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Pirates Vikings & Knights II

Octoshark Studios · 2010-02-12

Steam

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 05, 2010 (Linux), Jan 05, 2010 (Mac), Jan 05, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step into the ultimate three-way war for honor, glory, and gold! This beloved community-driven game brings together swashbuckling Pirates, battle-hardened Vikings, and chivalrous Knights in hilarious and intense class-based combat. Join the fun, embrace the chaos, and fight your way to victory!

Pirates Vikings & Knights II is a 2010 Action, Indie, and Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 6322 reviews).

6
playing now
88%
positive of 6.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Pirates, Vikings and Knights II is a free-to-play multiplayer team-based first-person action video game, developed as a total conversion modification on Valve proprietary Source engine. The game was released in beta development stages, with its first public release on 1 January 2007. The first full version of the game was released on 8 August 2025.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 274 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~34/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13313320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2502026-09-16 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 23 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 25 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 21 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2366Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 98 · peak 168Dec 2012 — avg 118 · peak 265May 2013 — avg 81 · peak 179Oct 2013 — avg 46 · peak 106Mar 2014 — avg 40 · peak 95Aug 2014 — avg 43 · peak 92Jan 2015 — avg 41 · peak 112Jun 2015 — avg 75 · peak 181Nov 2015 — avg 86 · peak 229Apr 2016 — avg 88 · peak 202Sep 2016 — avg 91 · peak 213Feb 2017 — avg 82 · peak 192Jul 2017 — avg 72 · peak 140Dec 2017 — avg 48 · peak 142May 2018 — avg 53 · peak 148Oct 2018 — avg 37 · peak 129Mar 2019 — avg 30 · peak 79Aug 2019 — avg 26 · peak 72Jan 2020 — avg 25 · peak 82Jun 2020 — avg 25 · peak 78Nov 2020 — avg 35 · peak 111Apr 2021 — avg 21 · peak 65Sep 2021 — avg 12 · peak 54Feb 2022 — avg 15 · peak 47Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 41Dec 2022 — avg 13 · peak 39May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 34Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 54Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 61Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 39Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 26Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 32Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 283
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

2762026-06-01 — 24 pageviews2026-06-05 — 23 pageviews2026-06-09 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 21 pageviews2026-06-17 — 25 pageviews2026-06-21 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 15 pageviews2026-06-29 — 26 pageviews2026-07-03 — 25 pageviews2026-07-07 — 22 pageviews2026-07-11 — 22 pageviews2026-07-15 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 22 pageviews2026-07-23 — 20 pageviews2026-07-27 — 21 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 13 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 17 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 pageviews2026-09-01 — 13 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 12 pageviews2026-09-17 — 15 pageviews2026-09-21 — 16 pageviews2026-09-25 — 10 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 14 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
38.3%
earned "Have A Nice Trip"
11.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerModsSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudValve Anti-Cheat enabledStats

28 supported languages: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Swedish, Italian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,0430%294

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSModPvPFunnyIndieActionPiratesVikingsMedievalSwordplay

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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