11 Games with a historical setting like Sid Meier's Pirates! that you should try

Shelved next to Sid Meier's Pirates! for good reason: open world exploration, melee combat and historical setting. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and an isometric view. They part company on combat and setting: this one brings tactical combat and a medieval setting.

It comes from the same genre as Sid Meier's Pirates! and shares a sandbox world, melee combat and historical setting. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and an isometric view. They part company on combat and setting: this one brings magic-based combat and fantasy world.

On paper it is what Sid Meier's Pirates! is — a sandbox world, melee combat and historical setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds an isometric view and single-player focus. They part company on progression and combat: this one brings tactical combat and fantasy world.

Genre puts it alongside Sid Meier's Pirates!, and so does melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is combat and visuals: tactical combat.

It comes from the same genre as Sid Meier's Pirates! and shares melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is combat and setting: tactical combat and a medieval setting.

On paper it is what Sid Meier's Pirates! is — melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in combat and setting — its own ground is tactical combat and fantasy world.

The genre is the same as Sid Meier's Pirates!’s, and with it historical setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. They part company on combat and setting: this one brings tactical combat and a sci-fi setting.

On paper it is what Sid Meier's Pirates! is — historical setting, single-player focus and an isometric view — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in combat and visuals — its own ground is magic-based combat and fantasy world.

On paper it is what Sid Meier's Pirates! is — melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is combat and visuals: tactical combat.

Genre puts it alongside Sid Meier's Pirates!, and so does melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is game mode and progression: loot and gear systems, and multiplayer gameplay.

On paper it is what Sid Meier's Pirates! is — melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on an isometric view. The distance is in combat and visuals — its own ground is tactical combat and pixel art.