Games like Rise of Piracy
If Rise of Piracy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legacy of Sail, Republic of Pirates and Naval Action — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its kingdom diplomacy adds depth, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Rise of Piracy: The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.
Players who liked Rise of Piracy also play
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Legacy of Sail
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Top pick for Rise of Piracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rise of Piracy.
As a 17th Century Admiral, send your squadrons out to capture enemy towns and sink their ships. Force boarding actions to capture their prized Ships of the Line all while balancing the need for supplies, repairs and upgrading your crew in this throwback real time tactics naval combat game
Republic of Pirates
WHY THIS
Shares fleet management and an epic mood with Rise of Piracy.
Second-strongest match for Rise of Piracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rise of Piracy.
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
Naval Action
WHY THIS
Shares naval combat with Rise of Piracy.
Third-strongest match for Rise of Piracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rise of Piracy.
Or were you deaf or were you blind when you left your two fine legs behind, Or was it sailing on the sea when you got the cannonball to your knee, I too was young and I was slim and I had a leg for every limb, But now I’ve got no legs at all, they were both shot away by a cannonball.
World of Sea Battle
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Rise of Piracy.
Ranked #4 for Rise of Piracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Rise of Piracy.
Set sail in World of Sea Battle, an action-packed open-world MMO in the Golden Age of Sail! Command historic ships, battle in PvP & PvE, shape the economy, and engage in territorial guild wars in your quest for glory across the high seas!
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
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Shares an immersive mood with Rise of Piracy.
Ranked #5 for Rise of Piracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Piracy.
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is a tactical wargame from the creators of the Ultimate General series set amidst the epic naval campaigns in the period of the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
The Last Leviathan
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Rise of Piracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rise of Piracy.
The Last Leviathan is a physics-based, ship building and destruction sandbox. On your voyage to uncover where The Last Leviathan lies you will discover a world full of rival ships, mythical monsters, wrecked flotsam, physics-puzzles and hidden treasures.
Blood and Gold: Caribbean!
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rise of Piracy.
Ranked #7 for Rise of Piracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rise of Piracy.
'Blood & Gold: Caribbean!' is a blend of economic strategy and open-world RPG, set in the pirate era of XVII Century Caribbean. The game is based on the significantly improved Mount & Blade: Warband engine.
Commander: Conquest of the Americas
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Rise of Piracy.
Ranked #8 for Rise of Piracy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Rise of Piracy.
Set sail for the New World and shape the destiny of your empire. Lead one of seven European factions in this blend of colony management, exploration, and naval strategy. Build settlements, explore vast territories, and secure your legacy through diplomacy and tactical naval combat.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Rise of Piracy
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rise of Piracy.
Reviewers of Rise of Piracy cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!
Mount & Blade
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rise of Piracy.
Reviewers of Rise of Piracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Rise of Piracy.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Naval Action
WHY THIS
Shares naval combat with Rise of Piracy.
Reviewers of Rise of Piracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rise of Piracy.
Or were you deaf or were you blind when you left your two fine legs behind, Or was it sailing on the sea when you got the cannonball to your knee, I too was young and I was slim and I had a leg for every limb, But now I’ve got no legs at all, they were both shot away by a cannonball.
Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Rise of Piracy.
Reviewers of Rise of Piracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Rise of Piracy.
The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.
Total War: WARHAMMER II
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Rise of Piracy.
Reviewers of Rise of Piracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Rise of Piracy.
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
Uncharted Tides: Port Royal
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rise of Piracy.
Reviewers of Rise of Piracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Rise of Piracy.
Dead men tell no tales! And tales about an infamous ship - The Cursed Rose - probably cost renowned sailor Mason Owens his life. As his daughter you can do only one thing - find the damned ship and learn your father's fate.
MicroProse™ Soccer
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Rise of Piracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Rise of Piracy.
MicroProse™ Soccer is an accessible and engaging classic soccer game that lets you compete against a friend or CPU opponent at world class level in the World Cup, International Challenge, or in the indoor league.
Starvector
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Rise of Piracy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Rise of Piracy.
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rise of Piracy at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Rise of Piracy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rise of Piracy.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Rise of Piracy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rise of Piracy.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Rise of Piracy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Rise of Piracy.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
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Priced ~50% under Rise of Piracy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rise of Piracy.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Rise of Piracy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rise of Piracy.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Priced ~53% under Rise of Piracy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rise of Piracy.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Rise of Piracy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Piracy.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rise of Piracy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Piracy.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Rise of Piracy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Rise of Piracy.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Rise of Piracy.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Rise of Piracy.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Rise of Piracy.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Piracy.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Piracy.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Frequently asked about Rise of Piracy
- How much does Rise of Piracy cost?
- Rise of Piracy is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Rise of Piracy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rise of Piracy are Legacy of Sail, Republic of Pirates, Naval Action.
- Who developed Rise of Piracy?
- Rise of Piracy was developed by IrishJohnGames and published by MicroProse Software.
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