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Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales
Developer Akella
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales, known in Russia as Corsairs III (Корсары III), is a role-playing video game developed by Akella and released for Windows in 2006. Due to legal issues, it does not bear the name of the developers' previous pirate games Sea Dogs or Pirates of the Caribbean. Unlike Pirates of the Caribbean, Age of Pirates was developed with the intent of serving as a true sequel to Sea Dogs despite the… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
108 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Mastodon) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
53
Mixed
19 positive · 17 negative
95% range 37–68%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 4 | 2 | 60 |
| Steam reviews | 19 | 17 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
23 of 41 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
53% recommend · 20 yes, 18 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 38 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (86 of 139 positive).
Some players find the game charming and enjoyable despite its age and bugs. [1][2][3] Others criticize it for being slow, confusing, and plagued with technical issues. [4][5][6] A few reviewers note that the game fails to run or has unplayable controls. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
So much better and so much more polished than the original, but in my eyes Caribbean Tales suffers from the same core flaws: it's boring, slow, tedious, it does not give any clues as to what you're supposed to do or how, or where to start looking. Whenever you decide to go someplace, it's literally minutes before you arrive there. The zoomed out Caribbean map and the tiny ships in it (one of which is yours) are …
- [6]
DONT BUY IT, IT DOESNT WORK. Great game ruined by poor engine and bug infestations. I had the hard copy of this game back in 2010, and I never managed to beat it because it kept crashing. I saw it on Steam and figured the Steam version would be at least stable if not optimized. I was wrong. 29 minutes of gameplay; I started a new game, sailed to another colony and lost a save after 15 mins. I really wanted to give …
- [1]
This game runs, and it was a good game in the past, I still think it's a good game, so I can't bring myself to hate it. I will warn you, that I found that some parts have some sluggish loading when in store's or hiring new personel. But overall no other bugs to be found for now. I hope they bring the rest of these kinds of games out. Or even make a new sea dogs, would be really awesome, Well I can only hope, they …
- [3]
Still got it. That charm. It is , rather was a good game. A very hard game to precise it - when you choose to sail in a real-time ship speed mode. The beginnings are also hard as you have to spend at least a dozen of hours to finally obtain a better ship of class, and earn good amount of $$ to maintain your crew, food, upgrade/repair ship and all of that. Fun begins when you reach at least 4th class ship with more …
- [2]
Game has some issues. I still love playing it. Can have some gamebreaking moments, mostly crashes.
Summarised from 34 of the 106 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
53% of the 38 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales. The complaint that keeps coming up: frequent crashes and game-breaking bugs. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
IGN Spain's David Soriano criticized the Spanish dub of the game by ranking it one of the ten worst video games dub for the Spanish language and calling it the worst dubbing for a video game, at least in Spain. He commented: "We do not know what kind of substances were in the study [in which the game was dubbed]".
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 108 · most liked firstThis game runs, and it was a good game in the past, I still think it's a good game, so I can't bring myself to hate it. I will warn you, that I found that some parts have some sluggish loading when in store's or hiring new personel. But overall no other bugs to be found for now. I hope they bring the rest of these kinds of games out. Or even make a new sea dogs, would be really awesome, Well I can only hope, they don't make pirate games like they used too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great old game. Just how i remember it. I wish they would make game like this with new technology that we have now
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sea Dogs had their final game rained out, and it won't be rescheduled. They finished 71-65, drew 370,046 fans, and had 25 sellouts.
neutral · AI labelView post →Have listened to Emma call countless Sea Dogs games the last few years. She is a no-doubt big leaguer. Nice column from @tara-sullivan.bsky.social on tonight's all-female Red Sox broadcast. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/s...
