Choice of the Pirate

Choice of Games LLC

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this game

Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!

"Choice of the Pirate" is a fast-paced swashbuckler of an interactive novel by Alana Joli Abbott, author of "Choice of Kung Fu" and "Showdown at Willow Creek." Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—165,000 words, without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

Rise from a deck-swabbing sailor to fleet commander over five years of piracy in the tropical paradise of the Lucayan Sea. Command the winds with magic, or board enemy ships with your cutlass in your teeth.

Will you play as male, female, or nonbinary? Find romance as gay, straight, bi, or poly, or pursue friendships and alliances instead? Will you join the Crown as a privateer and bring pirates to heel? Will you parley with the Pirate King to protect the Lucayan from the navy's rule? Or will you duel the Pirate King and claim his power for yourself?

Buckle yer swash and set sail for adventure!

• Develop your skills as a swashbuckler, sailor, diplomat, scoundrel, or weather-mage.
• Explore a chain of tropical islands where buried treasure and secret pirate camps are hidden.
• Face pirate curses, haunted ships, terrifying monsters, and the wrath of the sea herself.
• Spy for the Crown or become a double agent to support the Pirate King.
• Become a celebrated hero or a ruthless villain.
• Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bi, poly, or asexual.

Ratings and reviews

True to pirate lore this story has lots of magic, piracy, and even a sea monster. The story itself is very short and I found the character development to be lacking in comparison to some other choice stories. That's not to say that the stats and story are lacking in any way but the dialogue is minimal in this pirates tale. This is one of the first choice games and it shows in how money is never an issue or how romance is so minimal. Even with these minor issues it still has good replayability.

Played it two times in a row, choosing slightly different options and I still got a very enjoyable experience. Very well done by the author, although I do wish it was a bit longer. Stil, these must be pretty hard to write so, it was a minor inconvenience, considering how well finished everything was.

Great storyline & descriptions, though it'd be infinitely better if it had required ads to watch after each chapter instead of a paywall after 3 chapters (this way the devs would get more money for their games & they would increase the number of happy players, which would increase their income). They could do this for all their games & make so much more than they are now. I'd watch ads (within reason) if there wasn't paywalls in the games.

What's new

Fixed a bug (for real, this time) where the app could lose progress when the app goes into the background. If you enjoy "Choice of the Pirate", please leave us a written review. It really helps!