Sid Meier’s Pirates.

Monkey Island games.

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. Also, the sea battles in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey are fantastic.

Assassains creed black flag has such a good pirating mechanic they tried making an entire game focusing on it.

Sid Meier’s Pirates! is a wonderful mix of exploration, sea battles, romance, swordplay, trade, and subterfuge.

Tropico 2: Pirate Cove is one that I've only played briefly, but I remember it having a fun style that made me want to try it in depth some time.

All games are pirate games if you do it right

Windward is pretty fun and under the radar.

Sid Meier's "Pirates!" is old as hell but still a great game.

Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) is my favourite pirate game. No, it's nothing like what you think a licensed tie in game from 2003 would be like.

It's a real oddity. This was made by a Russian studio and originally meant to be a sequel to their previous age of sail game, Sea Dogs. In Russia it was still marketed as a sequel, without the Pirates of the Carribean branding. It has basically nothing to do with the movies in reality. I have no idea how or why this ended up being a tie in.

I don't really have a short hand for describing the genre. It most reminds me of space sims - where you control a vessel which you can replace, has an economy/trade system, management mechanics, factional reputation systems and an open world. It's not a simplified as Freelancer, but not a spreadsheet game like the X series.

The sailing is great, a happy medium between completely arcade stuff where you just point your ship where you want to go and sims. Wind and weather play an important role without being tedious or overwhelming.

You also control a character for ship environments, like boarding, and exploring towns and islands (with swashbuckling combat, of course). It's pretty bare bones but the variety is appreciated. There are lite-RPG dialogue/story mechanics and quests, though I do not want to give the impression this narrative heavy game. It's an RPG style that used to be relatively common but not so much anymore.

But the real highlight is the New Horizons mod which greatly overhauls the game. It's been developed for almost 20 years. I don't recommend playing the vanilla game - I enjoyed it at the time, but it's just an inferior experience to the mod.

Best yet, it's free. The game is abandonware.

Its not quite a pirate game, but if you're willing to expand your seach to include a nautical mystery game aboard a trading ship in 1807, than Return of the Obra Dinn is worth a look.

I had a Fisher Price pirates point and click adventure when I was... 6? I adored it so that I guess. Also there was a Muppets Treasure Island point and click adventure from back in the day. I'm sure that counts and is what you're looking for.

If you're into MMO and jack sparrow- The Legend of Pirates Online - a remake of an old PoTC online game is a thing

https://tlopo.com/

I like Raven's Cry but it is a janky game so be warned.

Puzzle Pirates was an amazing puzzle MMO. Unfortunately it died out and while you can still play it, the servers are quite abandoned

I read that title and thought you were asking where to download cracked versions of games.

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(/jk, because otherwise somebody will take me at face value)

This is stretching things a bit, but I’d like to throw in Skies of Arcadia if you like retro games. They’re also fantasy Sky-ships instead of real ones.

(Captain) Claw - Monolith Games PC

Age of Booty.

Very different than what others are recommending. It's a fun arcade game.

I sunk a lot of hours into Port Royale 2 many years ago. I'm not sure how well it holds up today or on its sequels. I think 3 was well received and 4 poorly.

I've been playing Sail Forth. It's very basic, but still fairly fun.

Skull and bones. I'm not even kidding. I played it during a closed alpha and I hated sea of thieves.

If your looking for a cheap puzzle game, I had fun with Unforgettable Voyage on steam.