Choose The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
Choose The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt if you want the Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 81.8% positive across 1,605 reviews.
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt vs The Pirate: Plague of the Dead
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt and The Pirate: Plague of the Dead both land in Action, Strategy, Indie on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Strategy, Indie on Steam. The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt (2016) is 1 year older than The Pirate: Plague of the Dead (2017). The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt scores higher on Steam reviews (81.8% positive) than The Pirate: Plague of the Dead (74.3% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose The Pirate: Plague of the Dead
Choose The Pirate: Plague of the Dead if it's a focused single-player run rather than a multiplayer commitment. The Pirate: Plague of the Dead launched in 2017.
Both The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt and The Pirate: Plague of the Dead sit in Action, Strategy, and Indie on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt |  The Pirate: Plague of the Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2017 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Free To Play | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 81.8% positive (1,605 reviews) | 74.3% positive (241 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Single-player only |
| Developers | Home Net Games | Home Net Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy, Indie on Steam.
- The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt (2016) is 1 year older than The Pirate: Plague of the Dead (2017).
- The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt scores higher on Steam reviews (81.8% positive) than The Pirate: Plague of the Dead (74.3% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt has co-op; The Pirate: Plague of the Dead does not.
- The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; The Pirate: Plague of the Dead has no Deck rating yet.
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt vs The Pirate: Plague of the Dead — FAQ
- Which is better, The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt or The Pirate: Plague of the Dead?
- On Steam reviews The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt scores higher (81.8% positive) than The Pirate: Plague of the Dead (74.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt or The Pirate: Plague of the Dead first?
- If you want chronology, The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt (2016) came out before The Pirate: Plague of the Dead (2017). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt and The Pirate: Plague of the Dead similar?
- They overlap on Action, Strategy, Indie on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does The Pirate: Plague of the Dead have multiplayer like The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt?
- No. The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op), while The Pirate: Plague of the Dead is listed as single-player only.
- Does The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt is rated Deck Playable by Valve. The Pirate: Plague of the Dead doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.