Today’s Niche Spotlight is Buccaneers!, a pirate action-RPG by Skyward Digital and Valkyrie Initiative.
Become a privateer in the Caribbean during the golden age of piracy. Pledge your allegiance to Britain, Spain, France, or team up with fellow pirate fleets as you plunder a massive sandbox world. Rob merchant vessels, raid strongholds, and fight off pirate hunters in fleet battles and boarding operations. Buccaneers! also features full VR support.
You can find a trailer below.
Buccaneers! is available on Windows PC via GOG and Steam for $17.99.
You can find a rundown (via Steam) below:
Become a fearless captain in Buccaneers!, a classic pirate RPG. Change the course of history, and join one of the unique factions to conquer an ever-changing Caribbean sea. Featuring hours of replayability, Buccaneers! lets you find legendary treasures, battle powerful ships and leave your mark on the world. Will you bring about a new Golden Age, or stomp out piracy once and for all?
REWRITE HISTORY
Pledge your allegiance to one of four factions with unique abilities tailored to different playstyles. Sign up with the British, French or Spanish empires or join the fearsome Buccaneers’ League and fight for dominance in the region. Each faction’s starting location and number of colonies changes when you start a new game, tipping the balance of power and allowing endless possibilities.
RULE THE WAVES
Take command of your own sailing warship and engage in intense naval battles where superior strategy wins the day. Sink or capture enemy ships and storm coastal forts to gain land for your faction, then upgrade your ship or acquire a larger one to become the most feared captain in the Caribbean!
FIGHT ON LAND OR AT SEA
Whether you’re boarding a ship, assaulting a fort or sneaking into an enemy harbour in the dead of night, you have a wide variety of melee and ranged weapons at your disposal. Equip up to five weapons from swords and pistols to muskets and grenade launchers, and switch weapons on-the-fly to deal with any situation.
FULL VR SUPPORT
Buccaneers! is fully-playable in VR as well as standard mode, with shared game saves between both modes. In VR, your full-scale warship is brought to life as you steer it by hand and use any combination of melee and ranged weapons to slay your foes however you want.
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