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Pixel Piracy

Vitali Kirpu · 2014-07-31

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AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 16, 2016 (Xbox One), Feb 16, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Apr 23, 2015 (Mac), Apr 23, 2015 (Linux), Jul 30, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Embark on an epic 2D pirate simulator RPG adventure, where you navigate both land and sea. Upgrade your ship, recruit and level up your crew, and uncover hidden treasures as you become a legendary pirate.

10
playing now
65%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Pixel Piracy is a 2014 side-scrolling action-adventure game with roguelike elements, developed by indie game studio Quadro Delta and published by Re-Logic. In the game, players construct a pirate ship, hire and train a crew, and guide their crew toward notoriety by defeating the four pirate captains in a procedurally-generated world full of islands. The player can select destinations on the map, participate in ship battles, defeat foes, collect valuables, and improve their crew with various abilities.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (167 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 184k–441k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,356 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2014-12-18) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 6 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13113120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$999.00$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-02-06 — best price $1.002015-04-23 — best price $2.492015-05-20 — best price $2.992015-06-11 — best price $3.492015-06-21 — best price $9.992015-08-28 — best price $5.492015-09-14 — best price $9.992015-11-05 — best price $9.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-02-01 — best price $9.992016-05-30 — best price $2.492016-06-30 — best price $9.992017-03-05 — best price $9.992017-09-07 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $3.992018-06-22 — best price $4.992018-09-17 — best price $9.992020-03-23 — best price $9.992020-05-04 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992023-02-05 — best price $999.002023-06-19 — best price $14.992023-08-28 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-20 — best price $14.992024-08-05 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
68.1%
earned "Grog 'n' women!"
12.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,2341%31
Xbox One (Xbox)1,34029%12
PS4 (PlayStation)1,07912%12

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

Player tags

RPGLootPiratesSailingSandboxAction RPGOpen WorldRogue-likeRogue-liteSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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