Void Marauders
Void Marauders puts you in command of a pirate space ship and its crew. Recruit soldiers, arm them and lead them into tactical turn based battles against alien, robotic and human forces. Board or destroy ships, assault installations and colonies and loot your way across the stars to become the most infamous pirate of the sector.
Loot and pillage enemy ships and installations, sell your well earned loot in space trading stations and improve your ship and equipment. Remember to save something for your soldiers though, pirates and mercenaries will be loyal to you as long as you pay them or you could risk desertion, a mutiny or being thrown through an airlock.
FEATURES:
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Manage a ship and its crew. Recruit soldiers from different classes and species.
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Lead your soldiers in turn based tactical battles against human, alien and robotic enemies.
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Play a procedural campaign for great replayability.
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Loot and pillage enemy ships and installations.
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Trade your loot and buy new equipment and upgrades.
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Manage the loyalty of your crew and hunt down any deserters and traitors.
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Fight Dynamic Rivals: enemies that win reputation for defeating your men or even traitors that will challenge you across the campaign.
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Find and capture the legendary ship The Omen to become ruler of the sector.
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Here Be Dragons
An unexpectedly wonderful game
Although not perfect, this game is wonderful! However, it may not be what you expect. This is not the (satyrical true!) story of how Christopher Columbus reached the New World, but the (indeed satyrical true!) telling of the events which led to his protagonism. While the former make us think this is a traditional RPG, with exploration, battles and a progression system consisting of evolving one or few characters until the end, the latter gives room to what it really is: a combat-only game with many characters, each of which protagonist in their own short campaigns, and where character progression starts after the first battle of the campaign and ends just before the last. What really progresses throughout all the game is combat complexity and the greater scheme which ties all campaigns together. So let’s dive deeper into both aspects.
– Real player with 20.2 hrs in game
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There were two good things in this game that made me complete the game: battle mechanics and solid visual style during battles. But other elements of the game must be rewritten from the scratch:
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dialogs - thay are boooring; guys, please don’t try to do all the pieces of the game by yourselves, find good writer. Alternatively make an option “skip dialogs” to save time
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technically I don’t understand why 2D game had been made using Unity. It’s huge overkill, there’re many crossplatform libraries and frameworks for 2D games that can be run anywhere. Because of your poor decision the game doesn’t run on Linux
– Real player with 12.9 hrs in game
Abandon Ship
Version 0.5.something…
It’s… Okay.
A lot of it is very comfortable fun. You find yourself a combat, you watch your little micro managed crew and you snot your enemy. It’s fun in a non challenging sense. You buy 6 crew as quickly as possible, keep them alive with a bit of micro management and use the play style that amuses you most at the time. Simple really. Learning curve is a bit steep at the start but flattens out after a few combats.
The rest of the game at this stage of it’s release? Yeah…
– Real player with 57.0 hrs in game
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So the first major update hit, Treasures of the Deep, it wasn’t as big of a shift as compared to pre-release builds versus the first EA build. The update itself is not an expansion per say, but more of a refinement to what we already had, aside the two new mechanics that count, you could say that there are more, but it boils down to just two major ones(more on that later).
Here’s the run down of the refinement from when I last edited the review:
-Improved fps on not so amazing computers
-Plenty of bug fixes
– Real player with 48.8 hrs in game
Pirate Code
This is exactly the pirate type game I’ve been looking for. It’s the best pirate rpg I’ve ever played. I like the fact that battles are turn based and can be strategically won with only one ship left in your arsenal. Then like a good rpg your ships are resurrected after battle. You are able to battle on the open sea as much as you want because you get a full heal after battle. No need to keep buying ships to replenish ones you lost. There’s fishing that works well as well as botany. You can get upgraded ship designs as you progress through the story and new Islands. I have been playing for 44+ hours and I haven’t even unlocked half the content in the game. This game I will probably play more than 100 hours before I come close to finishing the story. I bought this with the winter sales event so I got it half off, but it’s totally worth more than that because you’re going to be playing this game for more than 100 hours. Bug reports are monitored by the developer and fixed soon after. This is the only game I play every day taking breaks to eat & sleep. It’s easy for anyone to pick up & play. The only thing missing from this game is being able to rename main character, but other than that it a well made great RPG. You get to name the ships you buy so that’s a plus, too. If other Pirate games were made like this, I’d buy them too. I am a fan of Horizon’s Gate too, another similar game to this one, but not by this developer. This game gets better with the Kraken DLC, which i am hoping opens the door to them for adding more content this game. It would be even better and more like Horizon’s Gate, if not all ships you encounter at sea were hostile enemy ships, but great game with all ships being made enemy too….
