Games Like Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition (2026)

Shared: PvEvP

Three expansions bundled together sounds like a great deal until you realize Bungie's content vaulting habit means parts of what you're buying have a shorter shelf life than you'd expect.

Shared: Naval Combat

A sprawling 50-plus-hour action-RPG set during the Peloponnesian War that rewards patient explorers and build-chasers but will exhaust anyone allergic to Ubisoft padding.

Shared: Naval Combat

Bannerlord finally gets its seas, and the sandbox is bigger for it. Whether that expansion justifies the asking price depends almost entirely on how many hours you already have in Calradia.

Shared: Naval Combat

Genuinely tactical naval combat with a brain behind it, wrapped in a free-to-play economy that will test your willpower more than your gunnery skills.