The 16 Best Games Like Sid Meier's Pirates, Ranked

Pirates! Gold mixes strategy, action, and adventure. You play a starting buccaneer in the 17th-century Spanish Main, seeking fame and fortune. Every town in this wild region holds unique surprises and dangers. You decide how you gain status: trade honestly or attack and plunder ships. Choosing a skill lets you stand out; the game shifts with every play. Sword fighting happens in side-view action sequences.

As a feared Pirate King, you must manage your buccaneers and prisoners. You send your ships hunting for treasure. This sequel to the original Tropico offers gameplay improvements, new features, and scenarios. It also brings a completely new setting.

'Blood & Gold: Caribbean!' mixes economic strategy and open-world RPG. The game sits in the XVII Century Caribbean pirate era. It uses the significantly improved Mount & Blade: Warband engine. Previous 'Caribbean!' owners get a free upgrade.

'Caribbean Legend' is an open-world RPG set during the Caribbean's Golden Age of piracy. You start a 200-hour adventure. Plunder cities and ships. Explore the unknown. Find treasures. Forge friendships. Earn bounties. Charm women on your way to total freedom.

Sea Dogs mixes role-playing, naval combat, and strategy for endless pirating. Set in the 17th century, players start with a small ship. You choose allegiance to the British, French, Spanish, or pirates, getting basic guidance. Campaigns offer non-linear paths; players accept quests or play freely. Towns let you repair ships, resupply, upgrade, find crew, seek work, or hear rumors. Players gain items through trading or fighting.

An MMORPG set in the 1720s Caribbean. Play one of four factions—English, French, Spanish, or Pirate—through missions and battles to control Caribbean port cities. Engage in swashbuckling combat on land or deck. Use strategic naval combat on the open sea.

See if you can become the Caribbean's greatest pirate! Sail the vast Caribbean Sea aiming for gold and glory. Choose from 18 ship types. Customize features from the flag and weapons to the hull and figurehead. The world is huge, but you are not alone. Players meet historical pirate captains; decide if they are friend or foe. Take on trading convoys and settlements in turn-based battles to relieve them.

Follow a brave, courageous, handsome pirate as he continues his journey to find THE treasure after his death!

Pirates of the Caribbean lets you play as a pirate. You build skill through fighting, trading, and solving quests. Buy and upgrade your ship. Sign a crew. Try to rule the Caribbean seas.

Sea of Thieves gives the core pirate experience. Sail, fight, explore, and loot. This lets you live the pirate life and become a legend. You have total freedom to approach the world and other players.

Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag starts in 1715. Pirates established a lawless republic in the Caribbean, ruling the land and seas. These outlaws stopped navies, stopped trade, and stole huge fortunes. They threatened European power structures. These outlaws inspired millions and left a lasting legacy.

In Paper Pirates, grab a crew and board a haunted ship. Use your phones to control the game. It is a social deduction party game. Are you a human sailing home or a ghost working against the crew? Throw crewmates overboard; nobody is ever out.

Sail with Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands. Join their fight to control the Caribbean in the 17th century.

Several years after Risen ended, raging titans wrecked the world and pushed humanity near extinction. Monstrous creatures rose from the sea. Their attacks stopped all seafaring.

Skull and Bones takes you into the open world. It is a naval action RPG where you become the top pirate kingpin. Customize your fleet, build unique ships, and forge weapons. Dominate sea battles and expand your pirate empire. Each season brings new challenges and stories.

Build a house on Seablip, a heartwarming island. Build and upgrade your ship. Fight as a pirate. Dig for treasure. Fish. Or check why the polar ice is melting. A journey with mystery and adventure is waiting.