Sid Meier's Pirates! (Steam Game) Steam logo

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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!

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Release DateJul 11, 2005
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.7% (very positive) Top 10% / 94.4%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91.3% Top 2% / 91.2%  Top 2%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)5K  Top 5% / 6.1K  Top 4%
Curators174 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time16.8 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar1.7 hour  Top 15%
Followers11.1K  Top 10%
Owners± 945.3K  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 232.4K  Top 5%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.1M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Sid Meier's Pirates! steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Sid Meier's Pirates!'s Steam rating and reviews between December 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 100% (April 2011) to 93.1% (May 2019).

The 6.1K reviews Top 4% suggest that Sid Meier's Pirates! is an AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Sid Meier's Pirates! and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Sid Meier's Pirates!'s Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (76%), followed by Russian (5%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 26 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has only one translation (English). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying Sid Meier's Pirates! percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Sid Meier's Pirates!, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is great, reaching 50 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3.6 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Easy to pick up
  • Different ships available
  • Bright and colorful graphics
  • Ship-to-ship combat
  • Fun game
  • High replay value
  • Decently sized open-world
  • Dynamic world
  • Good for all ages
  • Highly addictive pirate simulator
  • Graphics showing age
  • Casual game
  • Lacks realism
  • Repetitive capturing ships
  • Mini-games with little depth
  • Sword fighting minigame basic
  • Dancing minigame not much fun
  • Minor glitches
  • Same scenarios over and over again
  • The Spanish

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 94.7%  Top 10% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Sid Meier's Pirates!'s review data that Steam provides. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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