Games like Privateers
If Privateers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Seas Of Strife, Rogue Waters and Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles (Classic) — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Privateers: Privateers is a roguelite set in a fantasy nautical world. Players are set free into an archipelago where they can become a heroic navy captain or an evil pirate overlord depending on the choices that they make.
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Steam players who put hours into Privateers 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.
Seas Of Strife
WHY THIS
Top pick for Privateers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Privateers.
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!
Rogue Waters
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Second-strongest match for Privateers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Privateers.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles (Classic)
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Privateers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Privateers.
Send Skaven ships to the murky depths, cut Khorne’s champions to pieces & battle sea monsters as you explore the Warhammer oceans. Turn pirate & become the scourge of the Empire, or trade your way to riches along the Bretonnian coast. Based on Games Workshop's classic Man O’ War.
Feral Blue
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Ranked #5 for Privateers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Privateers.
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!
FORCED SHOWDOWN
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Ranked #6 for Privateers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Privateers.
Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.
Nearly Dead
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Ranked #7 for Privateers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Privateers.
Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.
Diary of Lucie
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Ranked #8 for Privateers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Privateers.
Diary of Lucie is action-roguelite game made with RPG Maker. In addition to simply avoiding the enemy's barrage, strategically use the enemy's bullet to make the battle situation advantageous!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Privateers at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Privateers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Privateers.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Privateers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Privateers.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Privateers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Privateers.
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.
How to Fish
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Priced ~50% under Privateers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Privateers.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Privateers on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Privateers.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Privateers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Privateers.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Privateers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Privateers.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Privateers on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Privateers.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Privateers.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Privateers.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Privateers.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Privateers.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Nazi Zombies
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Privateers.
Nazi Zombies is a cooperative survival game where players fend off escalating waves of Nazi zombies, earning points by killing zombies and repairing barriers to buy weapons, upgrades, perks, and unlock new map areas to maximize their survival.
Dota 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Privateers.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
SCP: Secret Laboratory
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Privateers.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Privateers.
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!
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Frequently asked about Privateers
- How much does Privateers cost?
- Privateers is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Privateers?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Privateers are Seas Of Strife, Rogue Waters, Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles (Classic).
- Who developed Privateers?
- Privateers was developed by Monster Tree.
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