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Port Royale 3

Gaming Minds Studios · Kalypso Media Digital · 2012-05-04

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 02, 2012 (Xbox 360), Oct 02, 2012 (PlayStation 3), May 04, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.

Port Royale 3 is a 2012 Action, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 1592 reviews).

35
playing now
74%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

35 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants is the third installment to the business simulation game Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates and Port Royale 2. It is set in the Caribbean during the 16th and 17th centuries. Created by Kalypso Media which founded Gaming Minds Studios in 2009 after Ascaron Entertainment went bankrupt, it combines a business simulator with real-time battles and towns that can be owned, built, developed or razed. This is the 1st installment of the Port Royale Series done by Gaming Minds Studios.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 35 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 44 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 64k–127k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,592 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-11-06) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 68 of 105 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

77112026-09-14 22:00 — 41 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 27 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 50 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 29 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 23 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 43 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 42 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 35 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 52 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 32 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 60 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 22 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 35 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 70 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 25 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 25 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 55 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 29 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 27 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 46 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 39 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15832Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 107 · peak 214Dec 2012 — avg 158 · peak 582May 2013 — avg 38 · peak 76Oct 2013 — avg 63 · peak 146Mar 2014 — avg 108 · peak 533Aug 2014 — avg 91 · peak 494Jan 2015 — avg 62 · peak 158Jun 2015 — avg 50 · peak 135Nov 2015 — avg 42 · peak 111Apr 2016 — avg 49 · peak 117Sep 2016 — avg 49 · peak 100Feb 2017 — avg 57 · peak 126Jul 2017 — avg 67 · peak 193Dec 2017 — avg 55 · peak 124May 2018 — avg 51 · peak 107Oct 2018 — avg 54 · peak 132Mar 2019 — avg 84 · peak 222Aug 2019 — avg 58 · peak 124Jan 2020 — avg 69 · peak 146Jun 2020 — avg 90 · peak 214Nov 2020 — avg 81 · peak 204Apr 2021 — avg 66 · peak 153Sep 2021 — avg 56 · peak 147Feb 2022 — avg 51 · peak 117Jul 2022 — avg 52 · peak 109Dec 2022 — avg 47 · peak 94May 2023 — avg 42 · peak 97Oct 2023 — avg 45 · peak 93Mar 2024 — avg 46 · peak 104Aug 2024 — avg 42 · peak 94Jan 2025 — avg 44 · peak 94Jun 2025 — avg 45 · peak 98Nov 2025 — avg 44 · peak 89Apr 2026 — avg 40 · peak 101Aug 2026 — avg 44 · peak 104
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$25.76$1.002015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $6.242015-06-03 — best price $15.492015-12-11 — best price $3.282016-04-28 — best price $4.992016-10-12 — best price $4.992017-05-09 — best price $14.992017-11-29 — best price $19.992018-04-27 — best price $4.992018-10-18 — best price $2.572019-03-13 — best price $14.992019-08-23 — best price $14.992019-12-12 — best price $2.812020-03-14 — best price $14.992020-07-21 — best price $14.992020-10-02 — best price $11.892021-01-07 — best price $14.992021-03-30 — best price $13.392021-06-06 — best price $13.392021-09-17 — best price $5.502021-12-13 — best price $5.292022-03-15 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $12.592022-09-23 — best price $14.052022-12-07 — best price $13.392023-02-26 — best price $13.392023-05-26 — best price $12.592023-07-25 — best price $5.992023-10-15 — best price $13.082024-01-05 — best price $12.422024-05-06 — best price $14.992024-08-20 — best price $5.342024-12-30 — best price $14.992025-05-12 — best price $14.992025-09-08 — best price $4.492026-01-07 — best price $14.992026-04-17 — best price $12.892026-08-25 — best price $4.38
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4152026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 18 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 17 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 15 pageviews2026-06-23 — 15 pageviews2026-06-27 — 24 pageviews2026-07-01 — 19 pageviews2026-07-05 — 29 pageviews2026-07-09 — 22 pageviews2026-07-13 — 25 pageviews2026-07-17 — 26 pageviews2026-07-21 — 27 pageviews2026-07-25 — 18 pageviews2026-07-29 — 24 pageviews2026-08-02 — 24 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-10 — 17 pageviews2026-08-14 — 23 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-22 — 22 pageviews2026-08-26 — 23 pageviews2026-08-30 — 28 pageviews2026-09-03 — 21 pageviews2026-09-07 — 20 pageviews2026-09-11 — 20 pageviews2026-09-15 — 11 pageviews2026-09-19 — 30 pageviews2026-09-23 — 23 pageviews2026-09-27 — 18 pageviews2026-10-01 — 16 pageviews2026-10-05 — 16 pageviews2026-10-09 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
78.4%
earned "1st ARRR!chievement"
2.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2012-10-16, latest 2012-12-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,5191%64
PS3 (PlayStation)4,7606%62
Xbox 360 (Xbox)4,3002%61

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

Player tags

NavalActionEconomyPiratesSailingTradingStrategyAdventureHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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