Sid Meier's Pirates! (2005)
- Developer
- Firaxis Games
- Publisher
- 2K
- Genres
- RPG
- Rating
- 4.7 of 5, 7,487 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 14 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A breezy Caribbean sandbox where every voyage mixes swashbuckling combat with trading and lighthearted social encounters.
open endedstrategicadventurouslightheartedengagingexploration drivenclassic
What players say
Players call this a collection of mini-games tied together by a pirate theme, and many say it is the best pirate game ever made. Some note dated controls, repetitive loops, and crashes when tabbing out, while others praise its open world and variety of systems.
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