Pirate Cove

Pirate Cove is a top-down pirate adventure on a bright, painterly sea. You captain a small ship out of a sheltered home cove into an archipelago of eight palm-covered islands, reefs, navy forts and a deep purple trench where something enormous is sleeping. Waves roll across the water, foam trails behind your hull, gulls wheel overhead, and the day slowly turns into a lantern-lit night and back again. A map in the corner fills in as you explore.

The ship sails like a ship. It carries its momentum through every turn, the wind arrow shows where the breeze is blowing, and cutting across the wind is the fastest way to travel. Fire broadsides from the left or right side and watch the cannonballs arc over the water, ram the navy's little longboats, chase fat merchant ships for the crates that tumble off their decks, and stop beside an X on a beach to dig up the chest beneath it. Navy sloops and frigates patrol, forts fire from the islands, and a sea serpent guards one narrow lane.

Nine short quests lead from your first broadside to the Kraken. Gold buys a tougher hull, bigger sails, more cannons, a second gun deck and a larger hold at the cove, where repairs are made too, and sinking only sends you home with half the gold in your hold. Beat the Kraken and the voyage becomes endless free roam, with treasure maps to chase and a high score to raise, or you can simply relax and watch the sun go down over the cove. Play with a keyboard, a mouse or touch; your voyage, upgrades and best score are saved in your browser.