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Swords and Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story is a high seas swashbuckling adventure! Explore the oceans, battle brigands, defend the helpless, find the lost treasure of a forgotten people, build and maintain your very own pirate island, and more! All of this in a fully realized role playing adventure from Epic Devs.

Release DateSep 30, 2015
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)72.1% (mostly positive) Bottom 35% / 65.4%  Bottom 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)65.7% / 61.3%  Bottom 35%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)61  / 78
Curators4 reviews  Bottom 20%
Median Play Time11.3 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar2.3 hours  Top 10%
Followers834 
Owners± 16.6K 
Copies Sold± 8.6K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 20.2K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story's Steam rating and reviews between September 2015 and July 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 88.2% (October 2015) and 63.7% (March 2019).

With 78 reviews, Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story could be a small indie success if it didn't take too long to produce. The February 2016 peak suggests that there was a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (65%), followed by Russian (8%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 10 different languages represented. The game is available in 6 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 23 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 8.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A low negative review time (median : 125 minutes) can mean that the game crashes on some systems or that the type of gameplay was not completely clear to the players (Is the game unmistakably explained on the Steam Store ?). It is also possible that players were otherwise displeased by Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • turn-based combat
  • enemy units
  • bosses
  • unit variety
  • pirate island building
  • exploration
  • art style
  • dialogues
  • building characters/cities
  • building placement and decoration
  • easy combat
  • repetitive gameplay
  • unbalanced encounters
  • pointless systems
  • too much repetition
  • poor UI
  • bad tutorial
  • monotonous gameplay
  • bland story/writing
  • cluttered graphics

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's score of 72.1%  Bottom 35% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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