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Forgotten Seas

2025

Should you play it?

You are lost in the Bermuda Void, where the ocean is endless and dry land precious. Craft your Ship-in-a-Bottle, then experience survival on the high seas. Sail for new land, build camps, hunt for treasures, trade for goods - then defend your ship from dreaded pirates stalking this strange realm!

What works

  • Engaging crafting and building systems
  • Relaxing oceanic and pirate atmosphere
  • Cooperative multiplayer support
  • Frequent updates and active developer engagement
  • Unique fantasy setting with exploration

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat and sailing mechanics are simple and sometimes clunky
  • Some grind and repetitive tasks
  • Limited character customization
  • Early access bugs and janky animations
  • Navigation and ui could use improvements

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Valheim

  • Windrose

  • Raft

  • Voidtrain

  • Pathless Woods

  • Sketchy's Contract

Less social

Games that feels like Forgotten Seas but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Sailwind

  • Captain Bones: Prologue

  • Corsairs Legacy - Pirate Action RPG & Sea Battles

  • Tchia

  • Sea Dogs: To Each His Own

  • The Pirate: Plague of the Dead

More competitive

Games that feels like Forgotten Seas but with more competition against others

  • Blazing Sails

  • Maelstrom

  • Blackwake

  • Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition

  • Guns of Icarus Online

  • World of Sea Battle

Less intimate

Games that feels like Forgotten Seas but with less focus on close relationships

  • The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt

  • Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey

  • Under A New Sun

  • Sea of Craft

  • Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™

  • Vertigo 2

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Forgotten Seas: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026