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Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story

73% positive of 60 Steam reviews

Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Epic Devs LLC.

About the game

Swords and Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story is a high seas swashbuckling adventure! Explore the oceans, battle brigands, defend the helpless, find the lost treasure of a forgotten people, build and maintain your very own pirate island, and more! All of this in a fully realized role playing adventure from Epic Devs.

Tagged by players

Pirates
RPG
Strategy
Simulation
Adventure

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59%1.2K reviews

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Mostly Positive

What players say

Recommended
First off, i haven't finished the game yet, but i'm planning to. This should already tell what i feel about the game: I truly like it. The turn-based combat is solid. There are enough enemy units and crazy bosses to play for a while (30+hours). Each unit has its own use, being effective in its own way. The "create your own pirate island" part wasn't important to me, i just hoped it wouldn't get in my way: I have to…
49 h played when written. 32 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Swords and Crossbones is an interesting game. It's a lot bigger and more indepth than I was origionally thinking it would be. The game's exploration element took me by surprise. Though it has open world elements, I wouldn't really call it an open world game. You can look around but generally you'll only be getting quests on a specific island and if the quest isn't there there's not a reason to be there. Unlike some…
11 h played when written. 45 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
It's not horrible so far, but the UI is pure pain. No tooltips either. In order to attack an enemy (which is especially early one the only action you can do): 1) Click "Actions" 2) Click "Attack" 3) Click on target (The pseudo-height means this is sometimes quite difficult / buggy) 4) Click "Confirm" Instead this could be changed into: 1) Click on target to attack (Alle relevevant information shown as tooltip on…
31 min played when written. 32 found it helpful.
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