Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game combines the popular movies "The Curse of the Black Pearl", "Dead Man's Chest", "At World's End" and "On Stranger Tides" with the child-friendly Lego style. Players control characters like Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth, and Bootstrap, using their special abilities to solve puzzles. Puzzles often involve building items with Lego-bricks or unlocking doors.
The story allows players to choose a movie and chapter to play, each with four chapters. The game starts out with Jack Sparrow meeting Will Turner, leading to a duel and Jack's imprisonment. After his escape, they assemble a crew and follow the Black Pearl to rescue Elizabeth.
Gameplay involves exploring pirate cities, fighting battles, and racing against time to find important items like Davy Jones' hearth. Players can also control animals like dogs or birds in certain situations. The game features four movies with unique challenges and storylines.
The Free Play mode allows players to revisit completed chapters, play with any character, and earn new items. These items can be traded for special features or used to buy new characters in the HUB world, a pirate bay with shops and a resume option.