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Captain Blood
Developer Seawolf Studio, General Arcade
Captain Blood, formerly known as Age of Pirates: Captain Blood (Russian: Приключения капитана Блада, romanized: Priklyucheniya kapitana Blada, lit. 'The Adventures of Captain Blood'), is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by SeaWolf Studio and published by SNEG. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rafael Sabatini about the titular Captain Blood. The player assumes the role of the Captain, following his… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
257 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
73
Fresh
92 positive · 34 negative
95% range 65–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 92 | 34 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 29 | 10 | 84 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
97 of 132 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 94 yes, 33 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 127 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (246 of 320 positive).
Players praise the game as a nostalgic throwback to early 2000s God of War-style action games. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note the game's troubled development history and appreciate its eventual release. [1][4][5] Some players criticize the game for clunky gameplay, audio issues, and dated mechanics. [6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
The only BLOOD ive seen so far is the one coming out from my ears, the audio glitches and the water sfx are driving me insane, please do fix this asap, the audio unbalance is unreal, impossible to hear the dialogue but you get the waterfall literally screaming inside your ears, same goes when you break the barrels in contrast to way lower attacks and missing attack sfx. Edit: Ah and also no subtitles.
- [1]
A Pirate Game with God of War’s Soul (and 2006’s Bones) Originally announced in 2003. Canceled in 2010. Leaked in 2012. Revived in 2024. Released in 2025. Captain Blood’s journey deserves its own Netflix documentary. The game itself? It’s basically God of War with ship battles and a British accent. Peter Blood isn’t angry like Kratos—he’s just tired. Maybe from waiting 20 years to be played. This game feels like …
- [4]
Captain Blood is exactly the game it looks like it is, and not a single pixel more. It's a straightforward, somewhat janky, deeply goofy, budget God of War style hack-and-slash from a bygone era. And yet that's exactly what makes it one of the most unusual games released this year. Because it was never meant to be released this year. It is quite literally an unreleased game from 2010, completed but canceled and set …
- [12]
I got to play a brand new 360 era game. When are you ever going to be able to say that in your life? Probably never again but Captain Blood truly gives us a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the greatest era in gaming possibly for the final time. Captain Blood is a game that was developed for the Xbox 1, then moved to the 360, until it was ultimately cancelled in 2010. by some stroke of pirate luck the …
- [2]
A glorious (actual) throwback to classic God of War style action games of the early 2000's. It has a few rough edges, but it's a ton of fun and the big, bold Xbox 360 era visuals are a delight. Well worth your pieces of eight! Tip: Turn the music and sfx down to halfway and put the voice volume up to full.
Summarised from 34 of the 238 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
74% of the 127 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Captain Blood. The complaint that keeps coming up: terrible audio mixing, especially with dialogue and sound effects. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
According to the review aggregation website Metacritic, the PC version of Captain Blood received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, while the PlayStation 5 version received generally unfavorable reviews from critics. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by 12% of critics.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 257 · most liked firstSurreal French sci-fi and puppetry combined in 1994 into a mind-boggling experience through space and time. The sequel to 1988's Captain Blood. A third game, Big Bug Bang: Le Retour de Commander Blood, was released only in French. Rock on, Commander! 🎶 📺: Commander Blood, Cryo, 1994 (DOS PC)
neutral · AI labelView post →This interview is the exact reason I’m picking up Captain Blood this weekend. If we say that we want games preserved and to appreciate them as art in a variety of contexts - we gotta show up for ‘em! www.pcgamer.com/games/action...
positive · AI labelView post →A Pirate Game with God of War’s Soul (and 2006’s Bones) Originally announced in 2003. Canceled in 2010. Leaked in 2012. Revived in 2024. Released in 2025. Captain Blood’s journey deserves its own Netflix documentary. The game itself? It’s basically God of War with ship battles and a British accent. Peter Blood isn’t angry like Kratos—he’s just tired. Maybe from waiting 20 years to be played. This game feels like someone took God of War (2005), added pirates, then left it in a drawer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I truly PRAY ps2 era action games become as popular as boomer shooters. We truly need more. Where is Captain Blood 2?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Always compelling and absolutely bonkers, EXXOS's Captain Blood from 1988, Commodore Amiga version. The game where a mummified video game creator and captain of an organic starship chases down clones of himself and talks to aliens through emoticons. French sci-fi surrealism at its finest.
neutral · AI labelView post →Steam Next Fest demo recommendation from me that you guys should check, Captain Blood. It's a pirate-themed Xbox 360 era Hack & Slash game, I've finished the demo and it's surprisingly fun.
