PPG Game Of The Year 2024 - 53 - Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum

Pirates! Everybody loves them! They feature prominently in games because of this fact, a lot of the time because they get up to hijinks which match the idea of messing around in video games. Every game in this list features pirates front and center. (Editors note: I think there's more similarities between pirates and cats than I first suspected).

Forgotten Seas (EA)
Open World Survival
Sail your ship on the high seas, explore little islands and fight pirates to survive. Build camps, hunt for treasure. Set to peaceful mode for a chill experience.

Republic of Pirates
City Builder Strategy
Build and grow a "pirate utopia" from a zoomed out perspective, creating a haven for all in search of unbridled freedom.

Rogue Waters
Tactical Roguelike
Tactical pirate ship battles on the open seas crossed with deck boarding turn based battles. Hire and upgrade your crew and your ship and even summon terrifying sea creatures to your aid.

Terror of the Seven Seas
Arcade Black Flag
A larger focus on the ship sailing from Assassins Creed Black Flag, with a bit more of an arcade feel. Explore the seas, defeat and take over ports, become the most infamous pirate there is.

And The Best Pirate Game (Yarrr!) Of 2024 Is…

Seablip (EA)
Open World Seafaring Adventure
Top down open world map on the sea, sidescrolling adventures on land. Go from budding adventurer to feared pirate captain, upgrading your ship, hiring a crew and sailing out into the unknown. Battles against other pirates and more take place FTL style, strategically in real time. A really great mash of different types of systems with a slick pixel art style make for a banger. I can’t wait to see what the full 1.0 release looks like.