Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales
Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales
Game
Game2018
Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships
Developer Akella
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships (Russian: Корсары: Город потерянных кораблей, literally "Corsairs: City of Lost Ships") is a role-playing video game developed by Akella and released for Windows on May 26, 2009. It is the sequel to Sea Dogs (2000), Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), and Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales (2006). Like Caribbean Tales, it does not boast either of the two former games' names, for… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
143 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
54 positive · 17 negative
95% range 65–84%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 54 | 17 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 2 | 60 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
65 of 84 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 54 yes, 17 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 71 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (205 of 264 positive).
Players praise it as the best pure pirate RPG available, despite its age and rough edges. [1][2][3] Many recommend using community mods like Combined Mod or Gentlemen of Fortune to fix bugs and add content. [1][4][5][6] Some reviewers find it very new-player-unfriendly with minimal guidance and a steep learning curve. [7][1][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [8]
game pisses me off ... why the ♥♥♥♥ is there no tutorial? why is there no map? why do you start out with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ slow as ♥♥♥♥ ship that gets outmanouvered by even a slug, why do you have 0 crew? why is this game so hardcore even at the easiest difficulty? no path helping direction helping or anything? it just throws you into it and shows you a middle finger.. but the game is fun once you figure out how to ..
- [1]
This game is not "good." It has an extremely high learning curve, no tutorial, a clunky interface, poorly laid out and unintuitive quest objectives, sub-par writing, semi-frequent crashes, and is heavily dependent on the community "Combined Mod" to smooth out its rough edges. That said, it is the best pure Pirate RPG available. But that probably says more about the gaping hole that exists in the market and less …
- [2]
It's old, rugged, unpolished, not new player friendly. But it's still the best pirate life simulator out there. Which says a lot about the state of this genre...Anyway, this is actually still playable and a lot of fun!
- [3]
A childhood classic, surprised to see it holds up to this day, there's a lot of jank that you can avoid if you know about it, absolutely read a guide if you pick it up, in addition to getting the combined mod (bug fixes mostly) or GOF (Content expansion). Amazing game if you can stomach the controls, must have for anyone who's an RPG fan with a pirate theme
- [7]
The ship battles of this game is the best of any pirate games I've seen ( even over the super popular AC Black Flag)/ PROS : - Awesome ship-to-ship-battles - Big Caribbean map - Plenty of quests and secrets to make you travel and explore - High replayability : 4 nations with different questlines and territory will offer unique experiences - Enough challenge both on land at at sea. CONS : - I'm writing this in 2019. …
Summarised from 34 of the 139 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
Players who liked Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships talk about best ship-to-ship battles of any pirate game; those who didn't talk about outdated graphics may be unappealing. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Upon its release, Age of Pirates 2 was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics, with an aggregate score of 61% on Metacritic.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 143 · most liked firstI love this game and I remember playing it sometime like 10-11 years ago, Playing it on my dad's computer was the bomb and I had searched for this game for so long, with nowhere to buy it, sometimes one would have to resort to finding it in the not so legitimate ways, but when I seen that this game was being released on steam I knew I was gonna get it the second it came out. If you like Pirates, Swordfighting, Cannons, and Booty! This game is definitely for you. Although it has outdated…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The ship battles of this game is the best of any pirate games I've seen ( even over the super popular AC Black Flag)/ PROS : - Awesome ship-to-ship-battles - Big Caribbean map - Plenty of quests and secrets to make you travel and explore - High replayability : 4 nations with different questlines and territory will offer unique experiences - Enough challenge both on land at at sea. CONS : - I'm writing this in 2019. The graphics are acceptable, but some folks will certainly find it…
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 →This game is not "good." It has an extremely high learning curve, no tutorial, a clunky interface, poorly laid out and unintuitive quest objectives, sub-par writing, semi-frequent crashes, and is heavily dependent on the community "Combined Mod" to smooth out its rough edges. That said, it is the best pure Pirate RPG available. But that probably says more about the gaping hole that exists in the market and less about this game itself. Aside from the brief but very welcome tangent that the…
positive · 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 →I was looking forward to playing this after finding it on steam. Brought back some good memories. Unfortunately about five hours into the play a software bug stopped the character from progressing. I requested a refund from Steam but never heard back from them. Very disaapointing both in not beiong able to play the game and in steams nil response.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Their OLDER game (Pirates of the Caribbean) is far better in terms of game play, design, and graphics. This one is almost unplayable in comparison - I wonder if they lost the source code for it and had to start over and hacked together something worse (and out came this game and others)? So many things are badly designed in this game that I doesn't make sense to play it in the year 2020+
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely love this game. I used to be a huge Sid Meiers' Pirates fan until i found this gem. Similar concept only better graphics, Historically accurate ships. Not the best graphics but its definitely better than SMP. Add the Gentlemen of fortunes mod and it adds more ships and immersion. Always find myself coming back to this one. Would Highly recommend for Low end PC owners who are swashbucklers at heart.