positive · AI labelView post →Strange alien worlds and even stranger aliens and ways to communicate with them. One of the French games released originally for Atari ST that feel like the video game version of concept albums. Captain Blood, EXXOS/Ere Informatique, 1988 (Apple IIGS version)
neutral · AI labelView post →Captain Blood is not a product of today's world, but an action orgy originally intended for the Xbox 360, which is now considered quite outdated and primitive, but which is still somehow dirty fun despite everything.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A glorious (actual) throwback to classic God of War style action games of the early 2000's. It has a few rough edges, but it's a ton of fun and the big, bold Xbox 360 era visuals are a delight. Well worth your pieces of eight! Tip: Turn the music and sfx down to halfway and put the voice volume up to full.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Steel and swagger. Gold and glory. Captain Blood is OUT NOW! 👉 bit.ly/3SleVVY The game last seen in 2010 is finally ready to be played, enjoyed, and preserved forever in your library. Come aboard, mateys – a wild adventure awaits! 🦜
neutral · AI labelView post →♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I miss those times — like a dream you wake up from too soon. Everything felt easier, warmer,playing in the streets then booting up my 360 and just playing fun games like captain Blood... now I just feel old.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pregnant spaceships, scattered clones, and one of the most interesting communication tools in all of gaming - that's Captain Blood: kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/12/02/w...
neutral · AI labelView post →The only BLOOD ive seen so far is the one coming out from my ears, the audio glitches and the water sfx are driving me insane, please do fix this asap, the audio unbalance is unreal, impossible to hear the dialogue but you get the waterfall literally screaming inside your ears, same goes when you break the barrels in contrast to way lower attacks and missing attack sfx. Edit: Ah and also no subtitles.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Full Walkthrough: https://youtu.be/QJuZ3-9H6ZM Gameplay: Good Story: Very Good Music: Good PC Requirements: Medium Game Time: 3.5 - 6 hours Here I will leave the cat, friends who pass by can pet it and give it a thumbs up ／＞ フ | l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿ヽ)__)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Captain Blood was a wild game. I loved the title music, the fractal landscape flyovers, and the emoji-adjacent UPCOM communications system. #pixelart #floppydisk #atarist
positive · AI labelView post →A time capsule from the PS3/Xbox 360 era and a well-made God of War clone from 17 years ago.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stupid story, clunky gameplay and +20 years old mechanics. My kind of game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Captain Blood is exactly the game it looks like it is, and not a single pixel more. It's a straightforward, somewhat janky, deeply goofy, budget God of War style hack-and-slash from a bygone era. And yet that's exactly what makes it one of the most unusual games released this year. Because it was never meant to be released this year. It is quite literally an unreleased game from 2010, completed but canceled and set adrift by publisher shenanigans. That alone makes it strange enough. How often…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the best thing I've played in forever, a total breath of fresh air. Felt like playing God of war I again, but you're A pirate, and his pirate bros, doing piracy. Linear action adventure, no sailing, but you are going to be sinking ships. It has some turret segments, upgrade system, meaningful weapon variance, smooth fixed camera mechanics, QuickTime events and satisfying combat. Everything that made playing on a PS2 memorable and addictive, is here. The artwork is fantastic, the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →waited over a decade for this game... then the devs made me wait an extra 5 hours... worth it though. fun pirate game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best way to explein this game is escapism in it finest. Playing it feels like you were transported back 15 years ago. It Actually gives more weight to the game that it was realised now and not then. For you see is it a life changing game? No. Is it enjoyable game? Depends. Why? You see if this were to be realiesed back in the day 15 years ago it would be a passable game. Nothing special one of many. But since this was realiesed now that game like this are not made enymore this game feels…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today @ 5PM CDT The Captain Blood Deathstream This game started development 22 years ago, died during 7th Gen, and is now reborn and complete. I'm absolutely thrilled to check it out. Will people buy a 7th gen in 2025 for $25? www.twitch.tv/gigaboots
positive · AI labelView post →Captain Blood was dubbed "the most beautiful game in the world" when it was released in 1988. Not only the 16 but also the 8-bit versions were awesome, including the C64 one shown here. A game that many played but few understood. Photo shot in my studio.
