Best Pirates Games on Steam
Games featuring piracy, ships, treasure, sea battles, islands, or swashbuckling.
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1Return of the Obra Dinn - Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Oct 18, 2018
In this game, you can…
- step into a corpse's final seconds and walk around a frozen 3D death scene.
- watch the entire story unfold backward, jumping further and further back in time as you investigate.
- go from mundane ship deaths to discoveries of monstrous, supernatural maritime horrors.
- hear only the voices and sounds from the moment someone dies, then use them to identify who's who.
- work backwards from an obvious killing to deduce who the victim was, who fired, and what led to it.
- follow one person through multiple different death memories, then revisit earlier scenes when new info makes them click.
- reconstruct cases where someone vanishes, gets wounded earlier, and only dies later in a different place.
- solve fates in any order, building your own web of deductions across the whole ship.
2ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 - ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 is the latest evolution of PIRATE WARRIORS action! Based on the concept of "experiencing a real ONE PIECE battlefield," buildings will come crashing down during the action and attacks will throw up smoke and dust, placing you in the thick of the ONE PIECE world!
Sep 14, 2023
In this game, you can…
- play as giant monsters like dragon Kaido and stomp through crowds like they're toys.
- launch enemies sky-high, juggle them in midair, and keep the fight flying for whole combos.
- beat a boss, unlock them, then immediately come back and play missions as that same massive character.
- smash buildings until chunks of the battlefield come crashing down.
- trigger an awakening mid-fight that changes your look and moves, and sometimes even gives you new movement like flight.
- mix and match different special moves, then chain them out of combos straight into a flashy super.
- team up in 2–4 player co-op, including local play, and clear entire maps together in the same chaos.
- finish a combo that knocks over a hundred enemies at once and keeps going into the next wave.
3Gothic II: Gold Edition - Gothic II: Gold Edition brings together the excitement of Gothic II and the add-on Night of the Raven to your fingertips!
Nov 29, 2005
In this game, you can…
- beat someone up, steal their quest item, then cast a memory-loss spell so they forget it happened.
- knock someone out, loot their house, and leave them alive.
- carry a severed head in your inventory and watch it rot over time, changing its icon.
- sneak into an area way too early, get chased out by orcs, then return later and wipe the place clean.
- follow a mysterious blue light to an ancient tomb guarded by undead warriors.
- open a chest that spawns skeletons that summon more skeletons.
- pick berries, hunt animals, gut them, brew potions, forge weapons, and scrape together enough gold to finally upgrade your gear.
- use transformation scrolls to turn into a dragon snapper or shadowbeast and bulldoze areas that would otherwise kill you.
4Return to Monkey Island - Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
Sep 19, 2022
In this game, you can…
- hunt down a specific trivia card, answer it right, dive to a marked spot, and surface into a secret underwater island shaped like a full map.
- reach an ending that branches into 10 different epilogues plus a secret one.
- sail the sea map yourself later on, roaming to new places once the game finally turns you loose.
- get tricked into a tutorial as Guybrush's kid, then play the whole adventure as Guybrush telling the story.
- use a hint book you carry in your inventory that drip-feeds clues in a back-and-forth conversation until you ask for more.
- hover an item over hotspots and watch a crossed-circle icon vanish when it's usable, so you can rapid-test puzzle ideas without re-triggering dialogue.
- pretend to join the dark side long enough to infiltrate a crew, then backstab your way out when it suits you.
- find around 100 collectible trivia questions scattered across the world that quiz deep Monkey Island lore.
- pick dialogue options in a verbose "Writer's Cut" mode that unlocks extra lines and extended exchanges with the cast.
5The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition - Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
Jul 15, 2009
In this game, you can…
- trade insults in swordfights, collecting the right comebacks so your pirate duel is basically a stand-up routine.
- hot-swap between classic pixel art and remastered HD visuals in the middle of a scene, even during cutscenes.
- carry around a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle and try using it on everything across the whole adventure.
- get kidnapped-rescue stakes: face an evil ghost pirate, assemble a crew, then chase him to save Governor Elaine Marley.
- interrogate pretty much everyone, exhaust branching dialogue, and uncover jokes and information you can miss in a single playthrough.
- press a button for hints that escalate from gentle nudges to straight-up telling you the next step when you keep asking.
- pull off a "behind a wall" robbery gag as an interactive scene instead of just a cutaway joke.
6LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game - LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game is an action adventure game that brings the Pirates of the Caribbean world and all its colorful characters to life in LEGO Brick form. Players experience all the memorable scenes from all four films in the humorous and quirky LEGO Video Games style.
