The Spanish Main, 1560 to 1697

Pirates Lore

A pirate's life in the Caribbean.

Win your first ship in a sword fight. Then sail where you like: trade, take prizes, sack Spanish towns, court the governor's daughter, hunt for buried treasure and your lost family, and chase the Treasure Fleet. When you're old and rich, or broke and marooned, the game tells you how your life turned out.

Built for screen readers

Every sight on screen is also a sound or a spoken line. Made and tested with JAWS, and works with NVDA and VoiceOver.

Play your way

Keyboard, touch, mouse, or a game controller such as the 8BitDo M30. Headphones help: ships and coasts sound from their direction.

Your game is saved

Your voyage saves itself in this browser on this device, so you can stop and come back.

Support Pirates Lore

Pirates Lore is free to play. If you enjoy it, a donation of any amount helps keep new voyages coming. $5 is suggested.

Donate on itch.ioSafe checkout through itch.io. Any amount is welcome.

A game by Paul Trujillo Jr. Also on itch.io, with a version you can download.