Sid Meier's Pirates! For Mac

Naval trading has always attracted pirates, and, while there still are modern day pirates, the golden age of piracy was in the XVI-XVIII centuries. Sid Meier's Pirates! is an absorbing adventure and exploration game with the action set in the golden age of piracy.

In Sid Meier's Pirates you will take the role of a pirate that must be guided from being a nobody to becoming one of the most important pirates in the world. The game also offers you the opportunity to live the life of a pirate, which includes digging up treasures, dueling enemy captains and ships or saving maidens.

The Sid Meier's Pirates game features 27 different types of ships and it allows you to add various upgrades to fortify them and make them faster. What's more, while navigating the treacherous waters of a sea filled with pirates, you can take on various foes and even participate in dancing competitions.

During your perilous adventures, you will have to use a wide variety of schemes to make sure that you escape out of prisons, navigate around adversaries, and sneak into towns. What's more, exploring the vast sea is very engaging since, during your travels, you may encounter various vessels that may prove to be friendly or your worst enemy and, thus, making the whole experience even more enthralling.

The game's interface includes the name of your ship, a compass where you can see how many guns are loaded and the ship speed. On the right side of the screen users can access multiple actions, depending on their current locations. These allow you to control the way you move your sword or how you maneuver your ship in the open sea.

All things considered, Sid Meier's Pirates offers a rich experience and a large enough world to explore to be the game you want to play if you're a Mac user with a soft spot for pirates.