neutral · AI labelView post →Remember when I interviewed Kazuya Tsurumaki, Schinchiro Watanabe, Flying Lotus, Aaron Paul, and Eiza Gonzalez in the span of a month, ran a feature on a cool under-the-radar game (Captain Blood), and had *another* cool interview the morning before I was laid off? Yeah, that was cool. C'est la vie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Atrocious sound mixing ruining an otherwise fun game. The sound is so awful there is no chance they were unaware of this before releasing. All the dialogues are drowned out by ambient sfx, the water either ocean/waterfall is so loud it drowns out everything else during gameplay. Desynced audio for executions. Way to go managing to ruin the fun game underneath.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gotta beat this game up the way Captain Blood beats his opponents. (also a lifetime opportunity to develop a mental illness.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow up review: Being lost in time, Captain Blood is one of those games that got stuck in development hell and was eventually got canned. I usually like the restoration work of General Arcade, and I am usually a sucker for a 360-era HnS, so I assumed there could have been…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have been smiling the first hour of playing this game and I initially tried the demo for 5 minutes and then instantly bought the game. Anyone remember Fighting Force on the Playstation?? This game gave me that vibe when playing it and if people recall, games used to be fun back then even though they were very linear. Such simplistic times and nowadays when companies make open worlds, people complain it's too boring and that there are too many "fetch quests". That is why we need to go back…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →15 years after being cancelled, pirate-themed action game Captain Blood is out now #CaptainBlood #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck
neutral · AI labelView post →Captain Blood began development in 2003. By 2004 the project leads had been replaced, and development started over from the beginning. By the end of 2004 it had started over for a second time, due to issues about the tone being too kiddy, and wanting to aim for the growing market for mature games. In 2005 a deal was signed with Playlogic in order to help publish the game in Europe and the Americas. This didn't last long because by the end of the year a legal battle began between Playlogic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They did the thing that every gamer would want for a project, for it to just get finished. It doesn't need a major amount of modernisations (but the ones in place here are great), it doesn't have to get completely scrapped and remade from the ground up if it's suddenly the next console generation, we just want the playable experience start to finish. I honestly wouldn't care a ton about a game like this if it didn't have such a development and release attached to it, but this is pretty fun…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I told myself if I ever got a staff job, I would use that power to put a focus on under-the-radar games. I feel like I did that. Faceminer, The Posthumous Investigation, Children of Saturn, Captain Blood — games that wouldn’t be on Polygon had I not written about them. Trust me, I know that.
neutral · AI labelView post →I got to play a brand new 360 era game. When are you ever going to be able to say that in your life? Probably never again but Captain Blood truly gives us a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the greatest era in gaming possibly for the final time. Captain Blood is a game that was developed for the Xbox 1, then moved to the 360, until it was ultimately cancelled in 2010. by some stroke of pirate luck the game has finally been released this year & everything you know and love from that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can understand why fans of this games creation from 20 years ago are giving it a positive review. I really do. But I simply can’t. So here’s what I’ll do. If I were to review this game based on when it should have originally been released. Some 20 years ago or wtv, I would have given it an average score. 5/10. It would have been considered an average hack and slash game. Not great but not terrible. If I were to review this game based on it’s release of today I’d say this is a crap game.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 The story of Captain Blood’s laborious development is far more engaging than the game itself. First announced in 2003, Captain Blood sought to ride the wave of successful hack-and-slashers dominating the market. You can still see the inspiration of titles like Devil May Cry, and later God of War, in the final product. After years of troubled development, the game finally sailed towards a 2010 release date, before a sudden bankruptcy left Captain Blood dead in the water. Fourteen years…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did not buy this expecting it to be good. I bought this expecting it to be COOL. And just look at that art. It's so damn cool. It perfectly captures what every 12 year old boy who ever played pirates as a kid imagined. I can't believe the guys publishing it felt they had to add a layer of sheepish irony to a game this manly and cool looking. In practice it feels like every single PS2 GoW era hack and slash. Defense isn't real. Attacking feels kinda like chopping through water. Health bars…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →God of War does Pirates! Fun, engaging, smash things into confetti of bloody doubloons! Enjoy the gore-geous art! Enjoy the huge tracts of land! Enjoy a time long forgottten and a ton of tomfoolery on the high seas.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's a reason this game never made it back then. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to see this released once and for all. Just to experience this game that I've seen in screenshots almost 17 years ago. But don't be fooled into thinking that this is ''improved'' or anything, it's still the same game that leaked online years ago, with the same issues. Resolutions just don't work properly and squish the visuals, audio mixing is completely off the track, combat has no impact whatsoever,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll do some show-and-tell with the game from the previous skeet - Captain Blood. It was one of my favourite 'weird games' as a kid so I'm glad to have a boxed copy of the Atari ST version from 1988. Comes with a cool poster and a novella to set the scene for its bizarre story and universe.
positive · AI labelView post →I bought this because it looked like a godawful God of War knockoff. I underestimated the degree to which this was pure unfiltered Xbox era game design because it's all here. Cutscenes that last several minutes longer than they need to. QTEs that feel incredibly wooden and don't punish mashing every button at random. Combat with stiff and heavy movement against wave after wave of HP sponges. Checkpoints that are 15+ minutes apart. Sound mixing that renders all the dialogue unlistenable.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cullen and i found this game on Switch called Captain Blood that was supposedly a cancelled 6th gen action game and it's actually kinda heat what the fuck
positive · AI labelView post →This game is basically nostalgia injected into your PC. Its almost perfectly emblematic of the early PS3/Xbox360 era where games weren't afraid to be a little janky and to try new ideas. Going with an aesthetic rather than trying to make everything photorealistic to inflate the numbers. Its a simple game but it was trying something relatively new at the intended time of release and is a perfectly serviceable romp through the pirate era with flat characters that are really only meant to prop-up…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The cancelled Xbox 360 Pirate action game "Captain Blood" has been finished in secret and is going to be released later this year. Wild.
