A pirate quartermaster
Don’t overlook this curious little gem of a game! Do yourself a favor and give it a try. I’ve never played anything quite like it.
As an added bonus the developer is very active and present, and has already provided several bug fixes and added improvements.
Edit 16th of October:
An earlier version of this review mentioned that the game needed some serious rebalancing, as it was very difficult to keep going for any significant amount of watches. The developer has since changed a number of things, and it is now much, much easier to progress in my experience.
– Real player with 92.0 hrs in game
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This game is truly charming.
It has got style and character and a great atmosphere (it does not struggle to create a feel-good one).
You gotta love the music, absolutely enjoyable and this goes for most everything of this game.
It also has very good achievements that are desirable but seldomly quick to get.
They let you know there is more adventure for you in this game sort of in addition to the already
solid watch to watch “routine” of being the quartermaster.
Make smart decisions (one of them is not to think “1 portion” ought to be enough when there is no better reason to skimp there other than saving a few coins when that is not crucial) and you can sail a fearsome, capable pirate ship you will mourn to ever lose. This might even entail mourning the loss of your former captain (I admit that happened to me ;-) ).
– Real player with 54.1 hrs in game
Captains of the Wacky Waters
Captains of the Wacky Waters is a fast-paced boat roguelike where ships drift and krakens wear moustaches!
Back in the day, helping ghosts get to Heaven was an easy task, but someone wiped out the peace in the Wacky Waters and now all the captains have to learn to defend themselves and their crew. At least until the old days return.
Combine the strength of your rowers and the wind force to navigate around the procedurally generated zones, gradually improving your ship and finding powerful configurations that will help you in combat.
KEY FEATURES
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Every playthrough is different, allowing a lot of replayability.
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Good vibes roguelike with loads of wackiness and weirdness.
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Unlock new playable captains after defeating them. Each ship has different features and a special ability to play with.
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Save cute little ghosts that will join the crew taking one out of the 6 different roles to help you in your journey.
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Use many weapons to shoot and slash your enemies, including a cannonball shotgun, a boats cannon, or a giant hammer.
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Lots of gadgets and upgrades. These are curious and diverse items with different functions to upgrade and configure your ship, from a medieval spear to a pair of giant incognito glasses for your boat.
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Navigate different zones with unique gameplay styles and aesthetics, which will become more and more strange.
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Many, many hats! Every living thing in the game wears its own type of hat.
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Pirate Island Rescue
Pirate Island Rescue* is a fun little casual side scrolling platformer.
Pirate Island Rescue is a simple platformer but it’s looks nice and is fun to play. The platformer part is pretty easy but you need to be cautious of some of the enemies, particularly the ones with the pistols. It’s easy to pick up and play and is a great way to kill a few hours if you want a relaxing but still fun game.
Hint- sometimes when you kill the boss pirate at the end of an island there are a few pirates waiting between him and the boat, if your not careful you’ll get shot.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
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This is a fun little game that you can easily complete achievements in and is also a great time killer. The graphics are good for a side scroller and the controls are very fluid. The levels are procedurally generated (randomized). If you are looking for an easy and relaxing game, this is it!
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Tempest: Pirate Action RPG
Q: Why is being a pirate so addictive?
A: Because when ye lose yer hand, ye get hooked!
‘Tempest: Pirate Action’ takes us to a timescape where the tantalizing tall tales of tanalised tallship tars turn true! This is one of my favourite PC games to date, along with ‘The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt’ and ‘Naval Action’. That’s partly because I love square-rigger sailing ships and 1700s maritime history and lore. Of these three games, I consider Tempest the most imaginitive and atmospheric.
This open world game is much better than I expected, based on the YouTube reviews. Various aspects of the game have been much improved since those reviews were posted. The ship-capturing boarding action, for example, is now vastly better, with fully mobile, realistic fighting characters, one of which, you fully control, so you can take part in the melee, close and personal, from a 3rd-person perspecive. That’s something that neither ‘Naval Action’ nor ‘The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt’ can boast.
– Real player with 204.5 hrs in game
Score : 55-60/100
Unfortunately it is ““NOT”” a full pirates game.
If you’re looking for a real pirates game this one will disappointed you.
Good points:
- Graphic is acceptable
-Ship easy upgrade
-Some of the special items were good designed
-Ship fighting is ok ( Only to those who just enjoy firing cannon balls )
-Auto picking up design
-Time speed up design
Weak points :
***One of the greatest weak point is : this game have “NO” save and worst of all …….there’re traps that didn’t looks like a trap that we will lost 1/4 or even 1/2 of our most experience crews without warning !!!!! 0 . Though we can still play the game without a save file.
– Real player with 148.2 hrs in game
Black Baron
Nice indie game! Also I like CHINESE names here, i’m studying this language and I found there are some references and funny jokes, really cool! That’s what I call “attention to details”! 黑色男爵!!!
– Real player with 9.7 hrs in game
Nice graphics, kinda interesting gameplay. It’s pretty hard to stand out in indie gaming nowadays
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game
Captain Pegleg
On their journey across the South Pacific, something incredible happens to Captain Pegleg and his crew. They find themselves stranded on an island, where our Captain goes on a treasure hunt and tries to hijack a new ship to escape while his crew is…. doing absolutely nothing!?
