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Single-player games like Swords and Sandals Pirates

Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Swords and Sandals 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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    The Caribbean Sail — Steam game cover

    The Caribbean Sail

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    Name your crew, purchase supplies, sail the world, harpoon fish, plunder your enemies, die horribly, unlock a new Captain and do it all over again!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Privateer Escape — Steam game cover

    Privateer Escape

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    Play as a Privateer, sailing the seas and hunting for treasure while being hunted by Pirates! Prove your worth as you avoid dangerous obstacles, face fearsome foes, take on the terrors of the seas, and show how long you can last!

    2022ActionStrategyAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mystical Maritime Adventure — Steam game cover

    Mystical Maritime Adventure

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    Here, you can freely sail your ship, explore the endless ocean, and find hidden islands and treasures!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pirate Dragons — Steam game cover

    Pirate Dragons

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    PLAY A DRAGON in this third-person, action RPG! During the time of sailing ships and piracy, you are a dragon. Grow your hoard by battling sailing ships, trading goods, or becoming a pirate!

    2024ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SeaCret 1 — Steam game cover

    SeaCret 1

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    Sail into the 17th-century Caribbean in SeaCret 1, a riotous mix of strategy, humor, and adventure! Trade, fight, or govern your way to fame in this sandbox escapade, where every choice brings riches or ridiculousness.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie39.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    King of Seas — Steam game cover

    King of Seas

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    King of Seas is an ARPG adventure game set in a nautical pirate world. Embark on an epic adventure across the seven seas where you’ll discover lost islands and treasures, fight rival pirates and menacing monsters, and become the most legendary pirate of all time!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Windward — Steam game cover

    Windward

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    Windward is an action-filled multiplayer sandbox game that puts you in control of a ship sailing the high seas of a large procedurally-generated world.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blood and Gold: Caribbean! — Steam game cover

    Blood and Gold: Caribbean!

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    '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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SUNLESS SEA — Steam game cover

    SUNLESS SEA

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

    2015IndieAdventureRPG18.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Sandals Crusader Redux — Steam game cover

    Swords and Sandals Crusader Redux

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    The world of Swords and Sandals is at war! Join the Crusade against Emperor Antares! For the first time since 2007, the beloved Swords and Sandals Crusader returns, reforged from the ground up. Fast paced, addictive tactical warfare is back and better than ever!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ghostlords — Steam game cover

    Ghostlords

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    Ghostlords is a strategic turn-based RPG that tells the story of a post-apocalyptic haunted Great Britain. Experience the new world, capture wild spirits, and put together a team of ghosts to help you battle the forces of evil.

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Sandals 5 Redux: Maximus Edition — Steam game cover

    Swords and Sandals 5 Redux: Maximus Edition

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    Gladiator, it is time to go underground! For the first time ever, you shall step beyond the arena sands and into the dark dungeons of the world.Swords and Sandals V Redux, the latest thrilling installment in the world's greatest gladiator game series, has arrived!

    2018AdventureRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Sandals Classic Collection — Steam game cover

    Swords and Sandals Classic Collection

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    "Gladiator, gladiator, gladiator, Swords and Sandals, Gladiatorrrrr!"You grew up playing the legendary Swords and Sandals turn based combat game series. These games have been played over half a billion times. Swords and Sandals is nostalgia, Swords and Sandals is life.

    2019ActionStrategyAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Sandals Immortals — Steam game cover

    Swords and Sandals Immortals

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    Gladiator! Grab your sword, equip your sandals and take on the world in multiplayer Swords and Sandals! Brutal turn-based combat where gladiators can lose limbs, wield guitars and yell so loudly enemy heads will fall off. This is the most fun you'll ever have in the arena!

    2023StrategyRPG13.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Sandals 2 Redux — Steam game cover

    Swords and Sandals 2 Redux

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    The world's favourite gladiator game has returned, bigger and more action packed than ever. Swords and Sandals 2: Emperor's Reign, remastered with all new graphics, music and powerful new skills and awesome Arena Champions Pharoah King, John the Butcher and Ultra Flavlus

    2017RPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Sandals 3 Redux — Steam game cover

    Swords and Sandals 3 Redux

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    A legend returns! The beloved classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, re-forged in glory! Step back into the Gladiae Ultratus once more and prepare to take on the greatest gladiators in all Brandor. It's the hardest, most metal gladiator game ever made.

    2025StrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Sandals Medieval — Steam game cover

    Swords and Sandals Medieval

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    Gladiator, you are now a knight! The greatest gladiator series in the world, Swords and Sandals, has just gone medieval! Swords and Sandals moves into the middle ages in this action packed, turn-based combat RPG.

    2017AdventureRPG6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swords and Sandals Spartacus — Steam game cover

    Swords and Sandals Spartacus

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Sandals Pirates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Swords and Sandals Pirates.

    The latest addition to the Swords and Sandals family is an all new combat platformer based on the life of the legendary gladiator Spartacus. Take up the sword of the great man and do battle with the might of the Roman Republic.

    2019ActionAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →