The Best Sailing Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : Sailing Era added at rank #4.
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Sail Forth (2022)

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

Set sail in Sail Forth, a captivating sea adventure where you command a fleet, battle pirates, and unveil secrets. Enjoy a living ocean with ever-changing weather as you explore exotic islands and customize your ships for thrilling naval combat. Discover freedom on the high seas and create your own legend!

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What we like:
  • Diverse activities for endless fun
  • Variety of weapons for custom ship builds
  • Engaging combat with tactical freedom
  • Beautiful art style with impressive vistas
What could be improved:
  • AI for fleet ships lacks independence
  • End-game content may lack challenge

  • sailing
  • naval
  • pirates
  • procedural
  • physics

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Far: Changing Tides (2022)

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

In FAR: Changing Tides, you'll embark on a captivating adventure in a beautifully flooded world. As Toe, you'll navigate stormy waters, explore forgotten ruins, and dive into unknown depths. You'll captain your own seafaring vessel, solve puzzles, and search for a new home. With a mesmerizing soundtrack and stunning visuals, this game offers an immersive and unique experience.

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What we like:
  • Stunning visuals and captivating soundtrack
  • Engaging puzzles and resource management
  • Immersive and atmospheric gameplay
  • Unique vehicle control and customization
  • Emotional and thought-provoking journey
What could be improved:
  • Occasional softlock issues
  • Repetitive tasks

  • puzzle
  • sailing
  • vehicle
  • underwater
  • submarine
  • post-apocalyptic
  • platform
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • 2.5d
  • relaxing
  • steampunk
  • puzzling
  • action-adventure
  • narrative

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King of Seas (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

King of Seas is an Action Role playing game set in a procedural pirate world. An epic adventure awaits you in a fantastic world, dotted with fights, lost islands and treasures. A universe that will keep you anchored as you struggle to become the king of all pirates.

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  • naval
  • sailing
  • pirates
  • rogue-like
  • rpg
  • procedural
  • pve
  • isometric
  • combat
  • action
  • battle
  • adventure

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Sailing Era (2023)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows

Every voyage is a journey of "Sailing & Beyond" in Sailing Era! Navigate your fleet and sail for fun; run a business; have a romantic encounter in the tavern; capture pirates amid intense battle; explore inland for treasure... Experience foreign culture, make novel discoveries, and sail away!

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  • sailing
  • trading
  • pirates
  • rpg
  • naval
  • discovery
  • exploration
  • transportation
  • anime
  • historical
  • battle

5

Moonglow Bay (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 j Nintendo Switch

Moonglow Bay is set along the Eastern Canadian coastline during the 1980s. Players play as a rookie angler struggling to fulfil your partner’s final wish.


  • fishing
  • voxel
  • relaxing
  • cooking
  • collector
  • creature
  • sailing
  • life
  • 1980s
  • dog
  • emotional
  • lgbtq
  • rpg
  • family-friendly
  • nature

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Pirate's Gold (2022)

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Nintendo Switch

Pirates Gold - This is a 2D platform game where you play as a young pirate who decided to take all the gold for himself.

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  • sokoban
  • 2d
  • movement
  • sailing
  • metroidvania
  • match-three
  • logic
  • scroller
  • board-game
  • grid
  • pirates
  • strategy
  • family-friendly
  • puzzle
  • casual

7

Soul Searching (2017)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

In this puzzle stealth game, your soul has been captured by an evil necromancer determined to take over the lands! Can you escape his perilous dungeon home to warn the kingdom before the undead rise and take over the throne?

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  • sailing
  • survival
  • story
  • action-adventure
  • dragon
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • 3d
  • local
  • replay-value
  • third-person
  • comedy
  • adventure
  • family-friendly
  • casual

8

Boat Simulator (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows cross-platform

An adventure on the high seas like you've never seen before, with realistic graphics and sounds. Experience the sensation of sailing the entire ocean through the most mythical ships.


  • simulation
  • sailing
  • flight
  • naval
  • auto
  • goat

9

Shipwreck Escape (2021)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Shipwreck Escape is a 2,5D immersive game with puzzle elements. The catastrophe happened when the cruise ship was sailing from Athens to Dubai. The main character is a croupier in a ship's casino and he got stuck in this sinking hell.

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  • puzzle
  • platform
  • runner
  • logic
  • 2.5d
  • sailing
  • multiple-endings
  • survival
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • single-player
  • thriller
  • immersive
  • emotional
  • 2.5-d

10

Under the Jolly Roger (2020)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Under the Jolly Roger is offering an ultimate ability to free roam three vast worlds filled with dozens of colonies and forts, hundreds of quests, and countless ships to plunder. You can trade, fight, explore on your own! Set your foot on the land to plunder it! Game features: - Limitless sailing in real-time - use Global Map only if you want to! - A system of leveling your pirates, let them grow from sailor boys to skilled old salts! - Hundreds of quests

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  • sailing
  • pirates
  • real-time
  • management
  • resource-management
  • combat
  • mature

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