Choose Puzzle Pirates
Choose Puzzle Pirates if you want a Strategy, Free To Play, and Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 80.4% positive across 1,860 reviews.
Puzzle Pirates vs The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
Puzzle Pirates and The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom both land in Adventure, Massively Multiplayer 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 Adventure, Massively Multiplayer on Steam. Puzzle Pirates (2011) is 12 years older than The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom (2023). Puzzle Pirates scores higher on Steam reviews (80.4% positive) than The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom (71.8% 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 Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
Choose The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom if you want an Action and RPG experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom launched in 2023.
Both Puzzle Pirates and The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom sit in Adventure and Massively Multiplayer on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online PvP, 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
 Puzzle Pirates |  The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2011 | 2023 |
| Genres | Strategy, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play, Casual | Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 80.4% positive (1,860 reviews) | 71.8% positive (181 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Grey Havens | ZeniMax Online Studios |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, Massively Multiplayer on Steam.
- Puzzle Pirates (2011) is 12 years older than The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom (2023).
- Puzzle Pirates scores higher on Steam reviews (80.4% positive) than The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom (71.8% positive).
- Puzzle Pirates is free; The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom is paid (Price unknown).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Puzzle Pirates is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom has no Deck rating yet.
Puzzle Pirates vs The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom — FAQ
- Which is better, Puzzle Pirates or The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom?
- On Steam reviews Puzzle Pirates scores higher (80.4% positive) than The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom (71.8% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Puzzle Pirates is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Puzzle Pirates or The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom first?
- If you want chronology, Puzzle Pirates (2011) came out before The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom (2023). 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 Puzzle Pirates and The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, Massively Multiplayer 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.
- Do both Puzzle Pirates and The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Puzzle Pirates ships Online Co-op, Co-op; The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Is Puzzle Pirates free?
- Yes — Puzzle Pirates is a free-to-play Steam title. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom is paid (Price unknown).