October 29, 2013
Action, Historical, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Pirates, PS Plus Extra, PS Plus Premium, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Stealth, Ships, TPP, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, 18th Century.
The fourth major installment in a bestselling TPP action-adventure game series. The game was developed by Ubisoft Montreal in cooperation with other Ubisoft’s inner studios. The main story in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is set in 18th century. You meet a pirate captain Edward Kenway (the grandfather of Connor Kenway from Assassin's Creed III), who gets entangled in the age-long conflict between The Brotherhood of Assassins and the Order of Templars. Interwoven in the story are authentic places and historical events, as well as famous figures (including Edward Teach, Benjamin Hornigold, and Anne Bonny) related to the so called Golden Age of Piracy. The sandbox gameplay model offers the players the complete freedom of exploration and undertaking various missions. Complimentary to the solo mode, the game features an expansive multiplayer with a number of diverse maps and playable characters.
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March 30, 2023
RPG, Cthulhu, Economic, Horror, Indie Games, PS Plus Extra, PS Plus Premium, Fish, Singleplayer, Ships, Fishing, Xbox Game Pass Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass.
Dredge is RPG with horror elements, in which we control beginner fisherman. During the game we have to take care of business and deal not only with the forces of nature but also with monsters and cultists.
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May 8, 2018
RPG, Crowdfunding, Fantasy, Indie Games, Classic RPG, Romances, Singleplayer, Ships, Turn-based, Isometric View, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Xbox Game Pass Premium.
A sequel to the successful RPG developed by Obsidian Entertainment. The story told in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire follows the threads started in the first installment of the series. Eothas, the god of renewal and light, comes back to life and takes the form of a statue buried under the protagonist’s keep. Although the stronghold gets destroyed, the main hero survives. From now on, he or she has to pursue a new goal, which is to hunt down Eothas as well as find answers to questions that can bring chaos to the world of gods and mortals. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire takes the player to the eponymous Deadfire archipelago in the far east. In this new region you can travel not only on foot, but also by ship. While controlling your party of characters, in the classic isometric view, you get to explore different locations, complete missions of varying importance and fight with opponents met on the way. Note that the world of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire lives a life of its own, and the choices you made in the first game have consequences here too. Some changes and improvements were made to the User Interface and dialogue system as well as the visuals, which now feature dynamic weather.
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July 9, 2026
Action, Pirates, Action Adventure, Remaster/remake, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Stealth, Ships, TPP, 18th Century.
Ubisoft's yet-to-be-announced remake of the fourth main installment in the Assassin's Creed series. Rumors about Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced being in development have been circulating since 2023.
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September 17, 2015
Action, Games as a Service, World War II, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Online, Ships, Free-to-play.
After World of Tanks and World of Warplanes, Wargaming.net (the company also known for strategy games like Massive Assault, Galactic Assault, and Order of War) brings us yet another MMO. Similarly to its predecessors, the game allows us to participate in the various armed conflicts of the twentieth-century; this time, commanding our own warship. The authors reproduced an impressive number of actual vessels with great attention to detail, taking into account not only their appearance but also firepower and numerous technical parameters. Furthermore, in order to diversify the gameplay, the creators introduced an option that enables ship modifications, adding a strategic aspect to the game. The mechanics focus around proven patterns, typical of online games and aimed primarily at competition and cooperation between players in one of several game modes available. It’s also possible to set up clans and player rankings. The in-game economy system is shared between all games in the series.
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February 20, 2025
Action, Pirates, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Ships, TPP, PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
An action-adventure game from the popular Like a Dragon (formerly Yakuza) series. The main star of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is Goro Majima who lost his memory and decided to become a pirate. We travel on foot and using a ship, engaging in naval battles.
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March 20, 2018
Action, FPP, Games as a Service, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Pirates, Sandbox, Online, Ships, Xbox Game Pass Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Xbox Play Anywhere, PC Game Pass.
An action adventure game focusing on multiplayer, set in an open world filled with pirates, treasures and exotic lands to explore. It is a work of the experienced studios Rare – creators of such classic series as Donkey Kong and Banjoo-Kazooie. Players take on roles of corsairs taking part in countless adventures, both on land and open sea. Gameplay revolves around exploration and searching for legendary pirate treasures, though there is a lot of fighting against monsters, as well as epic naval battles of competing groups. As can be easily noticed, Sea of Thieves takes a lot of inspiration from classic tales of pirates, but depicts it in a very humorous way, which is emphasized with its cartoonish visuals.
