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Is Choice of the Pirate worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Interactive-fiction readers who want a pirate-themed story shaped by choices
- Players who prefer text-only adventures without graphics or sound effects
- Players looking for protagonist identity and romance options within a written adventure
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for visual environments or sound effects
- Players who want gameplay centered on direct, continuous combat rather than a text-based story
- Players seeking a brief experience rather than a 165,000-word story spanning five years
Our take on Choice of the Pirate
The pirate-action pitch may suggest a conventional swashbuckling game, but the core format is a text-only interactive novel. Its 165,000 words and choice-led story are central, while graphics and sound effects are absent.
What is Choice of the Pirate?
Play a text-based interactive novel set in the Lucayan Sea.
Choices shape a five-year rise from deck-swabbing sailor to fleet commander, with paths such as swashbuckler, sailor, diplomat, scoundrel, or weather-mage. Explore tropical islands, seek buried treasure, uncover pirate camps, and face curses, haunted ships, monsters, and the sea. Decide whether to serve the Crown as a privateer, support the Pirate King, or challenge him for his power. The game offers male, female, and nonbinary protagonists, with romance options described as gay, straight, bi, poly, or asexual; friendships and alliances are also possible. It is entirely text-based, contains 165,000 words, and has no graphics or sound effects.
How Choice of the Pirate plays
- 01Choice-driven story
- Decisions shape the protagonist's loyalties and path through five years of piracy.
- 02Character skill paths
- Build abilities in swordplay, seamanship, diplomacy, trickery, or weather magic.
- 03Romance and identity
- Choose a male, female, or nonbinary protagonist, with romance, friendship, and alliance options.
- 04Island exploration
- Search the Lucayan Sea’s island chain for hidden riches and concealed buccaneer hideouts.
- 05Pirate and Crown allegiances
- Work as a Crown privateer, spy for the Crown, support the Pirate King, or duel him.
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Choice of the Pirate: platforms & release
Is Choice of the Pirate worth it?
It is worth it if: interactive-fiction readers who want a pirate-themed story shaped by choices. Skip it if: players looking for visual environments or sound effects.
Where can I download Choice of the Pirate?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Choice of the Pirate's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Choice of the Pirate on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