Oct 6, 2014
In this game, you can…
- walk straight through certain walls as a crew member made of sea life.
- unlock a secret endgame mission called "The Ride" by collecting enough gold bricks.
- duel with pirates by timing blocks and trading blows like a back-and-forth swordfight.
- replay any story level in Free Play with totally different characters, then use their specific powers to open new paths.
- use Jack Sparrow's compass to point you to hidden collectibles across levels and the hub.
- unlock more and more of the port hub by collecting gold bricks until the harbor turns into a much bigger place to explore.
- blast through fights with cannons during ship battles instead of sticking to platforming the whole time.
- turn the hub world itself into a treasure hunt by finding hidden red hats that sometimes need mini-games, gold bricks, or specific characters.
7Cat Quest III - In Cat Quest III you play as a purrivateer in a freely explorable 2.5D open-world swarming with Pi-rats. You can sail the seas in your ship for treasures galore! But prepare for peril, as the Pirate King aims to hunt you down...
Aug 8, 2024
In this game, you can…
- sail your own ship across the open sea, then glide straight onto shore without loading.
- blast cannonballs from your ship at enemies, even tagging fights on land from the coastline.
- sequence-break by beating stronger bosses early, come back overleveled, and watch the story path melt in front of you.
- leave the main path immediately, sail into high-level waters, and see how long you can survive in places you shouldn't be yet.
- pair a melee main weapon with a ranged secondary, then swap mid-fight when you're hurt to keep pressure from a safe distance.
- level up spells so their projectiles and effects evolve, with magic locking onto enemies more directly as you cast.
- stumble into bounties and hunt targets for hours, then realize you've basically completed a whole slice of the game by accident.
- replay boss fights through a bar story-telling system, turning big encounters into something you can revisit whenever you want.
- hit a warned point of no return, then scramble to mop up secrets and side content before you walk through the final door.
8Walkabout Mini Golf VR - Escape into a fun and beautiful world filled with the best mini golf courses you’ve ever seen! Play by yourself, meet someone new, or challenge your friends in a private game with up to 8 people. Extremely realistic physics create the perfect experience for hardcore golfers and casual players alike.
Jul 15, 2021
In this game, you can…
- fly over the map to scout lines, reach hidden spots, and keep searching for collectibles from above.
- follow clue riddles across a course to finish a foxhunt and unlock a special putter.
- switch to hard mode and get a night version or full redesign of the same course, with altered holes and new routes.
- roam full mini-golf courses and hunt down a hidden ball on every hole.
- join a private 8-player room by sharing a name, then jump back in seamlessly if you disconnect mid-round.
- use slingshot, giant, mini, and gravity modes that change how your putts behave.
- take risky alternate paths by banking off terrain, skipping sections, or bouncing the ball out of bounds to reach the cup faster.
- steady one controller with your other hand and have the club length auto-adjust as you change your stance.
9Space Pirates and Zombies - Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.
Aug 15, 2011
In this game, you can…
- destroy enemy ships to steal their designs, then build those hulls and weapons for your own fleet.
- fight a zombie infection that can spread through battles and actually convert your own ships into zombie vessels if it gets loose.
- command an ever-growing fleet and instantly switch which ship you're piloting mid-battle.
- drift and dodge in 2D fights where your ship's facing controls your guns, so you're constantly outmaneuvering and leading shots.
- unlock capital ships and go from scrappy skirmishes to piloting enormous warships with huge firepower.
- custom-build every ship's engines, armor, reactors, shields, weapons, modules, and even cloaks to create wildly different craft.
- pin an enemy fleet with gravity missiles, then sweep through the immobilized ships with a massive beam barrage until they're erased.
- blow up faction bases or stations to force access, loot the wreckage, and push deeper when bribes are too expensive.
- repair and refit ships in the middle of combat, rebuilding your force live while the battle keeps raging.
10Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.
Apr 23, 2015
In this game, you can…
- chain a glide hat, dash boots, and cannon jumps to fly through hazards, skip fights, and reach places you couldn't touch before.
- start New Game+ with every mobility power unlocked and tear through the world immediately.
- hunt down all 20 dark-magic cacklebats to change the true ending.
- team up with your sworn enemy and replace your lost magic with her pirate gear.
- shoot switches and enemies from across the room with a flintlock pistol.
- pogo-bounce off enemies with a plunging scimitar stab to keep moving.
- sail a ship from a hub to themed islands, then pop a flare to warp back to that island's entrance.
- fight a three-stage final boss after clearing a last dungeon that expects full mastery of your movement kit.
