Black Sails - The Ghost Ship
Deck13 · 2015 · Adventure, Point & Click, Horror, Female Protagonist, Pirates
PC
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About Black Sails - The Ghost Ship
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Explore a mysterious ghost ship as two shipwreck survivors in this atmospheric point-and-click adventure, where every decision shapes your fate and the line between reality and nightmare blurs. Uncover dark secrets in a focused, story-driven experience built on a true tale of maritime horror.
Best played with the lights turned off and the volume turned up, Black Sails is a creepy and mysterious point-and-click adventure game.
A shipwreck. Having lost all hope, two survivors cling to wreckage, trying to survive a few more minutes in the raging sea. Until another ship appears. Hoping for rescue, they are calling out, but nobody answers. They manage to go on board. Will this be their rescue? Or their grave?
Inspired by a true story, the player experiences a journey into the darkest abyss of the human soul until he cannot tell between truth and fiction anymore.
Having been released in Germany a few years ago, gathering much acclaim for its focused story and strong plot, Black Sails is now available with full English localization for the first time ever. We hope you'll enjoy it.
Features
A shipwreck. Having lost all hope, two survivors cling to wreckage, trying to survive a few more minutes in the raging sea. Until another ship appears. Hoping for rescue, they are calling out, but nobody answers. They manage to go on board. Will this be their rescue? Or their grave?
Inspired by a true story, the player experiences a journey into the darkest abyss of the human soul until he cannot tell between truth and fiction anymore.
Having been released in Germany a few years ago, gathering much acclaim for its focused story and strong plot, Black Sails is now available with full English localization for the first time ever. We hope you'll enjoy it.
Features
- Full English speech and text
- Dense atmosphere
- A mysterious sailing ship to explore freely
- Focused on the fate of two main characters, Anna and Lex
- Disturbing dream sequences
- Decisions affect the characters' relationship and the game's outcome
- Classic point-and-click controls
- Hint functionality (but not too many!)
- Creepy soundtrack
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Expected pirate adventure - got a static painting with whispering shadows. The crew retired. Even the ghost quit.1 found this helpful
This is like the Nancy Drew games. You walk around looking for clues, putting things together, solving puzzles, and discovering a mystery. It has a nice story for fans of mystery and horror, aboard a ghost ship.
Black Sails – The Ghost Ship, developed by Deck13, is a traditional point-and-click adventure that leans heavily into mood, isolation, and slow-building psychological tension rather than action or spectacle. Set in the late 19th century, it begins with a familiar but effective premise: two survivors of a shipwreck, Anna and Lex, board an abandoned vessel in search of help. What initially appears to be a stroke of luck quickly turns into something far more unsettling, as the ship reveals itself to be empty in body but heavy with presence. From the very beginning, the game establishes a tone of unease, relying not on sudden shocks but on the quiet suggestion that something is deeply wrong. The gameplay adheres closely to classic point-and-click conventions, emphasizing exploration, item collection, and puzzle-solving. Players control Anna as she moves through the ship’s interior, interacting with objects, combining items, and uncovering clues that gradually reveal what happened to the crew. The interface is simple and functional, making it easy to understand what actions are possible, though it does little to innovate beyond the genre’s established standards. Progression is driven b…
This game got mixed reviews, but having played it I can safely recommend it (having played about 300 of these type of games), with this in mind: + It's shorter than your average pnc adventure game (around 4 hrs which is perfect for me, just get it on sale) - camera angles and moving around is a pain, making it more disorienting than necessary - puzzles are all quite doable, except for some pixel hinting (although there is an eye icon that highlight all items on the screen) + excellent story and setting (ghostship) + decent atmosphere + decent voice acting (male was a bit getting used to, main female was all right) + good music and sound effects + play as a (tormented) little girl (similar to Resident Evil 2) All in all a 7.8 out of ten.
I liked this game, being able to explore the ship was interesting, and I liked the ending. The threats of potential child abuse in the plot though I thought were unnecessary. The voice acting was great. It took me 7 hours to complete the game.
7/10
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