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Sid Meier's Pirates!

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2005-07-11

SteamGOG

RPG

Franchise: Sid Meier · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

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!

Sid Meier's Pirates! is an RPG game released in 2005, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 7,551 reviews).

73
playing now
94%
positive of 7.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (120 ratings)
47
Nexus mods (220k downloads)
14h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 18h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

73 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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
  • · 73 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 5% of 14,017 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 302k–604k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,551 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-85%
GOG$9.99

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 61 of 98 observed days · $8.50 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

173542026-09-15 13:00 — 54 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 99 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 69 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 111 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 173 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 72 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 76 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 119 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 107 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 112 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 125 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 96 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 73 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 124 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 117 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 81 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 118 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 103 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 63 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 113 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 152 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 67 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 67 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 73 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
25134Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 58 · peak 111Dec 2012 — avg 44 · peak 110May 2013 — avg 43 · peak 84Oct 2013 — avg 78 · peak 413Mar 2014 — avg 99 · peak 245Aug 2014 — avg 105 · peak 279Jan 2015 — avg 107 · peak 266Jun 2015 — avg 202 · peak 472Nov 2015 — avg 94 · peak 241Apr 2016 — avg 106 · peak 215Sep 2016 — avg 89 · peak 170Feb 2017 — avg 128 · peak 245Jul 2017 — avg 130 · peak 303Dec 2017 — avg 124 · peak 248May 2018 — avg 94 · peak 173Oct 2018 — avg 92 · peak 192Mar 2019 — avg 93 · peak 188Aug 2019 — avg 125 · peak 242Jan 2020 — avg 196 · peak 470Jun 2020 — avg 132 · peak 258Nov 2020 — avg 134 · peak 255Apr 2021 — avg 145 · peak 271Sep 2021 — avg 105 · peak 188Feb 2022 — avg 138 · peak 261Jul 2022 — avg 130 · peak 224Dec 2022 — avg 109 · peak 213May 2023 — avg 90 · peak 160Oct 2023 — avg 93 · peak 179Mar 2024 — avg 144 · peak 298Aug 2024 — avg 104 · peak 191Jan 2025 — avg 115 · peak 233Jun 2025 — avg 94 · peak 173Nov 2025 — avg 123 · peak 243Apr 2026 — avg 115 · peak 227Aug 2026 — avg 105 · peak 239
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — 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 $1.492026-09-07 — best price $1.992026-10-02 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

854822026-05-29 — 119 pageviews2026-06-02 — 100 pageviews2026-06-06 — 98 pageviews2026-06-10 — 108 pageviews2026-06-14 — 134 pageviews2026-06-18 — 115 pageviews2026-06-22 — 124 pageviews2026-06-26 — 113 pageviews2026-06-30 — 112 pageviews2026-07-04 — 160 pageviews2026-07-08 — 240 pageviews2026-07-12 — 182 pageviews2026-07-16 — 156 pageviews2026-07-20 — 187 pageviews2026-07-24 — 180 pageviews2026-07-28 — 163 pageviews2026-08-01 — 175 pageviews2026-08-05 — 137 pageviews2026-08-09 — 144 pageviews2026-08-13 — 126 pageviews2026-08-17 — 115 pageviews2026-08-21 — 305 pageviews2026-08-25 — 113 pageviews2026-08-29 — 121 pageviews2026-09-02 — 114 pageviews2026-09-06 — 137 pageviews2026-09-10 — 145 pageviews2026-09-14 — 124 pageviews2026-09-18 — 103 pageviews2026-09-22 — 120 pageviews2026-09-26 — 103 pageviews2026-09-30 — 82 pageviews2026-10-04 — 120 pageviews2026-10-08 — 83 pageviews2026-10-12 — 122 pageviews2026-10-14 — 84 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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