- PC
Release
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Player score
Awaiting reviews
Platform families
1
Connected releases
Core game only
Editorial overview
Inside Pirate Royalty
What it is
Pirate Royalty is an open-world MMORPG set in the fractured world of Ascaron. Players begin their journey in Argent City, a coastal stronghold built atop the remnants of a sunken empire. As cadets, players choose from various classes, each with unique abilities and progression paths.
The game features a rich lore centered around the Sea Mother, whose disappearance during the Maelstrom War left the world in chaos. Players will explore haunted forests, elemental ruins, and dungeons swallowed by storms, seeking to uncover the truth behind the Sea Mother's silence.
Engage in epic PvP battles, team up for cooperative quests, and forge powerful weapons by socketing ancient gems. With a vibrant art style and dynamic environments, Pirate Royalty offers a unique blend of exploration, combat, and storytelling.
The premise
Long ago, the world was shaped by the Sea Mother—a living ocean goddess who carved islands with her tides and gifted coral magic to humanity. Under her guidance, the first explorers rose from shipwrecked wanderers to masters of the sea. But peace shattered with the arrival of the Maelstrom—a cataclysmic storm that fractured coastlines, drowned cities, and silenced the Sea Mother forever.
Now, centuries later, the world of Ascaron remains divided and storm-scarred. Factions wage subtle wars: the relic-hunting Deepwake Covenant, the ruthless Ashcoast Raiders, the healing Verdant Accord, and the watchful Argent Council. Magic is unstable, monsters crawl from the depths, and coral relics whisper forgotten truths.
You arrive in Argent City—a last stronghold built atop the ruins of a sunken empire. As a nameless cadet, your future is unwritten. Will you become a Swordsman drenched in blood and grit, an Explorer channeling sea-born magic, or a Hunter whose arrows speak before words?
From haunted forests to drowned temples, your choices ripple through the tides of fate. Chart a course through myth, war, and ambition in a world still mourning its goddess. In Pirate Royalty, the sea remembers everything—and it's calling you back.
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