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Republic of Pirates
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“[h2]Republic of Anno 1800 Pirates[/h2] Like majority of the reviews have already stated - its basically Anno 1800 pirate version (if that existed, well now it does), but simpler resource management (i like it). My recommendation ends there but the thumb up is because rest of the…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“A good pirate strategy builder game in my humble opinion, looks like anno got into pirate themed with better graphics, mechanics are rather simple and easy to get and the pirate ship combat it's just enjoyable”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“The premise of the game is good. But playing the non-campaign and even adjusting the difficulty level, like others have said, there is no strategic value for the game. This game had a ton of potential to be really good, but clearly when you are a small development company, its…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:33 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
⚙️Workshop support added for custom maps
Hey everyone! We hope you’ve been enjoying experimenting with the Custom Map Editor that was released in our last update. Over the last few months we’ve been working on integrating this system with th
Our free play mode custom map editor is now live!
A’hoy there! It’s been a few months since our last update but today we’re pleased to finally release our free play mode custom map editor. With this new feature, you’ll have the option to create your
0.31.6.17
Ahoy there! This is just a small patch that focuses on behind-the-scenes improvements and groundwork for future features. While there aren't any visible changes this time, we’re setting the stage for
New free play maps added!
Greetings Captains, we bring good news! Today we’re releasing our next free update which adds two brand new maps to free play mode. Both maps were designed to have a different gameplay focus to mix up
Patch Notes 0.30.2.8
Added a language selection screen on first-time boot Removed the required restart when changing in-game language Increased the UI visibility on some windows for legibility on Steam Deck Fixed certain
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Pirates · Strategy · City Builder · RTS · Simulation · Resource Management · Naval Combat · Management · Colony Sim · Time Management · Naval · Choices Matter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://pqube.co.uk/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770, 2 GB Storage: 6 GB available space