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 →I purchased it out of respect for the developers since i played it in my youth. I have to say that despite being old, it's the best game with pirates considering how elaborate it is. If you also add Gentlemen of Fortune 1.2 on it, you get a ton of new content and it really makes it worth playing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved this game back in the day, But this version has level scaling I never noticed in the old game release. if you level up to much in a small ship you will end up only facing more powerful ships and crews. some might like this I personally don't I don't mind strong enemie ships But as a pirate I want to encounter weak ships. that are easy to take on, and not that they all from that point on are stronger ships that you can easily lose to. This is just my fustration with this game, The Age…
negative · 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 →Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships is a massive improvement over its predecessors. Quite sophisticated and takes time to pick up, especially in the beginning, but the learning curve is much more user-friendly than in the earlier games. And while there is still barely any guidance on what the player is supposed to do, once you start playing the understanding of how the game works comes easily and naturally through exploration. The atmosphere of the Caribbean era here is probably the main point…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredibly deep 17th century captain of a ship RPG. Amazingly accessible too, jump in and learn the ropes and you'll be sailing away in no time. As mentioned great depth, tons of freedom, fun and atmosphere ooze out of this one. Very high recommendation.
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 →It doesn't support 1920 x 1080 resolution. On your 1920 x 1080 monitor you will see the game in a narrow window.
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 →They dont make them like this anymore
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Akella is the king of pirate games. 2nd copy bought and modded. Ive really missed COAS. Thanks for bringing this to Steam!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →Incredible The greatest pirate sim I have ever played. I would recommend, however, to get the Combined Mod as it adds a lot of great content and fixes many bugs.
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 →It's old, rugged, unpolished, not new player friendly. But it's still the best pirate life simulator out there. Which says a lot about the state of this genre...Anyway, this is actually still playable and a lot of fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game pisses me off ... why the ♥♥♥♥ is there no tutorial? why is there no map? why do you start out with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ slow as ♥♥♥♥ ship that gets outmanouvered by even a slug, why do you have 0 crew? why is this game so hardcore even at the easiest difficulty? no path helping direction helping or anything? it just throws you into it and shows you a middle finger.. but the game is fun once you figure out how to ..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →JUST INSTALL/PLAY THE "GENTLEMEN OF FORTUNE" MOD And practice sword fighting (right mouse button is your friend). And play on easy level. Tips.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →even tho the game is old it still holds up to this day
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you run round like a headless chicken not knowing really where to go. mission log gives you a vague idea on where to go but not enough in my opinion. i did not even get as far as sailing a ship and lost all interest in game.
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 →Did some one can help me to how install GoF 2.0 on steam deck? I try it but it says “ Microsoft Visual ...+ Runtime Library” program:%20...amapps%5Ccommon%7CSea%20Dogs%20City%20of%0AAbandoned%20Ships%7CSTART.exe
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →Would have been nice if this was Gentlemen of Fortune version, but it's still a classic gem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Freezes too much.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A childhood classic, surprised to see it holds up to this day, there's a lot of jank that you can avoid if you know about it, absolutely read a guide if you pick it up, in addition to getting the combined mod (bug fixes mostly) or GOF (Content expansion). Amazing game if you can stomach the controls, must have for anyone who's an RPG fan with a pirate theme
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I owned to original copy years ago. Its still one of the best games for pirates as far as i'm concerned. Its very nice to be able to play it again.
positive · 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 →Slavjank at its finest
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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’…”
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