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Choice of the Pirate

Choice of Games · 2016-05-20

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: May 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 20, 2016 (Linux), May 20, 2016 (Mac)

Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!

93%
positive of 108 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 55% of 16,146 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 108 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2016-05-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120162026Week of 2016-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$2.992016-05-202026-07-092016-05-20 — best price $2.992016-07-04 — best price $3.992016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $3.952017-11-01 — best price $5.992017-12-21 — best price $3.892018-02-19 — best price $5.992018-10-30 — best price $3.892018-11-27 — best price $5.992019-02-04 — best price $3.892019-06-13 — best price $5.992019-07-11 — best price $3.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $3.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $3.992022-06-23 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-08-21 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
86.4%
earned "Ship Owner"
43.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieLGBTQ+PiratesAdventureText-BasedChoices MatterFemale ProtagonistInteractive FictionChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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