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Republic of Pirates

Crazy Goat Games · PQube · 2024-06-19

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 19, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.

72%
positive of 537 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2.60★
PlayStation Store rating (103 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 56 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 8,785 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 537 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.86 at GameBillet (2026-08-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 66 of 102 observed days · $16.13 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11311320242026Week of 2024-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$100.00$8.862024-02-192026-09-102024-02-19 — best price $100.002024-06-24 — best price $16.992024-07-04 — best price $24.992024-08-26 — best price $19.932024-09-26 — best price $24.992024-10-17 — best price $18.992024-11-16 — best price $24.992024-12-02 — best price $24.992024-12-12 — best price $18.742025-01-02 — best price $18.992025-01-11 — best price $24.992025-02-03 — best price $18.992025-03-06 — best price $24.992025-03-21 — best price $24.992025-03-31 — best price $24.992025-04-18 — best price $14.392025-05-02 — best price $13.002025-05-15 — best price $16.742025-06-20 — best price $16.242025-07-02 — best price $14.992025-07-24 — best price $24.992025-08-15 — best price $24.992025-09-18 — best price $24.992025-10-19 — best price $24.992025-11-06 — best price $24.992025-11-23 — best price $11.422025-12-01 — best price $18.992025-12-19 — best price $14.992026-01-08 — best price $18.992026-02-17 — best price $9.652026-03-04 — best price $18.992026-03-27 — best price $24.992026-04-24 — best price $20.812026-05-14 — best price $8.862026-05-28 — best price $24.992026-06-26 — best price $9.862026-07-16 — best price $12.492026-08-10 — best price $18.992026-09-04 — best price $18.992026-09-10 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
86.8%
earned "Plunderer I"
16%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-06-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5002%50
PS5 (PlayStation)565%51
Xbox Series (Xbox)254%50

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

Player tags

RTSNavalPiratesBuildingStrategyDiplomacyColony SimHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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