Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy

About this game

Witness the rise of piracy in this prologue to Buccaneers!, a classic pirate RPG. Command and customise a powerful warship and take part in tense naval and land battles that will put your swashbuckling skills to the test. Investigate the emergence of a new pirate faction that threatens to upset the balance of power in the Caribbean.



Experience naval warfare in first-person as you take the helm of a mighty sailing warship.
Customise your ship with new paint schemes, cannons and upgrades to tailor it to your playstyle. Whether you prefer bombarding your foes at range, closing in to board or anything in between, you can kit out your ship however you please.





Whether you’re boarding a ship or assaulting a fort, 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 blunderbusses and switch weapons on-the-fly to deal with any situation.


Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy 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.


Continue your journey in the full game with much more to explore:

• Join one of four factions with unique abilities.
  
• Build a fleet of formidable ships to take on any foe.
  
• Conquer the Caribbean and change the course of history.
  
• Find legendary treasures including weapons, upgrades and more.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·19 Jul 2022Official

  Patch 1.0.04 Released: Third-Person Sailing, VR Improvements and more!

  Fellow swashbucklers, We’ve released another update for the free prologue which brings over new features and improvements from version 1.0.12 of the full game. Highlights include a new third-person sailing view, a streamlined system for issuing orders in ship battles, VR steering improvements and much more! Check out the list of notable changes below: Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy (Prologue) Version 1.0.04 New Features - Added a third-person view for non-VR sailing mode. You can freely switch between first-person and third-person at any time while sailing by pressing Tab (keyboard) or D-pad Up (controller). (Note that you always return to first-person when boarding.) - The game remembers which camera view you used last and will automatically switch to it whenever you enter sailing mode. Balancing - The encounter spawn rate is now lower while sailing through friendly regions. - Your ship is no longer immobilised while repairing in battle. However, each repair cycle now takes 10 seconds (up from 7.5 seconds) at the default Cannon Reload Speed setting. - Made multiple adjustments to money and XP rewards for capturing ships, selling cargo and completing Bounties. Changes - Added a new Orders page to the Fleet Status tab which allows you to quickly change the orders for all ships in your fleet from a single menu. Orders assigned to “Fleet” will be automatically applied to ships you purchase or capture. - Pressing the Map hotkey (M on keyboard or View/Back on controller) while in a ship battle now opens the Fleet Status tab instead, giving you quicker access to the new Orders page. - Added an on-screen prompt for accessing the Orders page in ship battles, and moved the Disengage prompt to the opposite side of the screen. - The “Orders” hotkey used in stealth combat on land now shares the same binding as the Map hotkey (M on keyboard, Back/View on controller) to be consistent with its use in ship battles. - Added critical hit sounds and sinking/destruction sounds for s...
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• Community & Events·18 Jul 2022Official

  BUCCANEERS! is 33% off during Steam VR Fest!

  Fellow swashbucklers, {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35764527/aaebe8b4c2909fe3a76d99f368e677786f1718ce.jpg Buccaneers! is a part of Steam VR Fest! You can now get the game for 33% off! Don't miss this chance! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148560/Buccaneers/ The sale ends on July 25 at 10:00 AM PDT (GMT-7)
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• Patch Notes·6 Jun 2022Official

  Patch 1.0.03 Released: New Weapons and Combat Improvements!

