Single-player games like Sid Meier's Pirates!
Below are 24 single-player Steam games similar to Sid Meier's Pirates!, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Kaperfahrt
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sail an open Caribbean where every choice matters. Plunder ships in fierce naval battles, trade between rival houses, and build yourself from a humble sloop into a feared legend. Kaperfahrt is your pirate sandbox on a grand scale.
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Dawn of Piracy: Caribbean Tides
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sid Meier's Pirates!.
Embark on the ultimate pirate adventure: command your ship, battle in epic naval combat, and explore a vast world for treasure and glory.
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Seas Of Strife
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sid Meier's Pirates!.
In a world dominated by a vast uncaring sea, greedy pirates stalk the open water and fantastical kingdoms wage devastating wars for what little land exists. It's time for you to assemble your fleet, set sail and plunder, trade or conquer your way towards your destiny!
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Blood and Gold: Caribbean!
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
'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.
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Project Seaborne
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sid Meier's Pirates!.
Command a ship in the age of sail across a fully circumnavigable globe. Read the wind, trade for a reason, fight broadside to broadside, board and take prizes, and build a name — alone or in Steam co-op. Simulated sea, living crew, seventeen period hulls, a family to leave it all to.
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Sea Dogs: To Each His Own
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sid Meier's Pirates!.
1654 AC. The Caribbean. A place of opportunities and mysteries.
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Nantucket
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.
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Tempest: Pirate Action RPG
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sid Meier's Pirates!.
Tempest is a Pirate Open World Action RPG where you rove the seas across three continents filled with dozens of colonies and forts, hundreds of quests and countless ships to plunder. Customize your ship, trade, challenge fellow pirates and face mythical monsters such as the Kraken and Leviathan!
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Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Battle Brothers
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sid Meier's Pirates!.
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
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Uncharted Waters
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sid Meier's Pirates!.
"Uncharted Waters" was originally released in 1990. It is set in the 16th century, in a time when adventures roamed the 7 seas in search of new discoveries. Players command great ships, battling pirates, gathering information and getting rich through trade while seeking adventure throughout the known world.
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Starvector
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
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Tortuga
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The goal is is to explore the island and collect all the fruits without dying. You have to be perfect and it' nearly impossible. You have to be precise and it's really difficult. You have to have a lot of patience and it's demanding. But definitely work hard.
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Port Royale 4
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century.
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Caribbean Legend
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sid Meier's Pirates!.
An open-world RPG, set in the Golden Age of Caribbean piracy. Embark on a 200-hour-long adventure, plunder cities and ships, explore the unknown, discover treasures, forge friendships, earn bounties on your head, and charm the ladies on your path to ultimate freedom!
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Pirate's Gold
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Pirate's Gold is a unique twist on the sokoban and match-3 genre that challenges your mind!
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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
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Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sid Meier's Pirates!.
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Pirates! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.