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Games like Pirates Journey

If Pirates Journey is your kind of game, the closest matches are Colony Survival, Sapiens and Pathless Woods — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, immersive and relaxing. 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.

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About Pirates Journey: You and your crew have been shipwrecked on a tropical island in the late 1600s. At the beginning of the adventure, you find yourself with only a few basic supplies, including ropes, sticks, and stones. With skill and cunning, you can survive on the island and thrive as a pirate crew.

2024ActionAdventureRPG12.99 USDWindowsby 2MEDYA
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Calm survival with strategic depthCo op pirate colony buildingLarge explorable islands with caves and hideoutsChillImmersiveRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Pirates Journey also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Colony Survival

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Pirates Journey.

    Top pick for Pirates Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie24.95 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Sapiens

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Pirates Journey.

    Second-strongest match for Pirates Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Pathless Woods

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Pirates Journey.

    Third-strongest match for Pirates Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sengoku Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Pirates Journey.

    Ranked #4 for Pirates Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Pirates Journey.

    Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!

    2024AdventureSimulationRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. CryoFall

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource gathering and an immersive mood with Pirates Journey.

    Ranked #5 for Pirates Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Fera: The Sundered Tribes

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource gathering and an immersive mood with Pirates Journey.

    Ranked #6 for Pirates Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Pirates Journey.

    Fera: The Sundered Tribes is an enthralling mixture of monster hunting survival action RPG with village building and tribe management with groundbreaking aerial traversal and combat mechanics.

    2024ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. First Feudal

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Pirates Journey.

    Ranked #7 for Pirates Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Pirates Journey.

    Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. First Dwarf

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Pirates Journey.

    Ranked #8 for Pirates Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm. Craft, explore, and survive the dangers of floating islands corrupted by the Taint in this action-packed survival RPG with base-building and co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Pirates Journey

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Medieval Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Pirates Journey.

    Reviewers of Pirates Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Pirates Journey.

    Reviewers of Pirates Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Discover Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the classic pirate action-adventure game from 2013. Command your ship, hunt Templars and carve your legend as Edward Kenway across the Caribbean's Golden Age of Piracy.

    2013ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Thief of Thieves

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Pirates Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    In Thief of Thieves you play as a cat burglar using stealth, social engineering and team members to pull off some high profile heists across the world. Based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, it’s time for Celia to make the leap from apprentice to master.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Pirates Journey.

    Reviewers of Pirates Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.

    2020ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pirates Journey at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Pirates Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Pirates Journey.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Pirates Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pirates Journey.

    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.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Pirates Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pirates Journey.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Pirates Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Pirates Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pirates Journey.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Pirates Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Human Fall Flat

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Pirates Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Pirates Journey on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Pirates Journey.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pirates Journey.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pirates Journey.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pirates Journey.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Pirates Journey.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from 2MEDYA

Other recommendable Steam games by 2MEDYA, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Rent A Car Simulator 24

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Pirates Journey.

    Another title from 2MEDYA, the studio behind Pirates Journey.

    Rent A Car Simulator. Start by renting your first car. Expand your rental car fleet by purchasing different vehicles and grow your car rental business. Drive your cars and get them fixed when they break down. Find new customers. You can also develop your Rent A Car business by playing Co-Op.

    2026SimulationCasualRacing12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Cold White

    WHY THIS

    Another title from 2MEDYA, the studio behind Pirates Journey. Shares Action and Adventure with Pirates Journey.

    Your fiance Alice and you are an archaeologist in Alaska. Alice ignored you and had an accident during hang gliding. When she reached you via radio, her last words were "They are real"... You have to get into this cold white world to find Alice and solve the mystery.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Road Food Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Pirates Journey.

    Another title from 2MEDYA, the studio behind Pirates Journey.

    Run a roadside Pizza restaurant with your friends. Play solo or in Co-op with other players. Make pizzas fast and fill orders. Keep your customers happy and get more orders. Improve your restaurant as your income increases.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pirates Journey

How much does Pirates Journey cost?
Pirates Journey is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Pirates Journey have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Pirates Journey supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
What games are most similar to Pirates Journey?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pirates Journey are Colony Survival, Sapiens, Pathless Woods.
Who developed Pirates Journey?
Pirates Journey was developed by 2MEDYA.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Pirates Journey.

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