The Best Pirates Games for Mac OS

Update : Ruiga Pirates: Cursed Seas added at rank #23.
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Cleo - a pirate's tale (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.


  • investigation
  • pirates
  • 1990s
  • logic
  • linear
  • narration
  • top-down
  • comedy
  • point-and-click
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • funny
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • retro

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Pirates Outlaws (2019)

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Android PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Xbox One Mac OS

Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.

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  • card
  • pirates
  • rogue-like
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • deck
  • deckbuilder
  • turn-based
  • battle
  • boss

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Hero of the Kingdom II (2015)

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PC Windows Android Linux Mac OS

You and your sister had finally found a haven in a small fishing village when you encountered more troubles. An unstoppable pirate crew threatened the entire kingdom. Your sister was kidnapped and taken to lands unknown. You must embark on a journey to the end of the world to save her.


  • pirates
  • isometric
  • rpg
  • adventure
  • casual
  • point-and-click
  • strategy
  • hidden-object
  • achievements
  • resource-management
  • inventory
  • medieval
  • time-management
  • story
  • skill

4

No Man's Sky (2016)

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PC Windows Android Mac OS Xbox Series X osvr psvr Playstation 5 Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

No Man's Sky is a massive universe-sim sandbox experience that lets you explore an infinite number of planets with unique lifeforms and environments. Upgrade your ship and suit for survival and choose your own path - whether you want to be a trader, fighter, or explorer. The game offers great graphics and good VR support with the ability to play with friends and share your discoveries.


What we like:
  • Deliver on promises
  • Great graphics
  • Cross-play enabled
  • Good VR support
What could be improved:
  • Some bugs present
  • Not challenging enough
  • No co-op progression

  • inventory
  • survival
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • crafting
  • pirates
  • resource
  • discovery
  • trading
  • aliens
  • multiplayer
  • sandbox
  • space
  • open-world
  • management

5

Tempest: Pirate Action RPG (2017)

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Playstation 4 IOS iPhone blackberry os Android PC Windows Mac OS

Tempest is a Pirate Open World Action RPG where you rove the seas across three continents filled with dozens of colonies and forts, hundreds of quests and countless ships to plunder. Customize your ship, trade, challenge fellow pirates and face mythical monsters such as the Kraken and Leviathan!

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  • pirates
  • rpg
  • naval
  • action

6

Starseed Pilgrim (2013)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Starseed Pilgrim is a game about tending a symphonic garden, exploring space, and embracing fate.You are a gardener, tending to empty noise and empty space to fill them both with colour.You are a refugee, building your own world away from the spreading darkness.You are an explorer, discovering new places, new rules, and new fascinations.

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  • puzzle
  • pirates
  • minimalist
  • block
  • abstract
  • hands-on
  • trial-and-error
  • thriller
  • sport
  • platform
  • political
  • exploration
  • discovery
  • atmospheric
  • construction

7

IIslands of War (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows

IIslands of War is a 2D roguelike where you build floating islands out of blocks and modules. Travel through different realms to various locations to collect powerful items, shop for items, forge your items to become more powerful, and battle the Dark Order.

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  • building
  • action
  • rogue-like
  • adventure
  • pirates
  • endless
  • pixel

8

Arcane Waters (2021)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Arcane Waters is an open world pixel pirate adventure. Fight other pirates, monsters and players! When you need a break, tend to your farm, craft new equipment, or trade in distant lands. The choice is yours in this vast piratey world.

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  • rpg
  • naval
  • sailing
  • farming
  • pirates
  • 2d
  • character
  • party
  • pvp
  • pixel
  • crafting
  • action-adventure
  • multiplayer
  • open-world
  • customization

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Plunder Panic (2021)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows

Plunder Panic is a swashbuckling action–arcade game for up to 12 players! With both local and online play, work with your crew to plunder booty, defeat the enemy captain, or scuttle their ship. The first team to capture an objective wins!

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  • pirates
  • local
  • party
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • swordplay
  • pvp
  • multiplayer
  • team
  • platform
  • cooperative
  • 4-player
  • pixel
  • retro
  • old-school

10

Uncharted Tides: Port Royal (2019)

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Android PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Linux

Dead men tell no tales!And tales about an infamous ship - The Cursed Rose - probably cost renowned sailor Mason Owens his life. As his daughter you can do only one thing - find the damned ship and learn your father's fate.

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  • pirates
  • hidden-object
  • story
  • maze

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