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Games like Sea Dogs

If Sea Dogs is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales, Sea Dogs: To Each His Own and Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and immersive. 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 Sea Dogs: Sea Dogs is an epic role-playing game for the pirate in all of us. Return to the age of sail as a young captain looking to make a name in the world. Develop your character from humble beginnings and rise to control all of the islands for your country or yourself.

2018ActionRPG11.99 USDMetacritic 71Windowsby Akella
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Steam players who put hours into Sea Dogs 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. Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Top pick for Sea Dogs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Sea Dogs.

    Sail the rough seas with your tall ship and loyal crew of vicious cutthroats and fierce corsairs. Build up your fleet and capture and rule colonies to become the mightiest pirate of them all! Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales is a naval game devoted to pirate adventures on the Caribbean seas of the 17th century, aiming to be the ultimate pirate...

    2018ActionRPG11.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Sea Dogs: To Each His Own

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Second-strongest match for Sea Dogs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Sea Dogs.

    1654 AC. The Caribbean. A place of opportunities and mysteries.

    2012RPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Third-strongest match for Sea Dogs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Sea Dogs.

    Fortune and glory awaits you! In Sea Dogs - City of Abandoned Ships you can choose to go it alone and become the most feared pirate of the seven seas. Or you can prove your loyalty to one of four different navies; French, English, Spanish, or Dutch.

    2018ActionRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Gold: Caribbean!

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Ranked #4 for Sea Dogs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sea Dogs.

    '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.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Ranked #5 for Sea Dogs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Sea Dogs.

    You are the captain and owner of your own ship—the finest fate one could hope for in the 17th century Caribbean. Unlimited sandbox experience. 60 hours of content. A unique genre blending naval combat, land exploration, and global map. Think Sid Meier's Pirates! meets Bannerlord.

    2026ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Caribbean Legend

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Ranked #6 for Sea Dogs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Sea Dogs.

    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!

    2024RPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Feral Blue

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Ranked #7 for Sea Dogs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Sea Dogs.

    The old world has drowned after the Second Flood. Now, only few survivors are fighting for the new gold - clean water, wood and soil. Become a ship's captain, keep your crew alive and create your sea empire!

    2019ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Corsairs Legacy - Pirate Action RPG & Sea Battles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Ranked #8 for Sea Dogs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Sea Dogs.

    Get ready for ‘Corsairs Legacy’. It’s an open-world adventure in the Caribbean, the historical pirate life simulator. Sail the sea, fight the enemies, and explore islands. Will you rise to become a legendary pirate or meet your end at the hands of your enemies? The choice is yours.

    2024ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Sea Dogs on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Sea Dogs.

    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 ~42% under Sea Dogs on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sea Dogs.

    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 ~63% under Sea Dogs on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sea Dogs.

    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 Sea Dogs on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sea Dogs.

    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 ~75% under Sea Dogs on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sea Dogs.

    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. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Sea Dogs on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Sea Dogs.

    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 ↗
  7. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Sea Dogs on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sea Dogs.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. ROUNDS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sea Dogs on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sea Dogs.

    Rounds is a 1v1 rogue-lite shooter where each round gets more intense. The losing player of each round unlocks clever upgrades to create a better build to counter their opponent.

    2021ActionIndie5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

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

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Killer Chat! - Original Edition

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Sea Dogs.

    Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?

    2025IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Akella

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

  1. Disciples III: Reincarnation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Another title from Akella, the studio behind Sea Dogs. Shares RPG with Sea Dogs.

    "Disciples III: Reincarnation" offers a revamped and enhanced version of "Disciples III: Renaissance" plus the addon "Resurrection" with all new features, a revised battle engine and all new graphics.

    2014StrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Disciples III - Renaissance Steam Special Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Another title from Akella, the studio behind Sea Dogs. Shares RPG with Sea Dogs.

    Disciples III: Renaissance is the next title in the award-winning Disciples series and represents a leap forward in the evolution of the turn-based strategy RPG genre.

    2010StrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Another title from Akella, the studio behind Sea Dogs. Shares Action and RPG with Sea Dogs.

    Fortune and glory awaits you! In Sea Dogs - City of Abandoned Ships you can choose to go it alone and become the most feared pirate of the seven seas. Or you can prove your loyalty to one of four different navies; French, English, Spanish, or Dutch.

    2018ActionRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Disciples III - Resurrection

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Another title from Akella, the studio behind Sea Dogs.

    A new landmark in the history of Nevendaar, when a new race ascends to power – the ruthless & merciless Undead Hordes.

    2011Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Sea Dogs.

    Another title from Akella, the studio behind Sea Dogs. Shares Action and RPG with Sea Dogs.

    Sail the rough seas with your tall ship and loyal crew of vicious cutthroats and fierce corsairs. Build up your fleet and capture and rule colonies to become the mightiest pirate of them all! Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales is a naval game devoted to pirate adventures on the Caribbean seas of the 17th century, aiming to be the ultimate pirate...

    2018ActionRPG11.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sea Dogs

How much does Sea Dogs cost?
Sea Dogs is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Sea Dogs?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sea Dogs are Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales, Sea Dogs: To Each His Own, Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships.
Who developed Sea Dogs?
Sea Dogs was developed by Akella.

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 Sea Dogs.

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