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Buccaneers!

Skyward Digital · 2022-03-07

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Mar 07, 2022 (SteamVR), Mar 07, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become a fearless captain in Buccaneers!, a classic pirate RPG. Join a band of pirates or a naval power and fight for supremacy in the Caribbean. Build and customise your fleet to take on any foe and rewrite history!

Buccaneers! is a 2022 Action, Indie, and RPG game priced at $17.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 411 reviews).

81%
positive of 410 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (28 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 92% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (106 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.2k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 410 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.39 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 4 of 57 observed days · $12.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
858520222026Week of 2022-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$5.392022-03-072026-10-142022-03-07 — best price $14.392022-05-24 — best price $17.992022-07-15 — best price $17.992022-09-26 — best price $11.872022-11-07 — best price $17.992022-12-12 — best price $11.152023-01-05 — best price $17.992023-03-16 — best price $9.892023-04-03 — best price $17.992023-06-30 — best price $9.352023-11-21 — best price $8.992024-01-04 — best price $17.992024-02-29 — best price $6.292024-03-21 — best price $17.992024-11-27 — best price $8.092025-01-02 — best price $17.992025-06-26 — best price $7.192025-10-06 — best price $17.992026-03-19 — best price $5.392026-05-25 — best price $17.992026-08-27 — best price $17.992026-08-30 — best price $17.992026-09-02 — best price $17.992026-09-05 — best price $17.992026-09-08 — best price $17.992026-09-11 — best price $17.992026-09-14 — best price $17.992026-09-17 — best price $17.992026-09-20 — best price $17.992026-09-23 — best price $17.992026-09-26 — best price $17.992026-09-29 — best price $17.992026-10-02 — best price $17.992026-10-05 — best price $17.992026-10-08 — best price $17.992026-10-11 — best price $17.992026-10-14 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
72.8%
earned "What's Yours is Mine"
19.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-02-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2811%17

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DVRFPSRPG6DOFNavalActionPiratesSailingSandbox

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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