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November 11, 2014
Action, Historical, Internet, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Stealth, Ships, TPP, 18th Century.
Another installment in popular the Assassin’s Creed series, created and developed by the Ubisoft company. Unlike Assassin’s Creed: Unity, released in a similar time window on PC and the eight generation consoles, Rogue is designed for older platforms. Story-wise, the game is a conclusion of the plots presented in the third and the fourth part of the series. The game is set in mid-18th century, and for the first time in the series you play as a Templar, Shay Patrick Cormack. He once belonged to the Brotherhood of Assassins, but since he was betrayed he switched sides and started hunting his former “brothers”. In terms of gameplay, the game does not introduce any revolutionary changes, albeit the opponents are now much more skilled in combat. For the first time since Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, the game offers no multiplayer mode, focusing entirely on single player experience.
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December 22, 2018, Early Access
Action, Fantasy, FPP, Internet, Co-op, MMO, Pirates, Sandbox, Ships, TPP.
Ambitious pirate MMO, which was created by developers of ARK: Survival Evolved. Players play on a huge map of the world, designed for a maximum of 40 thousand people. The adventure begins with building the first ship and selecting the crew to gain control over the territory. Fighting for influence with other groups of players is the main premise of the game.
November 26, 2025
RPG, Strategic Elements, Internet, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships, The Middle Ages, TPP.
The first expansion for the RPG sandbox strategy hybrid, developed by TaleWorlds studio. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - War Sails DLC introduces ships and sailing mechanics, as well as sea battles. We can also play as a new Nord faction and visit its Northern Kingdom.
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February 16, 2024
Action, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Pirates, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Ships, TPP, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, 18th Century.
A pirate tactical action game developed by a Shanghai-based studio working under Ubisoft. Skull & Bones takes place during the golden age of piracy on the waters of the Indian Ocean. The player assumes the role of a corsair who commands his ship while gradually building up his reputation and amassing more loot. At the beginning, the player has only a single ship, but as he progresses through the game he obtains an entire fleet of various ships that differ among each other in agility, firing range, and durability. Each ship can be customized with additional parts that change its looks and combat effectiveness. The game takes place in an open world in which the player competes with artificial intelligence and with other players. During the battles it is important to take advantage of water currents, prepare proper tactics, and to cooperate with allies. It is also important to select adequate ship for the type of task the player intends to complete.
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December 2026, Early Access
Adventure, Crowdfunding, Exploration Games, FPP, Historical, Indie Games, Early 20th Century, Singleplayer, Ships.
A first-person adventure game from ORM Entertainment, which was initially supposed to be nothing more than modification to the popular shooter Crysis 2. Its story revolves around the disaster of the famous ocean liner, which sunk in 1912 with hundreds of people on board. We play as a man named Robert Morgan, who, due to false accusations, has to hide aboard the liner from the police. He must find a proof of his innocence, but the collision with the iceberg suddenly makes survival an equally important point. The main goal of the developers was to recreate the interior of the Titanic as faithfully as possible, and, in addition to the story campaign, a special free exploration mode has been prepared to allow us to go sightseeing on the famous ship, look around its almost every corner and interact with various objects on the deck.
November 12, 2024, Early Access
Strategy, Simulation Elements, Historical, 60s and 70s, 80s, RTS, Singleplayer, Ships, Cold War.
Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age is a strategy game from the Triassic Games studio, moving us into the 1970s and 1980s. Our task is to lead an aircraft carrier strike team in a campaign taking place in the Atlantic Ocean.
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June 13, 2019
Simulation, Historical, Indie Games, Internet, MMO, Multiplayer, Pirates, Sandbox, Ships, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Sailing.
An online sailing simulator developed by the Ukrainian developer, Game-Labs, whose members worked previously on the STALKER and Total War series. The action of the game is set between the sixteenth and the eighteenth century - a period within the so-called Age of Sail. The gameplay focuses on the exploration of the enormous game world, where the players can trade, take assignments, and participate in realistic sea battles. The game features faithfully recreated weapons from the period, including various types of cannons, mortars, and carronades. One of the game's characteristic, and very realistic, features is the ship handling, as the player can control each sail separately and the crew management is also rather complex. The visuals are powered by the Unity engine, which makes the game look better than one could expect. Also, the creators' dedication to recreate the ships as authentic as possible deserves praise.