  Fellow swashbucklers, A new patch is now live for the free prologue which brings some big changes and improvements over from version 1.0.09 of the full game. This update focuses on melee and ranged combat, featuring new weapons, a parrying mechanic and more! Read on for a list of the most notable changes. Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy (Prologue) Version 1.0.03 New Features - Added a parrying mechanic to melee combat which allows you to temporarily stun enemies, increasing melee damage against them. To trigger a parry, perform the following action after an enemy starts swinging their weapon, but before their attack hits you: - > Non-VR mode: Press the “Block” button (holding the button before the attack starts results in a regular block). - > VR mode: Move your weapon forwards to intercept the enemy’s blade (holding it steady results in a regular block). - All melee weapons now have a “Parry” stat which indicates how easy it is to trigger a parry with it. A higher value allows you to trigger a parry earlier in the enemy’s attack animation. - The weapon loadout chest has been added to all cabins, allowing you to change your equipped weapons without visiting a blacksmith. Changes - Blocking melee attacks now absorbs a percentage of the damage instead of negating it completely (but parrying blocks all damage). All melee weapons now have a “Block” stat which indicates the percentage of damage they absorb. - You now need to hold down the Block button to block with a sword instead of pressing it, so you can block for as long as you want. - Pistols and heavy weapons no longer auto-reload after firing; you can now trigger this manually by pressing the Fire button again. - Added new weapons including the Musket, Cutlass, Falchion and Double-Barrelled Pistol. (Some new weapons such as the Sabre and Nock Gun are only available in the full game.) - Rebalanced some existing weapons to adjust for the new parrying and blocking mechanics. - Changed the starting loadout in the pr...
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• Patch Notes·4 Apr 2022Official

  Patch 1.0.02 Released: Major improvements from the full game!

  Fellow swashbucklers, We’ve released a big update for the free prologue which brings a lot of fixes and improvements over from version 1.0.07 of the full game. There are too many changes to list here, so we’ll highlight some of the most notable ones. Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy (Prologue) Version 1.0.02 Changes - You can now change the default orders of each ship in your fleet via the Fleet Status page in the Captain’s Log. - Improved ship AI to make them better at boarding and ensuring their captured prizes have enough crew. - AI ships will now attempt to put out fires over time as long as they haven’t been hit recently. - Ship health bars now use colours for the name banner (blue for allies, red for enemies), and your allied ships show their current orders next to it. - The armour points on ships and forts are now displayed with a number on a single icon (instead of showing one icon per point) in ship battles. - Added an hourglass icon to represent “temporary” ships added to your fleet as part of a quest. - Fort cannon sound effects are now louder and can be heard from further away, making them consistent with ship cannons. - Disabled the land-facing gun battery on Clarence Town’s fort and added a standalone battery on the other side of the harbour to compensate. - Fixed ship and fort stats not being reset correctly when restarting battles. - Fixed AI ships struggling to hit forts. - Updates and fixes for Russian and Simplified Chinese translations. - Fixed several issues with menu items not selecting properly when using a controller. - An on-screen keyboard now appears when selecting a text input field with a controller. (Please note: This only works in Steam Big Picture mode.) - Added a “Ship’s Wheel Offset” to Options > Controls to allow you to move your playspace closer to or further away from the helm when sailing. Happy pirating! 🏴‍☠️
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• Announcements·7 Mar 2022Official

  BUCCANEERS! Out Now!🏴‍☠️

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35764527/ef5f66ef318d2dd13fc538f74e82ed42548f7e7c.jpg Fellow swashbucklers! The time has come - Buccaneers! is available now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148560/Buccaneers/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35764527/99ce92f269d06929d31bcacc4c6c76a20571370e.gif After four years of development by a team of three, we’re so excited to finally let you play the full game. It’s been a long and difficult journey, but we’re proud of what we’ve managed to create, and we hope you enjoy it! The prologue quest from the free demo is also included in the full game, but if you’ve already completed it, you can skip it when you start a new game. If not, we highly recommend keeping it enabled - the end of the prologue is an important moment that sets up the story for the rest of the game! In the main quest, you get to choose which faction to join after a brief intro sequence, and the game opens up after that. You can follow the events of the story or explore the open world and do as you please - the choice is yours! As always, we really appreciate your feedback! If you have any comments, questions or bugs to report, feel free to join our Discord and let us know. We will be on the lookout for bug reports and will focus on fixing any serious bugs over the next few days, so please bear with us if you experience any issues. Happy pirating! 🏴‍☠️
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