Games like Sea of Thieves for pirate crews

Skull and Bones is the closest live pirate game to Sea of Thieves, with ship fights and updates still coming. For a story, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced came out in July 2026. Raft is the pick for calm co-op life at sea.

What makes Sea of Thieves different

Sea of Thieves is a co-op pirate adventure by Rare, published by Xbox Game Studios in 2018. A crew shares one ship: someone steers, someone trims the sails, someone bails water. Then you dig up treasure and try not to lose it to another crew.

That shared ship is the hard part to copy. Most pirate games give each player a boat of their own. Sea of Thieves runs on PC, Xbox and PlayStation 5.

Real pirate games like Sea of Thieves

Skull and Bones. Ubisoft's naval action game from 2024. You captain your own ship, and Year 3 in 2026 added the Galleon with 40 gunports.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. Ubisoft's rebuilt version of the 2013 pirate classic, out July 9, 2026. Single-player, with ship battles, boarding and sea shanties.
Raft. Redbeet Interactive's co-op survival on a floating raft. Grow it, fish, and sail to islands with friends.
Sid Meier's Pirates! The 2004 remake of a pirate classic. Duels, sea battles and treasure maps in short bites.

Who each one suits

Want a crew and other players at sea? Stay with Sea of Thieves, or try Skull and Bones if you prefer to captain alone. Want a story with a beginning and an end? Black Flag Resynced. Want something relaxed with friends? Raft.

Pirate games on phones are thin. Most mobile pirate apps are strategy or idle games, not sailing with a crew.

Roam pirate games

Roam is a free iPhone app with games people made by describing them. Three of them are about ships.

Tack & Plunder. Pirate sailing and naval battles. Catch the wind before the boarders catch you.
BROADSIDE BLITZ. Ship-to-ship combat. Load the cannons; the navy keeps coming.
Ransom the Ship. A first-person pirate heist. Board it, tie them up, make the call.

Play it on Roam

Make your own pirate game with Roam

Describe the ship, the crew and the treasure. Roam builds it, and you can add a kraken or more enemy ships by asking.

Try: "pirate crew of 4, my friends are the crew, we sail a bathtub, kraken boss, treasure on every island"

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Questions people ask

Is Sea of Thieves on mobile?

No. It runs on PC, Xbox and PlayStation 5. Xbox Cloud Gaming can stream it to a phone.

Is Skull and Bones like Sea of Thieves?

Partly. Both have ship combat and other players, but in Skull and Bones every player commands their own ship.

What is a good pirate game to play with friends?

Sea of Thieves itself, then Raft for a calmer co-op trip.