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Game
Game2011
Pirates of Black Cove
Developer Nitro Games
Pirates of Black Cove is a pirate-themed real-time strategy game published by Paradox Interactive in August 2011. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
109 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Jul 25, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
68
Fresh
74 positive · 35 negative
95% range 59–76%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
113 of 173 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 109 · most liked firstI want to love this game, I really do but this has to be the worst game I've ever played due to a lack of support, bugs, glitches and a very lacking game in general. When I first started this game up I had no idea what to expect never having played a pirate themed game before. The first problem was the voice over's. Terrible. I got into the game and found it rather basic but did enjoy it's subtle charm. I realise that the land missions were a bit dated but honestly the sailing around I had…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game! Its very colourful, its not meant to be a historical recreation of pirating & its addictively fun! Your character starts off with a ship, a crew & a pirate base to sail from. The game is mostly quest-driven, the goal being to complete quests for the different factions in the game (there are three), which rewards you with gold & reputation with that respective faction. The ultimate goal is to unite the three factions in order to take on the dreaded Black Cove Pirates & then…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pirates of the Black Cove is game that tries to be many things but it fails in every aspect. The high point of the game is ship fighting but that isn't that great since you can only choose a few special weapons to diversify the combat but it is mostly just firing canons with no boarding to speak of besides the special catapult that you put in your ship to throw men in order to capture ships which isn't very fun to be honest. The ships also sail very slowly which can make traveling in the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyable but a pale comparison to Sid Mier's Pirates in my opinion. I was entertained enough to play it and complete it though. It has a wiry sense of humor. The sea battles are enjoyable particularly with the different ordance you earn at different pirate ports but the land battles are a little tedious. Not overly so but they could have used some refinement. If you enjoy Pirate games, this one is for you. If not, I would likely skip this one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eh. Not bad. Just played through the tutorial missions (an hour or two). Feels a lot like Sid Meier's Pirates, but a bit less... I dunno. Just a bit less. Almost feels like this was what somebody on Sid's team wanted to do with that game, but split off and did their own thing instead. The big differences aa that there's no "battle map," (when you meet another ship, you just start shooting, you don't run into it and then get whisked away to the enconter grid) and you actually have to walk…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Set in the golden age of pirates, this is your chance to become pirate king and conquer the Caribbean. Join, champion, and unite the three pirate factions: Pirates, Corsairs and Buccaneers. You must ultimately leverage this unity in all out war against the evil Pirates of Black Cove. Manage and develop parts of three strongholds and visit them to pick up faction and storyline missions. Visit the Alchemist to find out what special ingredients are needed for the wacky potions and embark on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has more bugs than motel 6, doesnt even leave the light on for you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game like a torchlight II + a ship battle game, nice but without the complex of equipment, it just about hiring crew, upgrade your boat/buy a new boat, captain's skill lack of hotkey, what you will do is just click and clicking fun enough, not too challenging pros : casual rpg, nice graphic, nice sounds, good storyline, large free roam cons : lack hotkey, no equipment for heroes, overprice ships
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont buy this game, its broken on Windows 7 64 bit. Had a game freeze after beating Montezuma, tested it on 2 PC's, same results. with that slow movement, no time acceleration so you wait nearly 3 minutes that your troops run back to start entrance...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the last mission crashes when you enter the island, i am unable to finish the game. glad i only paid 2 dollars for this game or i would be a little mad
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd really like to love this game, i almost do, but it's got so many flaws it's hard not to condemn it to hell and back. First impressions are awesome! It looks great, sounds great except for the worst Voice Over in the history of videogames. But.... It is so so so slooooow. Sailing is slow but it's pretty and things to do, and upgrades and new ships help. But sailing from west to east every damn mission sucks. Land missions, thats the worst part. No AI at all it seems, if it's there it's very…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game just feel really really clunky. I couldn't get passed the very beginning it turned me off that bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks like Sid Meier's Pirates but gameplay is quite different. All in all not as good as the original but I had a whale of a time. More fun than a barrel of monkeys. BTW: the game includes 1001 pirate jokes like: what has 8 legs, 8 arms and 8 eyes? 8 pirates! ★★★★☆ 4/5
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one among the best pirate games on steam so far , yarrrrrr has - both land and sea battles - decent heroes , can hire more units + build buildings - story the bad part - poor optimization , bugs - no multiplayer Its pretty similar to Sid Meier's Pirates! but on a very different scale , the main focus is on battles
