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Puzzle Pirates

Grey Havens · 2011-08-31

Steam

AdventureCasualMassively MultiplayerStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Dec 08, 2003 (Mac), Dec 08, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 08, 2003 (Linux)

Every activity in Puzzle Pirates is a uniquely fun puzzle: be it sailing, gunning, or hauling treasure, your own puzzling skill determines your success!

Puzzle Pirates is an Adventure, Casual, Massively Multiplayer, and Strategy game released in 2011, free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 2278 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-30

171
playing now
80%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

Puzzle Pirates is a massively multiplayer online game developed by Three Rings Design.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 171 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 87 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-07-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2931182026-09-14 22:00 — 205 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 119 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 164 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 241 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 167 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 172 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 239 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 161 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 148 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 293 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 244 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 132 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 242 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 197 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 160 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 256 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 208 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 135 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 201 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 226 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 146 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 180 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 262 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 171 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
22023Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 60 · peak 106Dec 2012 — avg 50 · peak 89May 2013 — avg 48 · peak 97Oct 2013 — avg 35 · peak 80Mar 2014 — avg 41 · peak 88Aug 2014 — avg 51 · peak 95Jan 2015 — avg 43 · peak 84Jun 2015 — avg 37 · peak 73Nov 2015 — avg 31 · peak 66Apr 2016 — avg 43 · peak 110Sep 2016 — avg 36 · peak 84Feb 2017 — avg 49 · peak 94Jul 2017 — avg 35 · peak 76Dec 2017 — avg 24 · peak 50May 2018 — avg 34 · peak 67Oct 2018 — avg 26 · peak 60Mar 2019 — avg 41 · peak 97Aug 2019 — avg 48 · peak 97Jan 2020 — avg 66 · peak 130Jun 2020 — avg 95 · peak 209Nov 2020 — avg 71 · peak 152Apr 2021 — avg 81 · peak 159Sep 2021 — avg 93 · peak 192Feb 2022 — avg 84 · peak 177Jul 2022 — avg 85 · peak 163Dec 2022 — avg 63 · peak 131May 2023 — avg 91 · peak 155Oct 2023 — avg 87 · peak 156Mar 2024 — avg 83 · peak 147Aug 2024 — avg 78 · peak 134Jan 2025 — avg 111 · peak 197Jun 2025 — avg 104 · peak 197Nov 2025 — avg 134 · peak 225Apr 2026 — avg 220 · peak 320Aug 2026 — avg 182 · peak 353
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

4082026-06-02 — 18 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-18 — 15 pageviews2026-06-22 — 17 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 30 pageviews2026-07-12 — 15 pageviews2026-07-16 — 17 pageviews2026-07-20 — 18 pageviews2026-07-24 — 32 pageviews2026-07-28 — 15 pageviews2026-08-01 — 18 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 27 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 22 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews2026-09-02 — 17 pageviews2026-09-06 — 26 pageviews2026-09-10 — 38 pageviews2026-09-14 — 19 pageviews2026-09-18 — 18 pageviews2026-09-22 — 31 pageviews2026-09-26 — 21 pageviews2026-09-30 — 24 pageviews2026-10-04 — 29 pageviews2026-10-08 — 20 pageviews2026-10-11 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
24.2%
earned "Full Steam Ahead"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App Purchases

3 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4500%220

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

2DRPGCo-opCasualMMORPGPuzzlePiratesStrategyAdventureMultiplayer

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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