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November 22, 2022
Action, 2D, Fantasy, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Roguelike, Singleplayer, Ships.
An action game with roguelike elements that spreads its wings in co-op mode. In Ship of Fools we take on the role of the heroes, who traverse the archipelago aboard their ship and face sea monsters.
October 7, 2026, Early Access
Strategy, Simulation Elements, Historical, Indie Games, Early 20th Century, Singleplayer, Ships, War Strategy, Tactics.
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April 14, 2026, Early Access
Action, Crafting, Fantasy, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Pirates, Singleplayer, Ships, Survival, TPP.
A free-to-play survival game with a third-person camera view, set in a fantasy version of the golden age of piracy. Crosswind supports both singleplayer & multiplayer, allowing us to travel across waters and lands, participate in ship battles, engage in sword & ranged combat, as well as build and craft gear.
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August 17, 2018
Action, 2D, RPG Elements, Strategic Elements, World War II, Science Fiction, Shoot 'em Up, Singleplayer, Ships, Free-to-play.
Original combination of a two-dimensional shoot'em up game with tactical RPG. During the game we take part in sea battles, in which we command a team of heroines, which are anthropomorphisation of the existing military ships, fighting during the Second World War.
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January 25, 2023
Strategy, Interwar Period, Historical, Early 20th Century, RTS, Singleplayer, Ships, War Strategy, Xbox Play Anywhere, 19th Century.
A strategy game set between 1890 and 1938, in which we command a naval fleet of one of the world's major powers, and our task is to make key decisions, steer ships in battle, and even design ships. Game-Labs studio, known from Ultimate General: Civil War, is responsible for creating this title.
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May 13, 2021
Action, Internet, Multiplayer, Science Fiction, Online, Ships, Free-to-play.
A free-to-play multiplayer action game. Modern Warships has us control ships, planes and helicopters, taking part in naval combat against other players. The game features high-quality graphics.
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September 24, 2026
Simulation, FPP, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships, TPP, Transport, Xbox Play Anywhere.
An advanced ship simulator, offering a wide range of activities and experiences at sea. Seafarer: The Ship Sim allows us to choose our career path, like transporting cargo between ports, participating in rescue missions or exploring the open world. There are both small and large ships at our disposal.
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February 6, 2015
RPG, 2D, Crowdfunding, Adventure Elements, Strategic Elements, Horror, Indie Games, Roguelike, Singleplayer, Ships, Steampunk, Top-down.
A steampunk strategy game with RPG elements, developed by Failbetter Games. The action of the game takes place in a fantastic version of Victorian England. As a captain of a steamboat, we begin the quest to explore an underground sea. The gameplay allows for complete freedom in exploring the randomly generated depths, creating a number of occasions to fight pirates and various sea monsters. The battles take place in real time, with light (or rather, the lack of it) being an essential tactical element. During the game, we gather supplies and conduct diplomacy, while the success of each journey depends on such factors as the ship’s equipment or the composition of the crew, which includes various people with unique backstories and personalities. The plot creates many occasions to make difficult moral choices that shape the game world and influence our relations with subordinates and encountered factions.
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November 22, 2004
Adventure, RPG Elements, Pirates, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Ships.
Sid Meier’s pirates! is a new version of the classic from the 80s. Similarly to the original version, it is a mix of features of action games, adventure games and cRPGs. The game takes place during the age of the pirates in the Caribbean.
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January 4, 2016
Action, Strategic Elements, Simulation Elements, Arcade Elements, Internet, Multiplayer, Pirates, Singleplayer, Ships.
An action game set in the world of pirates. Created by Miroslaw Dymek, a legendary Polish game maker responsible for series such as Earth 21XX or Polanie. The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt lacks a main storyline driving the gameplay. The action takes place in an extensive, open-world environment recreating a large part of the Caribbean. The player controls a captain of a pirate ship, whose aim is to gain fame and riches at sea. The game consists of completing subsequent missions that focus mainly on combat and exploration. The player plunders cargo ships, pirate bases, forts, and harbors. Between the missions, the player can make improvements to their fleet, choosing from sixteen diversified classes of ships, upgraded alongside their progress in the game. In-game sailing features realistic mechanics, making it a great asset to the game - this element was based on the personal experiences of the creator, who is an avid sailor himself. The game has offers extended online features as well, allowing the players to create their own pirate clans.