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So long as you know what your getting, this game is decent. The story line is simplistic, the dialgue cheesey, and the voice acting comically bad. Gameplay can be a touch repetitive and isn't particularly complicated, but its a fair way to spend a few hours playing pirate without having to commit to an exceptionally in depth game. Fun, simple, and pretty easy. Not sure I would pay full price for it, but if you pick it up on sale I doubt you will regret it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gets boring real fast.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is good as far as graphics, color and play experience but you get to choose from 3 characters and the story line is exactly the same for all 3. I wanted something i could play over and over again but once you beat the game with 1 character you have beat it with all. So, overall , short but not the shortest, glitchy but not the glitchiest, Funny but well, obviously not funniest. Ahoy ! you smickity smackity smeager review reader , our ship needs a captain . So, go ahead and buy the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is slow paced. I found it fun, about 8-10hr of story missions. No Side missions other then collecting Jokes and Blueprints. Crashes form time to time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cheap and good fun =D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As you start a campaign the first thing to smack you in the face is the horrific voice acting. If you choose Walker de Planc (side note, expect several puns of dad-quality throughout), you will get an immediate front-row seat to just how little the developers cared about who they hired to voice act. To his credit, I could tell he was trying to pull off an Irish accent. He's immediately joined by a forgettable side character that also made me want to pull my hair out. I barely made it out of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked the game(all 12 hours in my gameplay) until the kraken fight. It is so badly scripted and the AI cheats so much that i couldn't convince myself to continue and uninstalled the game immediately.Sorry Paradox..you could have made a gem out of it but that kraken really pissed me off.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is fun and surprisingly addictive. 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it is not one of those stay on top of and go go go but is a lot of fun simple enough for a five yr old and intreaging enough for a fifty yr old
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only about 30-45 minutes into the game so far - but I'm a huge fan of it from the beginning. My only issue is with the voice work - it leaves little to be desired, and trivial (unimportant) words between the subtitles and the actual voices are different. This isn't anything new - but it's something that throws me off sometimes. I'd recommend the game to anyone that enjoys pirates or the Sid Meier's Pirates! games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know this game has mixed reviews and has its issues for an older game and all. But, I got quite a bit of enjoyment from it and just wanted to share that. Pick it up on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fairly decent game which is pretty cheap (though the DLC seems rather over-priced) but it's provided several hours of reasonably entertaining gameplay. Good points: Decent graphics, simple gameplay - not much thinking or brainpower/strategy needed, some humour Bad points: The pirate jokes - they're f***ing awful, a bit of laziness by the game designers by duplicating some of the town maps for different locations, pathfinding of units is sometimes a bit off, could've had a bit more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do I recommend this? undecided.. first few missions, weird and stupidly easy.. pirate clan missions are like a "tutorial" phase.. Buccaneer clan missions are a bit more entertaining, at least until you need to defeat the Kraken, then it becomes impossible! cant do any damage unless you're RIGHT on TOP of the tents, which kill you within 4 hits (and seeing as there are four tents, you're F'ed.). you want a decent ship?? save up EVERY LITTLE F'ING piece of eight to buy a ship at 5000 in pirate…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pirates of Black Cove tried to be a game combining real time strategy and naval battle with role playing elements, but it realised only a very shallow and basic effect in every aspect and the overall flow of the game is also bare-boned. The game substantially consists of accepting missions from different pirate factions, land battle and naval battle, with story lines in between. The land battle are presented terribly, partly due to the out-dated graphic (and there is a severe bug in my case…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buy this game! Do it you dogs or its you we load the cannons!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played 3 hours of this game. I loved the original Pirates! game from the 1990's and its remakes, so I thought I'd give this game a try. It sucks. One big drawback is the land based motion. Characters seemingly take forever to get from A to B. After a few hours of this, I'd had enough waiting for my character to move around. There's also no wind effects, so "sailing" your ship is really driving your ship using either fast speed or slow speed. The dialog is clunky, I eventually worked out…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're okay with long wait times while waiting for units and your ship to move go ahead. Dialogue was pretty entertaining but between the long wait times and cannonballs spreading randomly or going right through enemy ships without hitting them, too much trouble for too little in my opinion.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm sorry. It just isn't good. I was hoping to bring back the "Pirates!" feel, but not even close.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ran into a bug during the story mode that broke the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible. Terribly optimised, the voice acting gave me cancer of the ear and couldn't even be skipped. Ugh.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NOTE: press "W" on your keyboard to speed up your ship! Once I discovered that, I loved the game! The Caribbean looks great, and sailing from mission to mission, pummeling ships on your way, is fun! Sure, whenever you move your troops on land the pace slows WAY down, but that's about the only bad thing I have to say about the game. I like that the game is pretty easy - it's one of those games that just SHOULD be a bit o' laid back fun. It's colourful, light entertainment - if you like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ever since Sid Meyers Pirates I have been waiting for the next great pirate game. This is not it. No fleets, no crews, no trading. What you get is a very simplified but fun game. You get to blow ships up, run missions, and raid towns. The game is straight forward and short enough that the limited game play is ok. You are probably looking at 10+ hours to complete the game depending on how much "extra" fighting you do. During the game I only ever bought 1 extra ship. I bought soldiers for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a really good example of a game that doesn't feel like it was polished or playtested at all- it's full of good ideas, none of which are particularly well executed. Which is a shame because it's also a good example of a game that could have been amazing...but wasn't. I may play it through to the end anyway, but that's becasue I really like pirates. Unless you really like pirates, I wouldn't bother.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From a player who loved the warcraft 3 map Battleships, Neverwinter Nights, and strategy games, I thought it would be love in first sight. Sadly instead it turned out to be on of the wrost aquisitions of my life, one that I'm constantly comparing to other poor aquisitions over the last few years, and Pirates is still on the top of the list.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is a good game, but it is not done yet, the AI is too simple, the pathfinder is bad and get stock in houses or rocks, your units don't defence them self, this is sad because it would a great game if just they use a few weeks to fix this, there is non pirate things like rockets sad too, i really want to complete this game but i can't because it dies when you are getting your 2nt hero :(
