Yarr!

Yarr!

Out-sail, out-build and out-gun the other captains, and take the whole archipelago.

How it works

🏝Claim islands. Sail up to a free island and drop anchor (F, or the Claim button on a touch screen). Your crew goes ashore and builds a fort. Silver mines, lumber camps, villages and gun batteries are the prizes; bare rocks are too small to hold.
◎Grow rich, grow strong. Every island you hold earns silver and timber. Spend them on upgrades for your ship and forts, and on shipyards that launch little sloops to harass your enemies.
⚔Fight the captains. Each rival sails in a style of their own, and they fight each other as well as you. Fire broadsides to sink their ships, or shell a fort to free its island.
🌊Mind the sea. Merchant convoys carry loot; fog, storms, whirlpools, waterspouts, volcanoes, the kraken and the Sirens carry trouble.
🏴Win by holding at least half the islands for 30 seconds, or by holding the most when the clock runs out.

WASD sail · QE fire · F claim · B upgrades · Tab chart · H all controls. On a touch screen, use the on-screen controls.

Choose your voyage

Tutorial voyageNew captains start hereA quiet little sea with no storms and no enemies to worry about. Quartermaster Finch shows you how to sail, fire the guns, claim an island, buy an upgrade and read the chart. About four minutes.ClassicThe standard game: two rival captains, a sea of about 55 islands and 15 minutes on the clock.CustomPick the size of the archipelago, how many captains you face and how long the game lasts.

Islands55

Enemy captains2 rivals

Game length15 min

Captains are drawn at random from all of them, and each plays in the same style every time.

Difficulty

EasyMediumHard

🤖 Watch modeThe computer sails your ship, claims islands and spends your silver, so you can sit back and watch the game unfold. Speed it up to 8×, and flip between captains.

Autopilot plays like

✕HELM
W / S · sail ahead / astern
A / D · steer port / starboard
Space · brake
Q / E · fire port / starboard guns (auto-aim at ships & forts off that side)
C · follow / chase camera
F · claim a nearby island (you lie at anchor for 15 s)
B · upgrades & shipyards: spend silver & timber
Tab · chart of the islands (or click the map)
M · mute sound
H · hide / show these controls
To win: hold at least half the islands for 30 s — or hold the most when the 15-minute clock runs out.
Drag · orbit Scroll · zoom
Arrow keys work too. Mind the reefs, the rivals — and whatever the sea throws at you: convoys, fog, the kraken, the Sirens, waterspouts, volcanoes, ghosts, whirlpools, thunderstorms.

How it works

Choose your voyage

⚒ Upgrades

🗺 Chart of the Archipelago

Islands held over time

📜 Captain's Record