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Pirate Pop™ cover art

Pirate Pop™

Dadako · 2016-11-04

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2016 (Wii U), Nov 04, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 20, 2016 (Nintendo 3DS), Oct 20, 2016 (New Nintendo 3DS), Nov 04, 2016 (Mac), May 31, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

You awaken on a strange island sometime in the afternoon. Half your face is sunburnt and seagulls stole your lunch. Enough about you. This is about Pete Jr! The tiny pirate! He looks up to see bubbles, tons of them! What's causing these bubbles to appear? Who is behind this awful mischief?

Pirate Pop™ is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment based on 63% of 161 reviews.

0
playing now
63%
positive of 161 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6 reviews).
  • · Top 62% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.0k–9.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 161 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-11-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.992016-11-042026-07-162016-11-04 — best price $4.992017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-05-11 — best price $2.492017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-16 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-02 — best price $3.342018-11-28 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $2.492019-04-02 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-10-28 — best price $2.492019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-04-09 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $2.492020-09-03 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $2.492021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $2.492022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-05-20 — best price $2.692026-07-16 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
10.8%
earned "Inflatable Hook"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Player tags

IndieRetroActionArcadeCasualPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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