– Real player with 171.8 hrs in game
Turn-based hex strategy games aren’t usually my thing, but I’m always on the hunt for a good pirate-themed game. I initially started the game up to get trading cards and also give the gameplay a shot— very quickly this became my favorite game to relax with after work for the past couple weeks. The combat gets quite challenging, but the overall gameplay loop is very satisfying and soothing, for me personally. The visuals and music are great as well! My only complaint would be that I found the story to be a bit lackluster, but still fun. Great game!
– Real player with 51.3 hrs in game
Captain vs Sky Pirates
Bad and buggy
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
AHOD: All Hands on Deck!
AHOD: All Hands on Deck is a vehicle based multiplayer deckbuilder. It is a balanced blend of fast paced vehicle action and deck building strategy. Set in a dangerous pirate world arena, players must duke it out in PvP and PvE action for limited resources. Stockpile unique cards, play the market, and reveal a new way to play each time.
Vehicle Action ☑
Arena Multiplayer ☑
Deckbuilder ☑
Fame and fortune await.
Scallywag’s Honor
THE LAST STAND
The Caribbean Sea, your sea, has been the home of true freedom for ages. Calico Jack, William Kidd, and many other great pirates had sailed these waters in the past.
Now the heroes are gone. Hanged, burned and killed in battles against navies of Spain, France, and the United States. Colonial powers began to control the water and ravage the lands without any regards to people and their history. The true free world and the pirates almost vanished. The last few insignificant islands are waiting to be smashed by the unstoppable colonial foot.
But what would happen if SOMEONE would unite them? If a legendary captain would arise once again? Can the free world be saved and the history was rewritten?
SAIL THE MOST FRIGHTENING SHIP IN CORSAIR HISTORY
Directly control your ship. The most frightening vessel in history. The ones who had seen him claim it has supernatural powers can summon sea beasts and storms on his demand.
DEFEND THE ISLANDS FOR DAYS
Each defense lasts for 3 days. Better win territory, gather resources and set up your buildings during the first two days because on the last one the mighty colonial armada will arrive!
UNITE THE FREE FLEET
You are not alone. All the pirates on the island want to help you. Key to victory is to tactically summon proper helper ships and fighters on the proper time. Or maybe you want to save the resources for building or next days? You decide.
REBUILD THE DEFENCES
After winning back some land you can decide to spend resources on defensive structures or to push forward and invest in the fleet. Structures stay with you forever. Fleet helps only during the current day.
UPGRADE YOUR SHIPS AND STRUCTURES ALONG THE CAMPAIGN
No matter what style of gameplay you fancy there is always something to upgrade or improve for the next battles. Will you invest in strong towers? Maybe the fleet? Or is it time to boost your own ship?
Be a Pirate
The RNG of that fish eating the bomb is infuriating on Lv21, annoying bug.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Trash game , not worth the money. I just beat it and it spanned for an hour.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Of Ships & Scoundrels
Did you like Pirates? Do you like turn-based combat? Do you like random maps and exploring?
Then this game could be something for you. For an early access Indie title, it’s got surprisingly good graphics (especially the sea), a real story in single player mode, and some funny mystic creatures. There’s a touch of Age of Wonders, but the battles are less tactical.
POSITIVE
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good graphics
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mystic creatures pimp the pirates scenario
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nice story (no Heavy Rain, though)
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high replay value (random quests, random maps, hotseat mode)
– Real player with 9.4 hrs in game
Looks amazing, nice atmosphere and unique interesting game mechanics. I like it!
You know where the journey is heading. With some little improvements in EA and more content I will be able to put hours in this :)!
Good strategy will lead you to your victory and will demolish your friends, but don’t forget about the immersive story though. Good price for a good game! Go on like this.
– Real player with 4.6 hrs in game
Braveland Pirate
Braveland Pirate is the third and last game of the Braveland trilogy. The three storylines aren’t related, so you can play them in any order. However, I would recommend to play them as they are supposed to be ( Braveland = Wizard = Pirate ). Keep the best for the end : Pirate is, in my opinion, the most entertaining and enjoyable game of the series.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=650674317
– Real player with 30.7 hrs in game
I really enjoyed the first braveland, I skipped the second one after hearing it sucked and then I decided to give the third one a chance seeing how it got positive receiption here on Steam.
You should take this recommendation as somewhere between a half recommend and a full recommend.
So here we go for the pros and cons.
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Pro
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The new pirate units you get all have different abilities from the units from the first game, giving the combat a new coat of paint from the first game.
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Open world. Instead of having to play battles in a certain order you’re more open to choose a different battle instead.
– Real player with 23.7 hrs in game