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Pixel Piracy

Vitali Kirpu · 2014-07-31

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AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Pixel Piracy is a 2014 Adventure, Indie, RPG and Simulation game priced at $14.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 7356 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

3
playing now
65%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
3.05★
PlayStation Store rating (1,243 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Pixel Piracy trailer thumbnail

PIXEL PIRACY | Official Console Launch Trailer (2016) HD

≈387,566 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 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 4% of 28,752 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 184k–441k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,358 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 49 of 51 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

702026-09-15 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4303Dec 2013Aug 2026Dec 2013 — avg 46 · peak 84Apr 2014 — avg 268 · peak 823Aug 2014 — avg 430 · peak 2,146Dec 2014 — avg 265 · peak 1,065Apr 2015 — avg 312 · peak 1,313Aug 2015 — avg 88 · peak 159Dec 2015 — avg 123 · peak 865Apr 2016 — avg 64 · peak 131Aug 2016 — avg 46 · peak 83Dec 2016 — avg 42 · peak 86Apr 2017 — avg 32 · peak 67Aug 2017 — avg 28 · peak 52Dec 2017 — avg 26 · peak 52Apr 2018 — avg 19 · peak 48Aug 2018 — avg 15 · peak 34Dec 2018 — avg 14 · peak 33Apr 2019 — avg 11 · peak 30Aug 2019 — avg 12 · peak 24Dec 2019 — avg 11 · peak 24Apr 2020 — avg 12 · peak 25Aug 2020 — avg 10 · peak 28Dec 2020 — avg 9 · peak 19Apr 2021 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2022 — avg 8 · peak 18Aug 2022 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 17Apr 2023 — avg 31 · peak 79Aug 2023 — avg 10 · peak 23Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Apr 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 13Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$999.00$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-02-10 — best price $9.992015-05-08 — best price $2.992015-06-10 — best price $9.992015-06-21 — best price $9.992015-09-05 — best price $0.992015-11-02 — best price $9.992015-11-25 — best price $1.992016-02-01 — best price $9.992016-05-31 — best price $9.992016-08-30 — best price $9.992017-08-21 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $3.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-04-21 — best price $8.892020-07-09 — best price $9.992023-04-03 — best price $11.242023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $7.492024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-04-01 — best price $3.742024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-08-31 — best price $9.992026-09-05 — best price $9.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-05 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

83242026-06-02 — 47 pageviews2026-06-06 — 25 pageviews2026-06-10 — 40 pageviews2026-06-14 — 34 pageviews2026-06-18 — 39 pageviews2026-06-22 — 39 pageviews2026-06-26 — 35 pageviews2026-06-30 — 39 pageviews2026-07-04 — 34 pageviews2026-07-08 — 36 pageviews2026-07-12 — 33 pageviews2026-07-16 — 35 pageviews2026-07-20 — 44 pageviews2026-07-24 — 47 pageviews2026-07-28 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 41 pageviews2026-08-05 — 45 pageviews2026-08-09 — 48 pageviews2026-08-13 — 33 pageviews2026-08-17 — 37 pageviews2026-08-21 — 58 pageviews2026-08-25 — 55 pageviews2026-08-29 — 48 pageviews2026-09-02 — 64 pageviews2026-09-06 — 70 pageviews2026-09-10 — 36 pageviews2026-09-14 — 57 pageviews2026-09-18 — 49 pageviews2026-09-22 — 51 pageviews2026-09-26 — 47 pageviews2026-09-30 — 36 pageviews2026-10-04 — 44 pageviews2026-10-08 — 44 pageviews2026-10-11 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2015-06-10, latest 2023-02-13 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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