Captain Pegleg needs you to join him on this challenging journey. Help him find treasures and escape the island.
*** IGDA Rating 8.2/10 ***
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS:
• 2.5D platformer
• 40+ levels - challenging and fun
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own - Pirate Open World RPG
Heads up, this review is LONG. There will be a TL;DR at the bottom.
This game is a gem, covered in a pile of shit. If you’ve read negative reviews for the game I hate to say that most of them are very much accurate. This game is very unwieldy, hard to learn, harder to master, and really doesn’t teach you anything. The closest this game has to a tutorial is essentially a few hours of being stuck on one island doing small quests to make enough money to buy a small ship. Unfortunately, this means you likely won’t know if you want to keep the game or not until after the refund period has passed.
– Real player with 663.4 hrs in game
Very OLD Akella Pirates game player here when “dinosaurs ruled the earth”.
I basically played the entire game in Russian (no DLC) before it was released in English offline.
I recently went back and have been playing the DLCs online, and my immediate review is still valid in any case.
The game series has been around since 2000. Published by Akella, and eveloped by various studios. This is actually the SIXTH game in the series. Sea Dogs, POTC (Sea Dogs Modification, SD2, the bad disney production), Age of Pirates (AoP) , Tortuga - Two Treasures, AoP2:COAS (City of Abandoned Ships) , and POTEHO (SDTEHO). Black Mark Studios has most of the original modders and designs from the original games. SDTEHO has MANY of the same landmarks as COAS and similar quests. Personally, I am partial to COAS for many reasons, but predominantly the freedom to do whatever the hell you want very early.
– Real player with 504.8 hrs in game
The Caribbean Sail
Forget that the graphics would have looked dated on a Commodore 64. Never mind that you didn’t think you wanted a dying-at-sea simulator until now. This game is good. Your first run will be a disaster: you will board your raft, purchase whatever meager supplies you can scrounge up, and expect to have a fighting chance of reaching the nearest port, a mere thousand miles away. Hah. Your crew will starve. Those who don’t starve will catch the plague. Those who don’t die of plague will be picked off by Spaniards or pirates. All while a chiptune rendition of ‘Drunken Sailor’ tinkles merrily in the background.
– Real player with 90.0 hrs in game
Probably the best indie game I’ve ever played. If you have a thing for anything nautical you should totally play this game - there are so many things you can do. You can be a fisherman and make a living through selling fish, be a wealthy merchant carrying various flags to use them to fool around enemy ships to trade with them without involving yourself in the war while carrying an abundance of cheap luxuries bought from China to sell them to rich Americans or you can buy a powerful warship and be a pirate to destroy anything in sight and loot every ship you come across, or save civilized world from crazy pirates by being an ally of England or doing an absolutely crazy thing like sailing from China to America with the cheapest ship. You can even catch a giant whale or be a master gambler. Game goes on no matter what you ending achieve, so possibilities are endless.
– Real player with 61.2 hrs in game
Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
If you are looking at the reviews because you are hesitating on buying this game, before i make a review i should say this:
1-If you don’t have it already, go and buy ‘‘FTL: Faster than Light’’ (People say this game is similar to FTL but i really don’t think so, just ideas on core game mechanics are similar, gameplay is different)
2-If you have FTL and you are looking something VERY similar, then go and buy ‘‘Space Rogue’’ (It is not a masterpiece like FTL, it is just an average game but it is closest thing to FTL you can currently find in here)
– Real player with 75.3 hrs in game
Fun rogue-like-like with RTS-like-like top-down tactical combat with up to 5 ships in the player fleet vs a possibly obscene numbers of enemies.
Having stupidly-high APM isn’t a prerequisite, because you can easily pause the action in Tactical Mode to issue commands as needed.
Game isn’t 100% perfect but devs are actively working on quashing bugs and updating features.
Graphics 7/10: Ship/station and environment models are nice. Game has a very dark feel to it. As for backgrounds, I can say that they serve their purpose, but that’s about it.
– Real player with 37.6 hrs in game
VR Regatta - The Sailing Game
UPDATE: It has been over 2 years since I initially reviewed this title. I have plenty of time in it both here on Steam as well as in the Oculus Quest port. The title has evolved a lot over the years, so my description in the original review doesn’t include any of the numerous elements that have been added to VR Sailing.
I just wanted to update my initial review because I remain extremely impressed with this title and especially the developer who is the most committed VR developer I’m aware of. VR Regatta is obviously a passion-project for this team, and they have gone to great lengths to continuously improving the title in order to spread their love and knowledge of sailing. It really is an awesome title, and I do recommend it to anyone who is slightly interested.
– Real player with 9.8 hrs in game
I don’t know anything about boats or sailing, but having played VR Regatta I feel a little wiser. This game is a sailing simulator and in general a relaxing VR experience. Features of the game include learning about the different parts of the boat, learning about wind and sails, and then of course actually sailing the boat in races or just free-sail relaxation modes. There is also an experimentation mode allowing you to sail on turbulent ocean waters and another mode that lets you walk around the surface of a galleon. It is still in Early Access right now so I feels to me like the game is still finding its identity.
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game