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the worst pirate games I've ever played. Dull and boring. I expected a bit more gameplay than Sid's Pirates, but sadly this game managed less.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was great! It took me about 15 hours to beat it. It is a very easy casual game, just care-free fun. The music is pleasant and the action is good. I'm going to keep playing to try and get the achievements but 1001 jokes might take a while. Unfortunately some of the achievements are broken. I can't get Severed into Shreds at any point in the game. I also cannot get Quick Employer even though I release all my crew and hired 50 crew in one town.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is like a Sid Meier's Pirates! but with more of a sense of humour and less fighting the same guy over and over and over for every family member.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This looks and behaves like a game made a decade ago, on the cheap, with writing and dialogue attempting cheesy humour, but missing totally on the humour bit. Expect crashes, a horrible interface, and no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The gameplay loop is not very varied. Sea beatles on the one hand, land battles on the other. Sure you have to manage your land units and your ship and upgrades for it, but that's more a cheap way to trick you into more sea battles to earn money. Story is cliché on purpose but still not very enganging. I hate the fact that you can not save during the land battles. You have to be careful all the time. One mistake and you may have to restart the whole map. And a warning for all achievement…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's basically a low budget game in disguise. On first impressions the graphics looked really good, the physics of the cannons firing from the ship were excellent, and the voice-overs seem professional enough. But after a few hours of playing I realised there was no substance to the game. You just sail around, sink a few ships, take on a few missions involving land raids, then rinse and repeat. I did end up finishing the game, and I only spent some extra time playing for the achievements, but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not quite an hour in, and I can say this is fun if you're willing to blow the dust off of an older game. Uncharted Waters: New Horizons on the SNES will always be my gold standard for pirate-y gameplay, and while this lacks in depth compared to that much-older swashbuckler, it is a good bit of fun sailing around shooting ships and collecting booty. * Graphics are dated, but the game is also a decade old. * Dialogue is hammy but good pirate fun (if you've been to a renaissance festival then you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has bugs. The photos are incorrect. But the game is not bad. If the creators continued to care for her. It would be a great game. With a nice discount, most problems will be ignored. At times the game was more interesting than assassin's creed black flag . Yo Ho ho and a bottle of rum.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →dont bother glitch and slow as ♥♥♥♥ and one song to make you punch the screen
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found that Pirates of the Black Cove, although still not a bad game, was rather boring and repedative. Many times, I found myself thinking 'wait... haven't I already done this about twenty times?', and many things seemed completely meaningless and pointless. I honestly think that I spent 40% of my time playing this game just sailing painfully slowing around the ocean, trying to find where I was suppoesed to be. Whilst I spent another 50% of my time running around aimlessly thinking 'what am I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game made me rethink buying games off of steam. Shoddy controls, glitchy, couldn't get into it. Do not buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is cool, nice set up in pirate times, but it needs a lot of work and improvementes when you actually get on land in order to complete the missions. Unit control is pretty bad. There is no formation choice whatsoever.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i expected more then a an arcade game with three pirates. idisappointed. but still find it fun. if ur looking for a pirate sim go sea dogs or east india company.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For $20 this game is really good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shiver me timbers fun game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game if you like this sorts of stuff. Great atmosphere. Last quest is no longer bugged. Everything worked fine here. Slight recommendation
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of the first games ever bought on steam ( 2013)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played only for a lil bit, and I dig it. Kinda like Sids pirates, which is a fav but the graphics are outdated lol If you like pirates, this is a good find. I recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pirates of Black Cove is a interesting RTS. Set in a pirate environment where 3 factions fight for the conquer the Caribbean. Graphically it is good, by the standards of 2011. The game has a palette of bright and lively colors. The game is interesting, fun and easy to play. I also emphasize the voice acting that is not very common in titles of the genre, it is not perfect, but it is better than nothing. I recommend it and hope you enjoy it. Ahoy sailors!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Job !!! In a age or overcrowding of zombie and FPS . I was great to find duch a well put together story line and action game Two thumbs hope to see more . Thanks!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked this game for a while despite the lag in parts of the game and the somewhat awkward steering of the ship. In the end I stopped playing the game because it became repetitive.
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