Games about pirates: ahoy! Arh arh arh! sorted by release date

Pirate-themed games are not many, but a few of them were very popular and are fondly remembered by retro-gamers all over the world. Here's a couple of games you should know (if you don't: shame on you!): The Secret of Monkey Island and Sid Meier's Pirates!

Most popular pirates games

Princess Maker 2

The Secret of Monkey Island

Escape from Monkey Island

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Treasure Island

DOS1985 Byron Preiss Video Productions

Plundered Hearts

DOSMac OS1987 Infocom

Sid Meier's Pirates!

DOS1987protected MicroProse Software

The Ancient Art of War at Sea

DOS1987 Evryware

Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon

DOS1988freeware Cinemaware

Dangerous Dave

DOS1990protected Softdisk Publishing

The Secret of Monkey Island

DOS1990protecteddemo LucasArts

The Secret of Monkey Island is perhaps the most popular point and click adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and designed by the trio Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer. In Monkey Island you're the would-be pirate G...

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

DOS1991protecteddemo LucasArts

Monkey Island 2 is the second game of the Monkey Island series, a point and click adventure game set in a world of pirates and mysterious treasures. Monkey Island 2 utilizes a command-based SCUMM interface and a branching dialogue...

Hook

DOS1992 Shadow Software

Alone in the Dark 2

DOS1993protected Infogrames

The sequel no one expected takes our trench-coated hero from gothic horror to gangster ghost story. Yes, Alone in the Dark 2 (1993, DOS) swaps Lovecraftian horror for Tommy guns and pirates - because why not? The combat’s a ...

Pirates! Gold

DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1993protectedremakedemo MicroProse Software

Pirates! Gold is an open world game designed by Paul Murphy, developed and released by MicroProse Software in 1993 for DOS, Windows 3.x, Mac and also Sega Genesis and Amiga CD32. Pirates! Gold is a remake of the game Pirates,...

Princess Maker 2

DOS1993 Gainax

Princess Maker 2 is a life simulation anime-style game developed by Gainax in 1993. In Princess Maker 2, the player is the father of a young princess and must tutor and raise her to the age of 18 by scheduling jobs, school classes...

Redhook's Revenge

DOS1993 ImagiSoft

The Curse of Monkey Island

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected LucasArts

The Curse of Monkey Island is the third installment in the iconic Monkey Island point-and-click adventure series developed by LucasArts. Released in 1997, it introduced a new visual style with hand-drawn cartoon-like animations.&n...