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December 9, 2014
Simulation, Tanks, Indie Games, Machines and Equipment, Mechs, Planes, Singleplayer, Ships.
A simulator in which the player can create a variety of vehicles - from title planes, helicopters, tanks and racing cars to mosses. You can share your works developed in SimplePlanes with the whole community, but you should test them in one of the several game variants beforehand.
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February 2027
Simulation, Adventure Elements, FPP, Singleplayer, Ships, Survival.
An FPP survival game, in which we are trying to stay alive on board of a wrecked ship on the Pacific. 30 Days on Ship has us play as the lone survivor trying to last a month - we must gather resources, find shelter and defend ourselves against hostile fauna.
May 18, 2023
Strategy, 2D, Simulation Elements, Historical, World War I, World War II, Singleplayer, Ships, Turn-based, Cold War.
A complex strategy game, being more of a realistic naval simulator. It is the first installment in this series by Naval Warfare Simulations to release on Steam.
September 16, 2026, Early Access
Simulation, Economic, Singleplayer, Ships.
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September 11, 2026
RPG, Pirates, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships, TPP, 17th Century.
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February 15, 2024
RPG, Pirates, Remaster/remake, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships, TPP, 17th Century.
An informal new version of the sandbox RPG titled Sea Dogs: To Each His Own. Caribbean Legend allows to explore the 17th century Caribbean archipelago. We take parts in sea battles, fight enemies on land, complete quests, recruit the ship's crew and expand our fortune.
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May 23, 2024, Early Access
Simulation, FPP, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Fish, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships, Transport.
A simulator in which we control modern civilian ships and explore the Norwegian Sea. Ships at Sea features 3 career paths - cargo transportation, commercial fishing and ship servicing. The game runs on Unreal Engine 5, features a huge map and can also be played in coop.
October 21, 2025, Early Access
RPG, Internet, MMO, MMORPG, Multiplayer, PvE, PvP, Sandbox, Ships, Sailing.
A Russian historical MMO game about sailing. World of Sea Battle offers us a chance to participate in territorial sea battles between various guilds. They take place in an open world and its economy is based on the recents actions of the players. There are around 50 types of configurable ships to choose from.
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December 4, 2018
RPG, Episodic, Historical, Greek Mythology, Action RPG, Singleplayer, Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Ships, TPP.
The first big expansion to Assassin's Creed Odyssey, divided into three episodes. Legacy of the First Blade allows the players to stand by the side of Darius, the first hero to use the series' iconic hidden blade.
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April 7, 2021
Strategy, Historical, RTS, Singleplayer, Ships, 19th Century, 18th Century, Sailing.
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is a strategy set at the turn of the 17th and 19th century, in the realities of the American-British wars. The player takes on the role of fleet admiral of one of the two sides of the conflict. Game-Labs studio is responsible for the production.
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September 14, 2018
Strategy, World War II, Indie Games, RTS, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships.
Victory at Sea Pacific is a real-time marine strategy developed for PCs. It allows you to play out sea battles that took place in the Pacific during World War II.
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October 22, 2019
Strategy, RPG Elements, Simulation Elements, Pirates, Roguelike, RTS, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships.
A sandbox naval strategy game set in golden age of sailing ships. Players assume the role of a captain who leads his crew for far away expeditions. An open world lets them decide which missions to take and how to develop their career. There is a main storyline to discover, in which the players try to foil the plans of a mysterious cult that wants to bring the apocalypse. Abandon Ship offers a system of tactical, real time battles that require usage of various maneuvers and skillful crew management. Players’ character and their crew gain experience, and the ship can also be upgraded. However, it is impossible to recover a sunken ship, meaning that a captain of such a vessel must build his position from scratch, of course if he survives – otherwise the players must start from the beginning. Abandon Ship uses an interesting visual style, resembling oil paintings of the 19th century.
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2027
RPG, Fantasy, Multiplayer, Pirates, Singleplayer, Ships, Turn-based, Free-to-play.
A free-to-play RPG game focused on the theme of pirates. Sea of Remnants allows us to become a puppet sailor and to explore an archipelago from a fantasy world. We participate in sea battles in real-time and we can also fight turn-based skirmishes on land.
March 13, 2026
RPG, Pirates, Remaster/remake, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships, TPP, 17th Century.
