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Ten treasure and pirate games, actually played through

Squibjoy reviews free Android games about digging, matching and sailing for treasure — what the first half hour feels like, where the pace drags, and whether it earns a spot on your home screen.

Two hubs

Pick a way to hunt for treasure

5 games

Treasure Hunt Adventures

Five games built around finding things — hidden objects, match-3 boards and slow, hand-drawn point-and-click scenes. Start here if you'd rather search a picture than race a clock.

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5 games

Pirate Treasure Games

Five pirate-themed picks that swap the pace between an idle dig, a fishing detour, a tycoon build and a dice-rolling board game against real opponents.

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All ten reviews

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All ten reviews, sorted by the developer's last update rather than by score — a quick way to see what's actively being worked on right now.

  • The Lost Pirate: Treasure Hunt icon

    The Lost Pirate: Treasure Hunt

    An idle tycoon sim: recruit crew, manage trade routes and grow a ramshackle port into a proper pirate bay, checking back every so often to keep it moving.

    7.6/10Read the review

  • Jewel Pop: Treasure Island icon

    Jewel Pop: Treasure Island

    Joy the sea otter guides a search for jewels across a sun-bleached island, and matching same-coloured blocks slowly floods the board so buried gems can rise.

    7.9/10Read the review

  • Pirate Treasures: Jewel & Gems icon

    Pirate Treasures: Jewel & Gems

    Thousands of match-3 levels dressed up with a pirate crew and a map-collecting thread, built for players who want friends to compare progress with.

    7.3/10Read the review

  • The Lost Treasure 2 icon

    The Lost Treasure 2

    Picks up where the first game left off, chasing pirate treasure through a newly discovered archipelago near the Galápagos, a desert crossing and an underground labyrinth.

    8.3/10Read the review

  • The Lost Treasure icon

    The Lost Treasure

    A classic point-and-click hunt across a pirate's cove, a ruined temple and old tree dwellings, built around careful observation rather than timers or taps-per-minute.

    9.0/10Read the review

  • Pirates Treasure icon

    Pirates Treasure

    A short, idle-leaning dig: drop a hook, watch the depth counter climb, and open whatever chest surfaces at the bottom — no tutorial required.

    6.9/10Read the review

  • Pirate Go: Bravo icon

    Pirate Go: Bravo

    A Monopoly-style board game with a pirate coat of paint: roll dice to move, buy and upgrade islands, and go head-to-head with real opponents in real time.

    7.5/10Read the review

  • The Hidden Treasures: Objects icon

    The Hidden Treasures: Objects

    Captain Aimee and her crew search the Caribbean for a family secret, and every stage lets you choose between spotting objects or clearing a gem board instead.

    8.7/10Read the review

  • Jewels Jungle Treasure icon

    Jewels Jungle Treasure

    Chain-clear jewels against a jungle canopy across more than 1,900 short levels — simple mechanics, simple ambitions, and no story to speak of.

    6.6/10Read the review

  • Jewel Pirate - Treasure Legend icon

    Jewel Pirate - Treasure Legend

    A gentle elimination game that occasionally swaps its gem board for underwater fishing, aimed squarely at low-pressure, drop-in sessions.

    7.0/10Read the review

At a glance

A quick comparison across both hubs

A quick comparison across both hubs
GameGenre styleModeSession lengthEntry thresholdScore
The Lost TreasurePoint-and-click adventure puzzleSolo, self-paced20–40 minute chaptersTakes some patience9.0 / 10
The Hidden Treasures: ObjectsHidden object + match-3 hybridSolo, story-driven10–20 minute scenesEasy to pick up8.7 / 10
Jewel Pop: Treasure IslandMatch-3 + water-fill puzzleSolo, level-based5–10 minute levelsBeginner-friendly7.9 / 10
The Lost Pirate: Treasure HuntIdle tycoon builderSolo, idle check-insCheck in every 20–30 minutesA short learning curve7.6 / 10
Pirate Go: BravoDice board gameOnline multiplayer15–25 minute matchesA few matches to learn the board7.5 / 10
Pirate Treasures: Jewel & GemsMatch-3 puzzleSolo, friends' leaderboard5–8 minute levelsBeginner-friendly7.3 / 10

These six span both hubs on purpose — see the genre pages below for the full five-game breakdown of each one.

Method

How we score these games

The number next to every review is a personal call out of 10, not a copy of the Google Play average and not a formula. It weighs what the first half hour feels like, whether the pace holds up past the opening levels, and how recently the developer has actually updated the build — a game that hasn't changed since 2023 is judged with that in mind.

Every review on this site is played and written by one person, Callum, from Melbourne. No developer named on Squibjoy has paid for coverage or placement, and the scores don't always match the Play Store average — Jewels Jungle Treasure sits at 4.6 on Google Play but 6.6 out of 10 here, because a lack of story and a three-year-old build matter more to a full playthrough than they do to a star rating.