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Games like Sid Meier's Pirates!
Firaxis Games · 2005 · Windows
Steam: 94 % positive of 6,894 reviews, as of Oct 18
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!
24 games that play like Sid Meier's Pirates! and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition, Sea Dogs: To Each His Own and The Caribbean Sail.
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Plays and looks like Sid Meier's Pirates!
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Sid Meier's Pirates!
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
89 % positive of 355,238
Shared: Pirates · Open World · Naval
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own
73 % positive of 2,331
Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
The Caribbean Sail
94 % positive of 503
Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
Caribbean Legend
77 % positive of 2,063
Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
Corsairs Legacy - Pirate Action RPG & Sea Battles
75 % positive of 913
Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
Windrose
86 % positive of 53,424
Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates
72 % positive of 740
Sailing Era
79 % positive of 4,616
Shared: Pirates · RPG · Sailing
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
82 % positive of 4,440
Shared: Pirates · Open World · Naval
Buccaneers!
82 % positive of 381
Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
Pixel Piracy
65 % positive of 7,357
Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
High Sea Saga DX
81 % positive of 407
Shared: Pirates · RPG · Exploration
More matches
- Seablip84 % positive of 897Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
- Sea Dogs75 % positive of 156Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
- Windward79 % positive of 3,591Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
- Uncharted Ocean71 % positive of 584Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
- Blood and Gold: Caribbean!59 % positive of 1,256Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
- Don't Sink72 % positive of 212Shared: Pirates · RPG · Adventure
- Sagres81 % positive of 203Shared: RPG · Sailing · Historical
- Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships77 % positive of 238Shared: Pirates · RPG · Naval
- Port Royale 373 % positive of 1,484Shared: Pirates · Open World · Naval
- Rise of Piracy79 % positive of 554
- Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™88 % positive of 71,071Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
- Tempest: Pirate Action RPG69 % positive of 2,517Shared: Pirates · Open World · RPG
By look
Looks like Sid Meier's Pirates!
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own
73 % positive of 2,331
Tempest: Pirate Action RPG
69 % positive of 2,517
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
90 % positive of 35,480
Disney Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
77 % positive of 438
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
82 % positive of 4,440
Caribbean Legend
77 % positive of 2,063
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
84 % positive of 48,342
The Pirate: Plague of the Dead
77 % positive of 607
Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates
72 % positive of 740
World of Sea Battle
75 % positive of 9,177
Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships
77 % positive of 238
Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
85 % positive of 4,481
More matches
- Sea Dogs75 % positive of 156
- Windward79 % positive of 3,591
- Unearned Bounty68 % positive of 318
- Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition89 % positive of 355,238
- Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season89 % positive of 741
- Assassin’s Creed® Rogue85 % positive of 18,062
- Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition86 % positive of 80,870
- Rum & Gun93 % positive of 343
- Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail79 % positive of 1,969
- Blood and Gold: Caribbean!59 % positive of 1,256
- War of Omens Card Game86 % positive of 682
- Disney's Treasure Planet: Battle of Procyon94 % positive of 280
At a glance
What games like Sid Meier's Pirates! have in common
- The tags they share most often with Sid Meier's Pirates!: Pirates (20 of 24), RPG (18) and Open World (16).
- They came out between 2012 and 2026, 23 of them after Sid Meier's Pirates! (2005).
- Best rated by Steam players: Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition (89 % positive of 355,238).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.