Games like Sid Meier's Pirates
Closest overall match: Marvel Ultimate Alliance (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Prince of Persia: Warrior Within at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Tomb Raider: Underworld at about 1 hours.
We compared Sid Meier's Pirates! against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Open World and Exploration. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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49%
1. Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Shares Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Fighting, 11
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48%
2. Tomb Raider: Underworld
Shares Exploration and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
48%
3. Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry
Shares Sailing, Naval, Pirates, Choose Your Own Adventure and Historical and 2 more tags; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
47%
4. LEGO Star Wars III - The Clone Wars
Shares Open World and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11
-
46%
5. Mini Ninjas
Shares Open World and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
46%
6. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, 11
-
46%
7. LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga
Shares Open World and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
46%
8. Beyond Good & Evil
Shares Exploration, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
44%
9. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Shares Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
44%
10. Battlestations: Midway
Shares Naval and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 1.2 lower.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10
-
44%
11. Rebel Galaxy
Shares Trading, Exploration, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 26%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14
-
44%
12. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Shares Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
43%
13. Far Cry
Shares Open World and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
43%
14. Tomb Raider: Legend
Shares Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
43%
15. Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Shares Remake and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11
-
43%
16. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
43%
17. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Shares Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
43%
18. Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Shares Historical, Exploration and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
-
43%
19. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Shares Open World and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
43%
20. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Shares Naval, Pirates, Historical, Exploration and Open World and 1 more tags; about 24h longer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 25h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
43%
21. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge
Shares Pirates, Remake and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
43%
22. Viking: Battle for Asgard
Shares Open World and Singleplayer; rated 1.5 lower.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 37%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Fighting
-
43%
23. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Shares Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
43%
24. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Shares Economy, Historical and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
43%
25. Arx Fatalis
Shares Exploration and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Sid Meier's Pirates!?
On our similarity model, Marvel Ultimate Alliance is the closest match to Sid Meier's Pirates! — shares Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
Which game like Sid Meier's Pirates! is rated highest?
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 851 players.
Are there games like Sid Meier's Pirates! on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 21 games like Sid Meier's Pirates! on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Sid Meier's Pirates! on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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