neutral · AI labelView post →So much better and so much more polished than the original, but in my eyes Caribbean Tales suffers from the same core flaws: it's boring, slow, tedious, it does not give any clues as to what you're supposed to do or how, or where to start looking. Whenever you decide to go someplace, it's literally minutes before you arrive there. The zoomed out Caribbean map and the tiny ships in it (one of which is yours) are beautifully made, but looking at that tiny ship crawl at a snail's speed through…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Akella's sequel to their pirate RPG, Sea Dogs (2000), was bought by Disney and renamed Pirates of the Caribbean as a tie-in for its 2003 film Despite a few other changes, it had little to do with the film. That didn't stop it from being an incredibly fun pirate sandbox for many, though. Arrrh!
positive · AI labelView post →a nice game, good game play. i really enjoyed it. I cannot confirm the bug reports. The game was stable at all times.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The play-by-play voice of the Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A affiliate of the Red Sox, Tiedemann will be on the call of Tuesday’s Red Sox game as a part of the Women’s Celebration Night at Fenway Park, which will feature an all-female broadcast team.
neutral · AI labelView post →Works fine with some bugs, but you can manage that by hard saving (not quick saving, as you get only one slot for that) every time you get out of an island or a fight. Don't expect the ending to work 100%. I never saw the ending, even with all the colonies captured. But if you are a fan like me, and you played this game in 2006, it's a blast! Really cool to play this game again. (If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Some gameplay elements are confusing because the game was not really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Harley Cameron, Dean Malenko and Scotty2Hotty at the Portland Sea Dogs baseball game yesterday #AEW
neutral · AI labelView post →Can’t fault Connolly Early. A couple of months ago he was pitching for the Portland Sea Dogs in AA. Asking him to pitch a do or die game in Yankee Stadium is a lot.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't have a clue how to play this game. I am just trying this stuff out I want City Of Abandoned Ships.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While everyone was talking about GTA, a game that I thought was canceled forever was released. If you were a fan of Sea Dogs or any of Akella's work at all, you might remember this one from back in the day. If God of War (05) gameplay mixed with a Pirate theme sound fun check this out.
positive · AI labelView post →ARRRRGGHH! Ready to assemble a crew of PIRATE DOGS! Check out these Sea Dogs from my upcoming board game, Salty Scurvy Sea Dogs! #boardgames #boardgamegeek #boardgame #indiedev #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →When buying this game I thought I would get something similar to sid meiers Pirates. I'd say this accomplishes that niche to a minimal degree. The WORLD MAP TRAVEL TIME takes forever, absolutely forever. I mean I understand sailing against the win is difficult but watching a ship slowly move to the closest island for 5 REAL minutes, kinda makes me derranged. Combat is clunky. Based on the hours I've tried DECODING this game, i couldn't find a QUESTBOOK/Journal. and Ship to Ship combat is also…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it is incredibly bad. Graphics totally suck. Cannot alter resolution. In fact options menu has no option to change resolution to full screen no to hi res. seems like a poor remake of a 1990 game. Awefull. The devs should be ashamed to even release something like this considering the tech available in 2018. Obvioulsy a money grab.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Peter in Portland, Maine, on April 6, 1995. He was there to perform the National Anthem at the opening game of the Portland Sea Dogs. Photo by Sue Rioux. #PeterTork #TheMonkees
neutral · AI labelView post →Taking the kiddos to the Sea Dogs game means making the pasta sauce & meatballs early so supper isn't too late. Smelling some good in here!
neutral · AI labelView post →#ALLCAPS prospect Eriks Mateiko scored two for the Sea Dogs in last nights win over the No. 1 ranked Wildcats. @thehockeynews.bsky.social #QMJHL thehockeynews.com/qmjhl/game-d...
neutral · AI labelView post →And with that, another Maine winter is officially behind us. Looking forward to warmer days ahead! This will be the year we finally get Bernie to a Sea Dogs game.
neutral · AI labelView post →I like the freedom to just do what ever you like in the game as far as pirating/trading/missions. And the open world aspect and the way you can capture ships to upgrade/sell or add to your own fleet.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Actually even collating the top 10 for me was difficult, this'll probably change if I did this next month. As you can see, I have a type. Fun Fact: That POTC game you see? The only tie it has is the Pearl, and the narrator. Otherwise it's just a Sea Dogs game.
