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24 alternatives to Scurvy Scallywags

A match-3 RPG brimming with pirates

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Scurvy Scallywags launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Gridland ▲87

   An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Languinis▲53

   Hybrid match-3 and word game - Bejeweled meets Scrabble

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Splice▲60

   An experimental and artistic puzzler

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Screeps▲75

   First MMO strategy open world game played by coding in JS.

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Expeditions: Viking▲69

   Historical turn-based tactical RPG

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   BrowerQuest▲65

   A HTML5/JavaScript multiplayer game experiment

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Sinkers▲56

   A unique strategy and puzzle game

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Wings.io▲73

   Another fast paced multiplayer game

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9SA
   Strife, a 2D game library for Go▲85

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Mechs vs Minions▲62

    A fully cooperative tabletop game for 2-4 players

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Qubies▲67

    Match-3 meets falling blocks

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Telepath Tactics▲66

    A deep Strategy RPG with destructible environments

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Shape▲81

    A letter shaping game

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Windward▲78

    Tactical naval sandbox action

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Battlecade▲87

    A portable vintage gaming concept for two

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Stomps▲69

    An adventure game to get kids moving. (Indiegogo)

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17TC
    The Choice – An online programming puzzle RPG▲95

    2013 · thechoice.amos.me · its alternatives →

18. 18PS
    Play scrabble, chess, checkers, etc with your friends by copying a url▲69

    2012 · breakbase.com · its alternatives →

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    Pirates Bay▲56

    Sail the Seven Seas, battle epic monters, conquer!

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Contre Jour▲66

    A physics-based puzzle game

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Quest▲56

    An old-school, hand-drawn RPG

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Kittens Game▲61

    A Dark Souls of incremental gaming

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23BG
    Battleship game built with Elixir, Phoenix, React and Redux▲73

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Clicker Heroes▲64

    An RPG with a Cookie Clicker-style twist

    2015 · its alternatives →

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