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Sid Meier's Pirates!

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2005-07-11

SteamGOG

RPG

Franchise: Sid Meier · Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 11, 2012 (Windows Phone), Nov 22, 2004 (Mac), Nov 22, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 21, 2011 (iOS)

Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!

94
playing now
94%
positive of 7.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (120 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 18h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

94 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Sid Meier's Pirates! is a 2004 strategy, action and adventure video game developed by Firaxis Games. A remake of Sid Meier's earlier 1987 game of the same name, it was originally published by Atari Interactive, but in May 2005, 2K acquired the rights to the title from Atari's parent company Infogrames and later went on to publish console and handheld ports.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 94 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 333 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 301k–603k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,534 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at GOG (2026-06-04) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 31 of 58 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10710720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

168572026-08-06 22:00 — 116 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 66 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 110 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 115 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 78 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 132 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 150 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 89 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 132 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 132 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 81 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 108 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 113 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 57 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 102 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 87 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 72 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 113 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 121 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 69 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 96 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 120 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 84 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 107 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 139 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 82 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 68 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 119 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 94 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-03-13 — best price $14.952015-05-01 — best price $15.492015-06-19 — best price $9.522015-09-07 — best price $9.992016-01-13 — best price $9.992016-02-08 — best price $9.492016-04-12 — best price $9.992016-08-26 — best price $2.492017-01-03 — best price $9.992017-06-27 — best price $9.992017-10-23 — best price $2.492018-04-20 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-04-22 — best price $2.492019-11-26 — best price $2.492020-02-07 — best price $7.742020-05-21 — best price $2.492020-08-03 — best price $8.992020-09-23 — best price $8.992020-11-13 — best price $9.992021-02-24 — best price $8.912021-07-20 — best price $7.992021-12-03 — best price $8.912022-05-17 — best price $8.912022-08-24 — best price $8.912023-01-06 — best price $8.692023-04-18 — best price $8.692023-10-09 — best price $2.192024-02-14 — best price $2.492024-04-07 — best price $9.632024-07-30 — best price $9.992025-01-12 — best price $9.992025-06-20 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-06-04 — best price $1.492026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

305942026-05-29 — 119 pageviews2026-06-01 — 160 pageviews2026-06-04 — 99 pageviews2026-06-07 — 108 pageviews2026-06-10 — 108 pageviews2026-06-13 — 155 pageviews2026-06-16 — 119 pageviews2026-06-19 — 110 pageviews2026-06-22 — 124 pageviews2026-06-25 — 102 pageviews2026-06-28 — 106 pageviews2026-07-01 — 131 pageviews2026-07-04 — 160 pageviews2026-07-07 — 157 pageviews2026-07-10 — 211 pageviews2026-07-13 — 200 pageviews2026-07-16 — 156 pageviews2026-07-19 — 150 pageviews2026-07-22 — 180 pageviews2026-07-25 — 170 pageviews2026-07-28 — 163 pageviews2026-07-31 — 131 pageviews2026-08-03 — 186 pageviews2026-08-06 — 137 pageviews2026-08-09 — 144 pageviews2026-08-12 — 126 pageviews2026-08-15 — 130 pageviews2026-08-18 — 150 pageviews2026-08-21 — 305 pageviews2026-08-24 — 137 pageviews2026-08-25 — 113 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
WP (Xbox)5733%16

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

Player tags

RPGNavalActionRemakeClassicEconomyPiratesSailingSandboxStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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