Pirate Ships

Pirate Ships

HeroCraft Ltd. · March 3, 2026 · Auto Battler, Roguelike, Pirates, Turn-Based Combat, Sailing

Pirate Ships is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Pirate Ships price

Pirate Ships is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Pirate Ships

✦ AI summary

Pirate Ships is a PvP game where you build custom ships and engage in intense naval combat against other players and AI enemies across the Caribbean. Battle alongside teammates to defeat monsters, pirates, and rival crews as you work your way up to become the most legendary pirate captain around.

Pirate Ships is a PvP game about shipbuilding and naval battles. Embark on an epic journey together with other players and fight monsters, pirates and thieves to become the greatest pirate in all of the Caribbean!

Pirate Ships — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Cross-platform multiplayer
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Pirate Ships is a free-to-play pirate strategy game with satisfying battle mechanics and ship customization that appeals to players willing to engage with its systems, but it suffers from aggressive monetization and pay-to-win mechanics that create a steep difficulty wall for beginners and discourage casual play.

Not recommended Sep 6, 2026
Looks like a mobile pay‑to‑win port. The mechanics become boring after just a few battles. Very simplified, even for a mobile game. It throws bundles in your face to purchase at every turn. Your first captain event actually forces you to make a purchase in the shop.
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 30, 2026
a grab money trash, no tactical setup, nothing rly matter, people thinking setup will make something but is not, to win need better premium ships thats all ..... so investing money its only way
1 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 6, 2026
I find this to be a relaxing, well put together game that fixes an issue I always have with most games: PvP participation. Being able to de-level as part of the game mechanics and have it be a way forward makes it a little less stressful and altogether off-putting to participate in PvP battles. Thanks so much for adding such a minor detail. That in itself made the game enjoyable for me.
Recommended Oct 5, 2026
Not pay to win but the game does have pay for progress, of sorts. You can compete if you put in enough time, everything is attainable for free.
Recommended Sep 29, 2026
Building your own warship, loading it with cannons, and sending it into naval battles is a pretty satisfying loop. The mix of ship customization, tactical combat, and PvP works well - becoming a pirate legend apparently starts with adding more cannons.
Recommended Sep 25, 2026
It's a good game if you just login once a day, do everything you can and then log out. If you want keep playing, there will be issues like this: 1. Damaged ships need time to repair when you lose PvP. I just started this game and it takes more than 5 minutes to repair my tiny ship. I'm guessing It will take over an hour in late game. I'm not about to stare at the monitor instead of playing or spend all my special crystals. 2. The campaign is energy based. You need to wait for it to regenerate, pay the rare in-game resource for it, or grind it from friend gifts (which is barely useful). 3. There is a mall feeling to the entire theme. My frontpage is cluttered with advertised premium packages that have those annoying timers on them running. There are also ad pop-ups when switching tabs. 4. There is an option to save your failures or speed up things or buy things or basically do everything with that rare in-game partially-premium resource, and it has no confirmation and a big button appears and you may lose all of it on useless things if you miss-click. 5. The music is very repetitive. It became abusive to my ears so I turned it off. Despite all that It still has some gameplay to i…

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