Pirate101
If all you care about is being a pirate, and want more games where you get to be a pirate and do pirate-y stuff, then Pirate101 is certainly an option for you. Full disclaimer though: Gameplay-wise, Pirate101 plays nothing like Sea of Thieves. It is an MMORPG through and through. Quests, combat, and classes all follow a blueprint typical to that genre. What it lacks in Sea of Thieves-like gameplay, it makes up for in being able to RP as a pirate.
You’ll have access to everything you would expect a pirate game to have. You’ll be able to duke it out with and against others on your ship, and on land with weapons, and dress yourself up like the human/animal pirate that you imagine yourself to be. And of course, since it’s an MMO, there are hubs that you can just relax in and be your pirate self. ARRR!
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Games Like Sea of Thieves
If you like being a pirate in Sea of Thieves but wish you had a deeper narrative and more varied objectives to take on, then AC IV: Black Flag is an excellent choice. Considered by many to be one of the high points of the Assassin’s Creed series, players control Edward Kenway on his journey from pirate to a member of an ancient order of assassins. Along the way, you’ll tangle with real-life legend pirates, such as Blackbeard and Calico Jack.
In Black Flag, you’ll be able to command a ship, engage in naval combat, and of course, since it’s an Assassin’s Creed game, mix it up in some sword-to-sword pirate combat.
At the end of the day though, this is an Assassin’s Creed game, so if you don’t like them, then the pirate aesthetic might not be enough to sway you. However, if you’re open to it, you might find that your itch for more pirate games is scratched by Black Flag.
Valheim
Games Like Sea of Thieves
Valheim might not initially jump off the page as a pirate-like experience, but while Vikingdom certainly has a different aesthetic to the Caribbean pirates in Sea of Thieves, they’re still technically pirates nonetheless!
Truth be told, that technicality isn’t really why we’ve included Valheim here. It’s instead because Valheim’s superb sandbox gameplay and the emergent gameplay its incredibly authentic world supports are very similar to Sea of Thieves. With full multiplayer support, if you choose a populated seed (game world) and play with friends then you’ll find yourself engaged in some of those same epic adventures — the ones in which often the best stories don’t necessarily come from what you find on a quest but what you encountered on the journey there.
If you’re more into the sea combat side of things, don’t be fooled into thinking Valheim is a landlocked affair. There are actually huge expanses of water, and you can build all manner of different Viking-style ships to sail about in with friends.
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
Oh, here’s another Viking-themed game! Ever since Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed games have incorporated ship combat in some form or another, such was the popularity of that particular aspect of its design. Valhalla is the latest in the series to do so, and it does a pretty darn good job of recreating the excitement and violence of plundering English castles and monasteries. Throughout Valhalla, you’ll be able to sail across the English countryside using the many rivers and tributaries, but there’s also open-sea sailing in other areas of the game. This isn’t a pirate-sim exactly, but there are some elements you’ll find really enjoyable if you love Sea of Thieves.
