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Port Royale 3 cover art

Port Royale 3

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

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

23
playing now
74%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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)
$14.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 64k–127k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,590 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.38-71%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 80 of 121 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

76172026-08-06 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 67 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 54 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 37 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 38 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 69 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 47 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 47 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 62 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 48 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 53 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 76 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 60 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 40 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 56 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

4172026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-08 — 13 pageviews2026-06-11 — 17 pageviews2026-06-14 — 18 pageviews2026-06-17 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-23 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 18 pageviews2026-06-29 — 25 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-05 — 29 pageviews2026-07-08 — 24 pageviews2026-07-11 — 28 pageviews2026-07-14 — 27 pageviews2026-07-17 — 26 pageviews2026-07-20 — 28 pageviews2026-07-23 — 41 pageviews2026-07-26 — 18 pageviews2026-07-29 — 24 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-04 — 23 pageviews2026-08-07 — 19 pageviews2026-08-10 — 17 pageviews2026-08-13 — 24 pageviews2026-08-16 — 26 pageviews2026-08-19 — 17 pageviews2026-08-22 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-27 — 33 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

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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