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The Pirate: Plague of the Dead

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ActionAdventureIndieSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 13, 2017 (Mac), Oct 13, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 31, 2017 (Android), Oct 13, 2017 (Linux)

Command the most fearsome pirates in an exciting Caribbean adventure! Plague of the Dead is a new installment of The Pirate series, featuring an open world without loading screens, dynamic day and night cycle and weather system, it offers each gamer an unforgettable experience.

The Pirate: Plague of the Dead is a free-to-play Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation title released in 2017, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive sentiment (78% of 643 reviews).

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playing now
78%
positive of 643 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220172026Week of 2017-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1104Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 110 · peak 377Jan 2018 — avg 43 · peak 106Apr 2018 — avg 29 · peak 69Jul 2018 — avg 17 · peak 40Oct 2018 — avg 16 · peak 43Jan 2019 — avg 15 · peak 37Apr 2019 — avg 14 · peak 35Jul 2019 — avg 11 · peak 30Oct 2019 — avg 16 · peak 47Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 32Apr 2020 — avg 19 · peak 44Jul 2020 — avg 12 · peak 28Oct 2020 — avg 11 · peak 27Jan 2021 — avg 13 · peak 31Apr 2021 — avg 12 · peak 28Jul 2021 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2021 — avg 10 · peak 24Jan 2022 — avg 9 · peak 29Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 26Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 22Oct 2022 — avg 8 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Jan 2024 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian

Player tags

IndieNavalActionPiratesStrategyAdventureOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

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