positive · AI labelView post →ICE agents were tasked with storming and occupying a Sea Dogs game in progress
neutral · AI labelView post →Surprising no one, Emma Tiedeman, the Portland Sea Dogs announcer called up to call the middle innings of tonight’s Red Sox game on NESN, is blowing Dave O’Brien out of the water.
neutral · AI labelView post →I just found the Portland Sea Dogs had a Scooby Doo day and wore these for the game today. For those who don't know, The Sea Dogs are a Minor League affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
neutral · AI labelView post →Going to a minor league baseball game tomorrow as part of another fundraiser: The Manchester Fischer Cats vs. The Portland Sea Dogs. I don't really follow baseball but it should be fun.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Portland Sea Dogs will play a game as the Maine Candlepins this season, a tribute to a popular style of bowling unique to the area. Read about it on @sportslogos.net at news.sportslogos.net/2025/03/20/p...
neutral · AI labelView post →I was proud of some work I did for Maine Audubon, including throwing out the first pitch at a Sea Dogs game and passing New England’s first bird safe architecture in Portland.
neutral · AI labelView post →DONT BUY IT, IT DOESNT WORK. Great game ruined by poor engine and bug infestations. I had the hard copy of this game back in 2010, and I never managed to beat it because it kept crashing. I saw it on Steam and figured the Steam version would be at least stable if not optimized. I was wrong. 29 minutes of gameplay; I started a new game, sailed to another colony and lost a save after 15 mins. I really wanted to give it a chance so I tried once again, and the same thing happened once more. Dont…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game has some issues. I still love playing it. Can have some gamebreaking moments, mostly crashes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not a bad game however do not understand why it will not allow attacks on enemy merchant ships
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🙏🏼⚾️🌦️ no rain today. Going to Portland for a Sea Dogs baseball game!
neutral · AI labelView post →I may not be at AC this weekend, but at least I'll get to see some suiting at the Sea Dogs game tonight!
neutral · AI labelView post →In 2022, I was in Portland and went to a Sea Dogs game. They lost a slugfest to Hartford 14-12. Ceddanne Rafaela had just been called up from A ball. He went 4-5 with a HR. That was my introduction to him I didn’t remember his stats off hand. I looked them up. I remembered him having a great game
neutral · AI labelView post →Filmmaker extraordinaire Bill Darmon made this fantastic video on this past Sunday's International Cryptozoology Museum / Scooby Doo Day at the Portland Sea Dogs game where I was fortunate enough to join in on the first pitch festivities. Check it out, it's awesome. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nzn...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sub Hunt? Sea Dogs? Tidal Strike? Whatever the name is, here's Dev Log 0! youtu.be/5Alexo3FW38 Excited to share with you all! #indiedev #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Still got it. That charm. It is , rather was a good game. A very hard game to precise it - when you choose to sail in a real-time ship speed mode. The beginnings are also hard as you have to spend at least a dozen of hours to finally obtain a better ship of class, and earn good amount of $$ to maintain your crew, food, upgrade/repair ship and all of that. Fun begins when you reach at least 4th class ship with more than 16 cannons. The amount of ships , plus the realistic sailing mode and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is one of my favorite Offline Role Playing Game (RPGs). I probably prefer Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships. It has more to offer. As far as SD (Sea Dogs): To Each his own (and all DLC Content), I knew Sea Dogs back when it was Age of Pirates, back when Akella still owned it and the game was still lively. I am glad that Steam now owns it, however, I knew "To Each his own" as a different name. So, naturally, I have never played the newer version with DLC, but hey, I am willing :) To everyone…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Avoid this game. I never made it past the initial screen, due to a complete and total lack of chat controls....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doodling Kelsie Whitmore and watching the #Firebells before i pick up my son from his mom for a Sea Dogs game. (Dang Denver Bryant smokes the ball.) #drqwing #penandink
neutral · AI labelView post →It feels more divorced from the rest of the game's sense of shared progression than the defunt Sea Dogs Arena mode that had to be cordoned off on its own servers, for which you could at least purchase Letters of Rec with doubloons obtained doing other in-game tasks to increase your standing. (4/x)
negative · AI labelView post →The latest pain in the ain in our household: Went to a Sea Dogs game over the weekend. Bought some snacks. The debit machine acted up & we had to try 3 times for it to go through. The next day, noticed 3 charges for the transaction. Now in the process of trying to get it fixed. WELLLLLLL....