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like to review Captain Blood we need to look at little deeper than just the surface level. This game was considered Vaporware or stuck in "development hell" for a long time over a legal battle, pertaining to the rights of the series. afterwards the studio developing Captain blood declared bankruptcy and the game became cancelled. Captain Blood should have been released like 10+ years ago and it SHOWS. this game essentially plays like a worse "god of war clone" for a lack of better…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommendations I haven't seen here listed (so I avoided NES almost entirely): - (NES,Master System,PC) **Pipe Dream**:, which is quite fun if you like puzzles. - **The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery.** It is one of the most beloved adventure games from this era and probably one of the best detective games ever made. Obviously it suffers a bit from an outdated UI but I find the EGA graphics ingenious and charming, doing more with less. - (Amiga,DOS, Atari ST)**Defender of…
neutral · AI labelView post →It seems like @getgianni.com won't be able to go to tennocon, which, of course, I'm also completely respectful of and oh what's that? Is that a special copy of Captain Blood for the xbox 360 that comes with a little bit of Captain Blood's actual chest hair? How'd that get there?
neutral · AI labelView post →Howdy, y,all. Greets fuelled by the surreal space adventure game from the minds of ERE INFORMATIQUE and EXXOS: Captain Blood.
neutral · AI labelView post →35th game beat of 2025: Captain Blood
neutral · AI labelView post →Y'all gotta go and wishlist Captain Blood if you're interested in it. store.steampowered.com/app/3040220/...
neutral · AI labelView post →So far really fun game that harkens back to old 360 vibes. Its got big chiseled hero and buxom beauty to save. Fun playstyle combo attack game. Only gripe are the musketeer enemies are terrible. Shoot you through everyone, can't really aim them down yourself and have Bruce Lee defense when you try and attack them. You gotta be ranged or super defensive, not both. Other than those stupid bad guys everything else is really fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →honestly, i wanted to like this. i really did. the nostalgic feeling of a hack and slash xbox 360 era game about pirates was really enticing to me. however, the game is a clunky mess that's pretty infuriating. it starts out as a "press E to win" game, then they get rid of those enemies and send in nonstop damage sponge enemies, some of which are so infuriating to even try to approach as they can stunlock you and run away and repeat the process. i can't finish this, but just know i tried to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I TOOK ALL YEE TREASURES Captain Blood has some scuff to it that needs some polishing, but overall still a fun game that hits a good nostalgia vibe for me! Will return to it at some point! THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THE RAIDS TO THESE SILLIES GO SUPPORT THEM TOO!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →15 years after being cancelled, pirate-themed action game Captain Blood is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/15-years-after-being-cancelled-pirate-themed-action-game-captain-blood-is-out-now/ #CaptainBlood #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck
neutral · AI labelView post →That's one of the best old school hack n' slash game i have played in a while
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm doing a game for @atari.com 's "I, Rebel" game jam, celebrating the career of @stinkyox.bsky.social . My game "Captain Beast" is inspired by the 1988 Atari ST game Captain Blood.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's jank, it's sloppy, it's old and it's barely kicking. It deserves to be put right next to the Evil West. Because of reasons. One of which that both are good games made with love and ideas. I am also very biased because first time i tried Captain Blood, i was ~17 years old and went to a gaming convention with my first real GF first time for an "expensive" date. I never forgot it since then, tried both leaked versions but dodged a release for a while, afraid to be disappointed. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best X360 game released in 2025
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →15 years after being canceled, Hack and Slash game Captain Blood has released with some modern enhancements, and it's wonderful to play on the #SteamDeck: steamdeckhq.com/captain-bloo...
neutral · AI labelView post →A fossil from the 2000s. Nicely preserved. With all the bells, whistles and pains of that era, but still very fun. Don't play it on hard if you value your time, most of the enemies just seem to have more health. Rush the extrapay execution upgrade for maximum skill unlocks. Almost managed to get but one upgrade.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best PS2 game you'll play in 2025. In all the good ways.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am FASCINATED by this game It was shelved for YEARS, was originally developed by Akella the same team of Postal 3 it managed to hold onto driftwood long enough for a guy from the dev team and a guy from the publishing team to make their OWN NEW PUBLISHER, get the rights, polish it up and release it again 20 years later The game is definitely very janky, some audio mixing is shotty and i had a juicy crash right at the end but i am so entranced by it, it's jaw droppingly pretty at random…
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