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Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale

Gaming Minds Studios · Kalypso Media · 2024-02-13

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 19, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jan 19, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jan 19, 2023 (Xbox One), Jan 19, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tortuga - A Pirate’s Tale tells the journey of a pirate captain with a lust for gold and glory who assumes command of a fleet of pirate ships to strike the Caribbean.

Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (57% of 169 reviews).

2
playing now
57%
positive of 169 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.34★
PlayStation Store rating (143 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (64 reviews).
  • · Top 34% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.4k–7.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 169 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$13.75-45%
Microsoft Store$16.49-45%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.74 at Fanatical (2026-08-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 139 of 196 observed days · $8.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520242026Week of 2024-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
572Feb 2024Jun 2026Feb 2024 — avg 57 · peak 151Mar 2024 — avg 17 · peak 50Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2024 — avg 12 · peak 38Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2024 — avg 9 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$12.132023-01-192026-10-142023-01-19 — best price $22.492024-01-10 — best price $24.992024-03-07 — best price $22.492024-04-22 — best price $20.892024-06-01 — best price $23.742024-07-01 — best price $19.992024-07-26 — best price $19.992024-08-29 — best price $19.992024-10-02 — best price $24.992024-11-01 — best price $24.992024-12-02 — best price $24.992024-12-23 — best price $17.492025-01-20 — best price $15.742025-02-21 — best price $16.992025-03-24 — best price $17.492025-04-18 — best price $14.992025-05-08 — best price $24.992025-06-02 — best price $15.992025-06-30 — best price $19.792025-07-29 — best price $15.992025-08-29 — best price $24.992025-09-24 — best price $15.992025-10-24 — best price $14.992025-11-24 — best price $14.992025-12-23 — best price $14.382026-01-24 — best price $15.992026-03-03 — best price $21.892026-04-02 — best price $21.492026-04-30 — best price $24.992026-06-04 — best price $14.992026-07-14 — best price $24.742026-08-12 — best price $24.992026-09-04 — best price $13.752026-09-19 — best price $13.752026-10-04 — best price $13.752026-10-14 — best price $13.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
88.5%
earned "Eeligally Ambitious"
9.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean

Player tags

NavalPiratesSailingSandboxHex GridStrategyTacticalSimulationExplorationNaval Combat

Census log

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

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