Sink Again
If you want light-weight pirate-y fare with a primitive economic model coupled with a bunch of turn-based mini dungeon crawls and disconnected scenarios that have you starting from scratch after each mission, then this game is for you!
If you’re not looking for all that, you might still get your money’s worth out of the game. I’ve only completed a few of the scenarios and yet there is enough meat here that I’ve got over 20 hours in, and the rewards for each scenario are interesting enough that I want to see what the next batch will add to my arsenal.
– Real player with 52.6 hrs in game
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Nice little game. Not very complicated as turn-based / strategy game, and it tends toward grinding, but it manages to keep me busy and interested. Also, the silly slapstick jokes make me smile. If you ever wanted to play as a gorilla bashing pirates with an anchor…
The game comes with a good number of “scenarios”. Start a scenario, you get a (very) small ship and 2000 gp, and a selection of 3 to 5 pirates to hire in the nearby tavern. First hire is free, and is usually the one you pick as the captain of your crew - at start, anyway, you can change your captain later.
– Real player with 39.0 hrs in game
Tzakol in Exile
Help the ancient computer to restore order on a colonized planet where everything went wrong a long time ago.
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Different types of procedural adventures and their duration: a short run or an extended exploration of a lost temple.
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Four difficulty levels.
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Buy weapons&artifacts from the islanders and complete their quests. Improve the village between adventures.
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8+ playable characters: brave knights, wise wizards, rangers, etc. The complete set.
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Dozens of skills and abilities without strict class boundaries.
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Various types of weapons with their own pros and cons.
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Numerous enemies: dangerous and not so dangerous.
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Global progress.
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Captain Backwater
Pretty fun little puzzle game so far, I’m about a quarter of the way through. Only drawback I see is there are no targets for the number of moves so you don’t really know how well you did on each level. You can replay to beat your own score but it would be nice to have some indication of the minimum number of moves required to complete each level. I recommend but I got this in a bundle for a buck and a half. Doubt I’d recommend it at the 8.99 price.
– Real player with 5.8 hrs in game
Read More: Best Pirates Strategy Games.
Captain Backwater:
Sailors, avast ye (pay attention)! See this old scroll in my hand . . . can someone tell me why sailor Sean is looking at my hook? Oh, shiver me timbers - this scroll is the map of the archipelago right in front of us! One hundred islands in total and all have a cross on them! That’s right me hearties, each hold exceptional booty for the taking. Arrgh, now seriously . . . does anyone on board have half a brain? “Yo Ho Ho” the entire crew screamed! “Oh boy, it’s going to be a long treasure hunt”, thought Captain Backwater.
*– [Real player with 5.5 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003030375)*
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## Anchor Up
Anchor Up is a calming strategy puzzle game about out-manoeuvring your opponent's ships by careful navigation and weapon placement. The weapons you choose, and where you place them on your boat are all part of the puzzle.
**To complete each puzzle, you must sink the enemies' ships whilst avoiding the same fate for yours. Can you outsmart your foes? Can you escape the grasp of the Azarak forces?**
#### What to Expect
-40 hand-crafted puzzles with diverse modes
-10 unique weapons to unlock
-New puzzle and movement mechanics introduced throughout the experience
-Multiple locations with varying weather and visuals
#### How to Play
During your turn you can either move your ship or you can use one of your weapons. The enemy ships (AI) will all then take their turn with the same two options. In the next phase, if any weapons were used by the player or the enemy in the previous phases they will be triggered/updated, for example cannon balls moving or lasers firing. Where you place your weapons is also important, so you can correctly align your weapon with an enemy! These core gameplay mechanics are then built upon with new environmental objects, varying enemies/weapons and much more in order to add layers of complexity towards the end levels!
The movement in Anchor Up is a key part of the puzzle: your ship takes up two tiles, the front of your ship and the back of your ship. This means that thinking ahead is key to victory. When moving tiles, your boat rotates to face the direction you just moved, careful manoeuvring and navigation is vital! If you get a hit by a weapon or an enemy is in an adjacent tile (your ship being boarded) you fail the level.
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## Shell Shuffle
To be honest, this is a difficult game. However, graphics and sounds are beautiful, and puzzles are unique.
EA version is too short. I want more contents. (online scoreboard, another milestone, and etc.
*– [Real player with 2.3 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198152195902)*
IT came out on April first so the only way to know its real is to by it.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
*– [Real player with 2.1 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198066515715)*
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## Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown
Having a narrator for a game can go so wrong …
But this game does it well! Charming narrator, music, and table-full of scenery and figures.
Excellent, excellent game if you worry about motion sickness (VR sickness). No chance of that at all.
This is not a full-body participation game. But as a game laid out in front of you to sit at and control -- I find it one of the best! I forgot I was in VR, and the index controls are intuitive (close your hand to grab; open hand to let go). This is like playing a pirate-themed D&D game, moving figures, rolling dice, but it all happens beautifully and automatically in front of you. Pieces get knocked over -- sometimes by other pieces taking their turn. But everything rights itself moments later. Even that part is funny and charming to watch.
*– [Real player with 25.7 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198193604541)*
Great and charming D&D tabletop RPG.
Could be compared with Demeo, as this is also 3rd person, turn based, grid movement, with cards to use on each turn… but its plenty different with ToT being clearly superior in a lot of ways, but also not without its drawbacks.
Table of Tales is a bit different, a bit more in depth story and mechanics wise.... its Narrator tells a story, and voices different characters, there is a bigger story than "big bad lives there, kill it because reasons".
A full playthrough took me ~4hrs listening to all the dialogue (that can be advanced by pressing grip) and it has some replayeability, as there are a bunch of choices during the adventure that change the storyline.
*– [Real player with 16.2 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198251382648)*
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