neutral · AI labelView post →7 got a puck that flipped over the glass & nearly hit us at the Sea Dogs game yesterday and I tell ya it's been ALL puck talk in our house since then. PUCK YEAH!!
neutral · AI labelView post →The first trip we're bringing y'all is a 4 game jaunt that begins in Halifax with the Mooseheads. It then goes to Prince Edward Island for the Islanders, & ends with a Wildcats', & a Sea Dogs' game in New Brunswick. This trek covers 654km, & 4 days from 10/14-18. aviewfrommyseat.com/guides/hocke...
neutral · AI labelView post →Went to the Sea Dogs game and watched the baby Mets tonight. Jacob Reimer looks solid. Kevin Parada looks good on one play and then awful on the next.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun night at the Portland Sea Dogs game tonight in #maine . My kids first time 🫣😅
neutral · AI labelView post →So far this year I've been to two Red Sox games, and today was a Portland Sea Dogs game. I swear I'm not confused about my loyalties, I've just been in New England a lot 😂⚾
neutral · AI labelView post →STREAM FINISHED!!! Thank you so much for coming SEA DOGS, YAAAAAAAAAR 🏴☠️ I HAD SO MUCH FUN THIS GAME IS SO FUN why are spin offs so fun THIS GAME WAS MADE FOR ME FR FR CHECK OUT THE PIRATE MANGO FIT 🔥🔥🔥
positive · AI labelView post →It's been a slow start painting this year. Last year I failed to play a single game of Blood and Plunder (one of my favourite rules-sets), so one of my hobby goals this year is to paint and play more. I started off with a cannon crew and 4 'Sea Dogs'.
neutral · AI labelView post →I hate AI art, think it’s (in principle) aesthetically worthless, etc. But I liked this creation from the week I used MidJourney before getting bored: “Slugger—the Portland Sea Dogs mascot—if he were a dissolute White Russian aristocrat who hunts what may be fairly termed ‘the most dangerous game’…”
neutral · AI labelView post →A quick Stump Merrill story, I was with some work colleagues a few years back at a Portland Sea Dogs game here in Maine. One of them was a Yankees fan and I had spotted Stump at the game. I laughing commented that a former Yankee manager was also here at the game and I pointed out Stump to him.
neutral · AI labelView post →I really can't recommend this game. No matter how mmuch I would have loved to play this it wouldn't even start. Too bad really I really would have loved to play this. It just doesn't want to start on modern computers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No manual. Confusing controls. No idea what to do. Can't seem to sail anywhere.? Help.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fair game but not as good as sea dogs to each his own.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's just very good fun game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well the kids have still never seen the Sea Dogs actually win a game, but they did get to see them up close & give them high fives before it all got started! 8 pictured here, while 11 obscured by hockey players.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think we might be going to the Sea Dogs’ Field of Dreams game this year. Ain’t no way I’m getting out of there without a $95 vintage replica uniform shirt.
neutral · AI labelView post →Its an interesting game, a lot of interesting ideas. I also only learnt about Sea Dogs through that Pirates of the Carribean game they adapted using it much later on. And definitely, it was so much harder to translate other sites way back then so there is a lot I missed out on too.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nnnnnope! Swing and a miss again this year, but we keep hoping! I’d be happy to get to even just a Sea Dogs game at this point.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pawsox moved to Wistah a few years ago, so WooSox is one option, though it’s a bit of a drive. Fisher Cats in Manch Vegas have a great stadium with zero bad seats. Sea Dogs host, for my money, the best show in the game at any level. I love going to the Sea Dogs games.
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