: 1LastGame
Windows
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 32.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 25.8%, Naval 21.4% ★, Strategy 10.2%, RPG 5.4%
- #42 Seafarer: The Ship Sim
70% matchMixed68% of 1,733 reviews2025
Dev: astragon DevelopmentPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Embark on the ultimate maritime experience with Seafarer: The Ship Sim. Choose between careers, take the helm of a variety of ships, and expand your fleet. Navigate a vast open world and become immersed in the beautiful expanses and rolling waves.
Why similar: Naval 37.7% ★, Sailing 23.7% ★, Life Sim 21%, Open World 9.1%, Exploration 8.4%
- #43 Windbound
73% matchMixed59% of 1,161 reviews2020
Dev: 5 Lives StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The Forbidden Islands are Calling, Unlock their Secrets. Shipwrecked on an island, explore, adapt and navigate the land and perilous seas to stay alive.
Why similar: Sailing 48.4% ★, RPG 24.3%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Open World 7.3%, Exploration 6.6%
- #44 Salt 2: Shores of Gold
68% matchVery Positive85% of 2,197 reviews2025
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.6 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: Sailing 40% ★, Pirates 22.6% ★, Naval 21% ★, Open World 10.1%, Exploration 6.4%
- #45 Flotsam
67% matchVery Positive80% of 4,240 reviews2025
Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Open World 44.2%, Exploration 32.2%, Strategy 23.6%
- #46 Kingdom of Wreck Business
73% matchMostly Negative33% of 131 reviews2023
Dev: WarZoneLab
Windows
The depths of the Atlantic hide more than 12,000 sunken ships out of which at least half haven’t been located yet. As a depth explorer you will earn money from extracting valuable cargo from wrecks, grow your company, buy exploration vessels and real estate.
Why similar: Sailing 49.2% ★, Trading 23.2% ★, Historical 18.7%, Exploration 8.9%
- #47 Cursed Crew
70% matchVery Positive87% of 82 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: Sailing 36.3% ★, Naval 30.7% ★, Pirates 21.1% ★, Exploration 6%, Strategy 5.9%
- #48 Salt
71% 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 28% ★, Sailing 26.9% ★, Open World 16.4%, Naval 16.4% ★, Exploration 8.5%
- #49 Sands of Salzaar
68% matchVery Positive82% of 22,882 reviews2021
Dev: 汉家松鼠Han-Squirrel StudioPub: XD
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.
Why similar: Open World 50.7%, RPG 25.6%, Strategy 23.6%
- #50 All Guns On Deck
74% matchMostly Negative34% of 504 reviews2015
Dev: Decaying Logic
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
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: Strategy 51.8%, RPG 48.2%
- #51 SeaCret 1
69% matchMixed62% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Dalas
Windows
Sail into the 17th-century Caribbean in SeaCret 1, a riotous mix of strategy, humor, and adventure! Trade, fight, or govern your way to fame in this sandbox escapade, where every choice brings riches or ridiculousness.
Why similar: Naval Combat 22.1% ★, Naval 19.2% ★, Pirates 16.5% ★, Wargame 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%
- #52 Sailing alone:Aftermath
69% matchMixed66% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: MLStudio
Windows
You are just an ordinary person, with only a small boat serving as your home, struggling to find a way to survive in the ruthless ocean of the post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Sailing 53% ★, Naval Combat 16.5% ★, Life Sim 14.3%, RPG 5.6%, Exploration 5.4%
- #53 Aircraft Carrier Survival
70% matchMixed60% of 1,187 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.
Why similar: Naval Combat 45.2% ★, Naval 30.9% ★, Open World 9%, Exploration 7.9%, Strategy 7%
- #54 Sea of Survivors
68% matchVery Positive82% of 412 reviews2023
Dev: Nah Yeah Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Sea of Survivors, you can sail your ship in any direction but you can never stop moving. Evade and destroy hordes of pirates and sea monsters to gain experience, level up and choose upgrades for your ship. Explore oceans filled with mysterious curses, unlock treasures and fight for survival.
Why similar: Sailing 34% ★, Naval Combat 29.8% ★, Pirates 26.1% ★, Open World 10.1%
- #55 U.N.P.O.C. Vessel of Opportunity
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Danny Ziemer
Windows
Opportunity is near. Follow clues, solve the puzzles, and stay persistent in the chase of a new way of life. Explore, survive, and thrive in this open world adventure story.
Why similar: Sailing 72.3% ★, Open World 14.2%, Exploration 13.5%
- #56 Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
69% matchMixed57% of 558 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: Naval Combat 26.9% ★, Sailing 26.2% ★, Pirates 18.1% ★, Naval 17.9% ★, Open World 7%
- #57 Republic of Pirates
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 476 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Naval Combat 32% ★, Pirates 29.3% ★, Naval 22.1% ★, Historical 10.4%, Strategy 6.2%
- #58 Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 975 reviews2019
Dev: Alchemist InteractivePub: rokaplay
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 48.5% ★, Open World 21.6%, Exploration 18%, RPG 11.9%
- #59 Wayward
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,349 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Why similar: Open World 51.4%, RPG 34.7%, 2D 13.9%