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Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

Fortune and glory awaits you! In Sea Dogs - City of Abandoned Ships you can choose to go it alone and become the most feared pirate of the seven seas. Or you can prove your loyalty to one of four different navies; French, English, Spanish, or Dutch.

What works
  • Deep and immersive pirate sandbox with great freedom
  • Engaging naval combat and ship management
  • Rich questlines and rpg progression
  • Large open world with exploration opportunities
  • Strong nostalgic value and community mod support
Things to keep in mind
  • Numerous bugs and technical issues, including crashes
  • Steep learning curve and poor new player guidance
  • Outdated graphics and interface
  • Lack of official russian localization in steam version
  • Some quests are unclear or broken without guides

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates

  • Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

  • Fallout: New Vegas

  • Gothic® 3

  • FRONT MISSION 3: Remake

  • Silent Storm Gold Edition

  • Shadows: Awakening

  • Gothic II: Gold Edition

  • The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates

  • FRONT MISSION 3: Remake

  • Summoner
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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  • Escapism

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Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Exploration, Expression.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Domination

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  • Escapism

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  • Intimacy

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