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Games like Captain Blood

If Captain Blood is your kind of game, the closest matches are Captain!, NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black and Sabre Hunter: Keep On Moving — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, dark and epic. 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 Captain Blood: Captain Blood is a pirate-themed action game where you play as a fearsome pirate seeking gold and glory. Expect adventures with cannon firing, pistol shooting, swashbuckling sword fights, and plenty of pirate shenanigans. This hack'n'slash features fierce combat, hordes of enemies and flashy combos.

2025ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby Seawolf Studio, General Arcade
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Cheap price for a quick cinematic action rideExecutions feel satisfying and rewardingGod of war style combat and executions in a pirate settingComedicDarkEpic

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Steam players who put hours into Captain Blood 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. Captain!

    WHY THIS

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

    You play as a pirate captain navigating the Caribbean to exploit all of its hidden plunder. As the captain, you can order those you command to do your dirty work for you, but don't be fooled you will have to take matters into your own hands from time to time.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black

    WHY THIS

    Shares melee combat, real time combat, action and an epic mood with Captain Blood.

    Second-strongest match for Captain Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Blood.

    Using Unreal Engine 5 to significantly enhance graphic expression, this is the definitive version of "NINJA GAIDEN 2," featuring additional playable characters and enhanced battle support functions.

    2025ActionAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Sabre Hunter: Keep On Moving

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Captain Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Blood.

    Sabre Hunter: Keep On Moving is a bloody third-person action game with a deep sword-fighting system. Experience a gripping campaign using your vast arsenal. Explore levels and unlock new content.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. SAMURAI

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Captain Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Blood.

    This is a third person action game in which you play as a samurai and face powerful enemies where your skills and reflexes will be tested.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Pixel Pirates

    WHY THIS

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

    Set sail as James Flint to rescue Clara from the cursed Captain Blackwood. Battle ruthless pirates, uncover secrets on handcrafted islands, hunt for treasure, and discover powerful relics in this byte-sized high-seas adventure.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Trek to Yomi

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Captain Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Blood.

    As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.

    2022ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dirty Dirty Pirates

    WHY THIS

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

    Ahoy! Dirty Dirty Pirates is a chaotic, local multiplayer fighting game, set in a looped battleground of madness.

    2024ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Lichenvale

    WHY THIS

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

    Lichenvale is a first person slasher offering fast-paced melee combat mixed with tactical use of spells and dashing around your enemies. Battle through nightmarish hordes of monsters representing your innermost fears in this 90's hits inspired title.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Captain Blood

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. Ryse: Son of Rome

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Captain Blood.

    Reviewers of Captain Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Captain Blood.

    “Ryse: Son of Rome” tells the story of Marius Titus, a young Roman soldier who witnesses the murder of his family at the hands of barbarian bandits, then travels with the Roman army to Britannia to seek revenge.

    2014Action3.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Captain Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Captain Blood.

    Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.

    2018Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. God of War

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Captain Blood.

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

    His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive… and teach his son to do the same.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

    WHY THIS

    Shares real time combat, boss fights, action and a retro mood with Captain Blood.

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

    A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. NINJA GAIDEN 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares combo system, melee combat, action and an epic mood with Captain Blood.

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

    The definitive ninja action-adventure franchise returns with NINJA GAIDEN 4! Embark on a cutting-edge adventure where legacy meets innovation in a high-octane blend of style and no-holds-barred combat.

    2025ActionAdventure69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Captain Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Blood.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Captain Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Blood.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Captain Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Captain Blood.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Captain Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Captain Blood.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Captain Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Blood.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Captain Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Captain Blood.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Captain Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Captain Blood.

    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 ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Captain Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Captain Blood.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Captain Blood.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Captain Blood

Is Captain Blood verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Captain Blood is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Captain Blood cost?
Captain Blood is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Captain Blood?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Captain Blood are Captain!, NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black, Sabre Hunter: Keep On Moving.
Who developed Captain Blood?
Captain Blood was developed by Seawolf Studio, General Arcade and published by SNEG.

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 Captain Blood.

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