Planned Release Date: 2027

About This Game

Trade. Fight. Rule the tides.

Tide & Crown is a single-player open-world pirate trading RPG where every voyage is a choice between profit, danger, and power.

Begin with a modest ship and a small purse. Study regional markets, carry goods between distant ports, take dangerous contracts, hunt valuable prizes, and build a fleet capable of changing the balance of power across the seas.

Trade in a Living Economy

Ports produce different goods and depend on merchant traffic to supply what they lack. Shortages raise prices, incoming shipments reshape local markets, and intercepted trade vessels can create opportunities for enormous profits.

Buy where goods are plentiful, sell where they are scarce, or create shortages through piracy and disruption.

Fight Tactical Naval Battles

Naval combat is turn-based and menu-driven. Choose the right ammunition for the target:

• Round shot breaks heavily armored hulls.

• Chain shot tears through fast, sail-dependent ships.

• Grape shot devastates crew-heavy boarding vessels.

Brace against incoming fire, repair damaged systems, switch ships during fleet battles, attempt boarding actions, or flee before your losses become permanent.

Capture Ships and Build a Fleet[

Defeated lone vessels can be captured, stripped of cargo, or resolved through other prize choices. Expand from a starter sloop into a fleet of specialized ships, assign different roles, and recover disabled vessels after costly defeats.

Choose Your Career

Become a respected merchant captain, a feared pirate, or a political power with influence over ports and factions. Accept jobs, smuggle contraband, pursue captain objectives, negotiate with governors, and develop rivalries with recurring adversaries.

Your actions shape faction relationships, regional markets, available opportunities, and the legacy your captain leaves behind.

Survive the Open Sea

Navigate changing winds, manage crew and supplies, and travel through a day-and-night cycle. Dangerous waters conceal hostile captains, naval patrols, whirlpools, legendary ships, and creatures that are better discovered at sea than revealed on a map.

A Personal Pirate Sandbox

Tide & Crown was created from a love of classic trading games and pirate adventures such as Tradewinds and Sid Meier’s Pirates! It is designed to capture that same freedom—then expand it with a deeper economy, tactical fleet combat, evolving rivals, and meaningful career choices.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Generative AI tools were used during development to assist with portions of the game’s interface and narrative text, programming, procedurally constructed 2D visual elements, and marketing materials. All included content was reviewed, edited, and integrated by the developer. Tide & Crown does not generate AI content during gameplay and does not connect to external AI services.