Single-player games like It's About Pirates
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to It's About 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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Plunderfall
Single-player alternative to It's About Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Start betrayed on a raft in this open-seas pirate twin-stick roguelite. Plunder resources, upgrade your hideout, unlock new vessels and weapons, rescue your crew to grow your fleet, defeat traitor captains, loot their relics to unlock new waters, and rebuild your legacy.
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Ocean Survivors
Single-player alternative to It's About Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with It's About Pirates.
Dominate the ocean! Sink enemy ships, loot their wrecks for gold, weave through a storm of cannonballs, and expand your arsenal. Level up unique builds, unlock abilities, and survive relentless attacks. Upgrade your ship and become the ultimate pirate!
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Pirate Survivors
Single-player alternative to It's About Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with It's About Pirates.
Cursed to the abyss, your skeleton crew battles hordes of sea monsters in this movement-focused bullet-heaven roguelite. Stack limitless upgrades, discover synergies, unlock unique ships and captains, and challenge deadly Sea Legends as the depths grow ever more dangerous.
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Just Dying
Single-player alternative to It's About Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with It's About Pirates.
A 2D Roguelite survivor featuring streamer parodies. Rescue your followers to stay off the unemployment line, unlock unique characters, stack powerful runes, and become a wrecking ball of total chaos. Learn. Die. Repeat.
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Roguebound Pirates
Single-player alternative to It's About Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with It's About Pirates.
Loot, upgrade & dominate! Your inventory IS your ship in this action roguelike. Customize weapons, create game-breaking synergies, and claim your place as the most overpowered pirate across the seas!
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Ocean Homeward:Soul Summoner Survivors
Single-player alternative to It's About Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Play as a Soul Summoner, sail the nether Ocean, survive monster hordes. Awaken spirits, collect soul fragments, craft gear sets and build unique combat styles. Upgrade spirits, forge affixes, unlock legendary captains and vessels. Purify the Ocean, lead spirits Homeward, uncover nether sea secrets.
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Hotspot Earth
Single-player alternative to It's About Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with It's About Pirates.
Environmental hazards are hitting humanity with increasing force - but you're hitting back! Defend cities, build a global movement and change society's path in this tactical horde survival arena.
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Smawverse
Single-player alternative to It's About Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with It's About Pirates.
Cut down the risen dead in this dark fantasy bullet-heaven roguelike. You are Smaw, a stray cat reforged in iron to take back a kingdom unmade by its own keeper. Kneel at nine prophet shrines and stack their blessings into screen-clearing builds. How long can you last?