Home / Games / Pirate Ships
Pirate Ships
Pirate Ships is a PvP game about shipbuilding and naval battles. Embark on an epic journey together with other players and fight monsters, pirates and thieves to become the greatest pirate in all of the Caribbean!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Not pay-to-win in my experience. Skill and setup matter a lot”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“I can't just pass up anything about pirates. This is a free game, so I had to give it a spin. Well, now I can't stop. There is something oddly satisfying about battles in this game. Customization of your ship and crey gets you a lot of variety to poke around with.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Pirate Ships looked okay at first. Average artwork. However, the pay-to-win nature of the game discourages me from playing. The enemies of the story mode are very tough for a beginner. You can only search and fight players for most of the game play during the early period. The…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
⚓ Update: Clan Upgrades, Shield Rework, and Combat Balance
A big one this time. Let's break it all down. 🏴☠️ Clan Upgrades A new Research system has been added! Contribute resources to develop your clan and unlock powerful passive bonuses for all clan member
⚓ Technical Update 1.43.2
No new features this time around. This update is focused on fixes, balance adjustments, and general polish. ⚔️ Battle Changes Balance & Mechanics Increased melee attack range, making it easier for sai
Update Is Live — Clans Have Arrived!
Pirates, the new update is out now. The headline feature is Clans. Here's a full breakdown. 🏴☠️ Clans Clans are the first step toward playing together as a crew. The system is just getting started —
🏴☠️ UPDATE NOW ROLLING OUT
Pirates, many of you may have already noticed the latest Pirate Ships update. We are releasing it gradually across platforms, and it should become available to all players by the end of the week. This
New Captain, Gear, and Improvements
The seas grow colder, Pirates — and far more dangerous. New Captain: Lenore de Glaceval A new force joins the battle. Lenore wields the power of frost to damage and slow enemies, and can summon a ghos
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Auto Battler · Roguelike · Pirates · Turn-Based Combat · Sailing · Naval · Indie · Naval Combat · PvP · Roguelite · Tactical · RPG (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Dutch, Indonesian, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Vietnamese |
| Achievements | 31 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 updated to the latest version Processor: Pentium or AMD 1.5mhz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Video Card DX9 256mb DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space