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2015PC3.99 €

Death Pirate blends shoot'em up action with RPG elements as you fly through 26 stages in South Town to uncover the mystery of the Death Pirate. Seven playable characters and an original soundtrack add variety.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Death Pirate are Project Wingman, El Matador and Wing Commander. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Death Pirate special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Project Wingman

83 %Match

2020PCXboxSteam Deck playable94 % positive24.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Death Pirate: good gunplay, action-packed real-time combat and combat with precise timing.

A fast arcade combat flight game in the spirit of classic Ace Combat: you fly as a mercenary pilot in an alternate world, upgrade planes and weapons, and fight intense dogfights backed by a driving soundtrack.

El Matador

Pure single-player experience

A linear third-person action shooter where you play a DEA agent taking down drug cartels across Latin America. Bullet-time gunfights in jungle and compound settings are the focus.

Wing Commander

Shooting and gunplay

A classic space combat sim where you fly cockpit missions against the feline Kilrathi. Your performance earns medals and promotions, and success or failure in key missions steers the storyline.

Xenoraid

Shooting and gunplay

A vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up where you swap between four fighters mid-battle, upgrade your squadron between missions and take down huge alien capital ships in hectic boss fights.

TheDawn

Pure single-player experience

You play as Maya, who can bend time, and Max, a hacker helping her, in a third-person shooter about saving humanity. Expect straightforward action combat and a story-driven, science-fiction atmosphere.

StarLancer

Shooting and gunplay

A space combat flight game set in 2160 where you fly as a pilot in an Alliance squadron during a war against the Coalition. Its cinematic mission-based campaign with wingmen and large space battles is the focus.

Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi

Shooting and gunplay

A classic space combat sim in which you play a wrongly court-martialed pilot fighting the feline Kilrathi to regain your honor. Cinematic storytelling and missions that branch based on your success make it a genre landmark.

Wing Commander: Prophecy

Shooting and gunplay

A late-90s space combat game where you play rookie pilot Lance Casey flying linear missions against a mysterious alien threat, told through live-action FMV cutscenes.

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom

Shooting and gunplay

A 1990s space combat game that pairs fast dogfights with lavish live-action cutscenes starring real actors. Its story of war and betrayal in a space-faring human empire is front and center.

Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War

Shooting and gunplay

An arcade air-combat game with a cinematic war story, where you fly as a pilot of the Wardog squadron across 32 missions. Memorable for its chatty squadmates over the radio and its stirring soundtrack.

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