An informal remaster of Age of Pirates II: City of Abandoned Ships, offered as an open-world RPG. In Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates, we are transported to the 17th-century Caribbean, where we build our legendary status, taking on roles as pirates, privateers, traders, and treasure hunters.
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April 20, 2022
Strategy, Simulation Elements, World War II, Polish games, Singleplayer, Ships.
A World War II simulator game, in which we command a mighty aircraft carrier. The game requires strategic thinking and making difficult decisions. It was developed and published by the Polish studio CreativeForge Games.
Steam
2027, Early Access
Simulation, Historical, Indie Games, Pirates, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships, 18th Century, Sailing.
Sea Legends is a simulator in which the player becomes the captain of an 18th century ship to sail in the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins. The production allows him to become a buccaneer or smuggler and is characterized by a high level of realism.
December 21, 2022
Action, Simulation Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Pirates, Singleplayer, Ships, TPP, Sailing.
Action game in which we play the role of sailors traversing the dangerous waters of the picturesque archipelago. In addition to sailing at Sail Forth, we also acquire the resources needed to expand our fleet and face pirates and monsters.
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May 25, 2021
RPG, Indie Games, Pirates, Action RPG, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships.
King of Seas is a three-dimensional, sandbox RPG in pirate climates, which uses a procedurally generated world. The game was developed and released by independent 3DClouds studio.
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December 10, 2015
RPG, Internet, Multiplayer, Pirates, Action RPG, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships, TPP, 17th Century.
A sandbox action RPG title with open world being the upgraded version of 2015’s Caribbean!, made by the Russian studio Snowbird Games in cooperation with Mount & Blade creators. It takes place in 17th century, in the Caribbean Sea, with the players taking on the role of an adventurer, seeking wealth and fortune in the New World. The game lack a classic plotline, focusing instead on complete freedom. We can visit towns and settlements, hire more and more crewmembers, trade and gather equipment, and take on various tasks. The game also features fleet management as well as exciting naval and land battles. Compared to the original, Blood & Gold: Caribbean! introduces many novelties, including improved game mechanics and a multiplayer mode.
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October 18, 2018
Adventure, Detective, Experimental/artistic, FPP, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Ships, 19th Century.
Return of the Obra Dinn is an FPP adventure game by Lucas Pope, in which you play as an investigator working for the East India Company in the 19th century and your task is to discover the truth behind the disappearance of the entire crew of a trading ship.
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September 2, 2026, Early Access
Simulation, Crafting, Indie Games, Singleplayer, Ships.
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March 24, 2003
Adventure, Puzzle Elements, RPG Elements, Fantasy, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Ships, TPP, Nintendo Exclusive.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is an action adventure game with elements of cRPG, created by Shigeru Miyamoto and his development team of Nintendo. The plot of the title tells the story of a boy who sets off on a dangerous journey to free his sister and face his destiny. Visual setting of the game was created with the use of cell-shading technique.
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October 16, 2020
Simulation, Puzzle Elements, Fish, Singleplayer, Ships.
A simulation game focusing on commercial fishing in the Nova Scotia area on the North Atlantic. Fishing: North Atlantic is an extension of the formula presented to players in Barents Sea, the 2018 instalment.
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February 28, 2019
Strategy, Interwar Period, Economic, Grand Strategy, Historical, World War II, Internet, Multiplayer, RTS, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships, War Strategy.
Hearts of Iron IV: Man the Guns is an expansion to a strategy game developed by Paradox. This is not a standalone DLC, as it requires the base game to work and it expands the naval aspects of the game by implementing new options for designing and upgrading ships. Moreover, the game introduces new sea routes.
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December 6, 2023
Simulation, Adventure Elements, FPP, World War II, Indie Games, Submarines, Polish games, Singleplayer, Ships, Tactics.
A second-war thriller representing simulation and adventure genres. In Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter we play the role of a commander of a squadron of American destroyers, whose task is to hunt for German U-Boats in the Atlantic Ocean.
January 19, 2023
Strategy, Simulation Elements, Historical, Pirates, Singleplayer, Ships, Tactics, Turn-based, 17th Century.
Tortuga: A Pirate's Tale is a turn-based tactical game in which you command your own pirate fleet and strive to become known as the greatest buccaneer to ever prowl the 17th-century Caribbean.
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