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Rise of Piracy

Rise of Piracy

The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.

Released Feb 24, 2026 Developer IrishJohnGames Publisher MicroProse Software Platforms Windows Early AccessSimulationPiratesExplorationNaval
View on Steam ↗ $15.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

78.9%positive546 reviews
Recommended · 18 found this helpful

“This game grows on you fast. It's quickly becoming one of my favorite games, and it's hard to believe it's only four months into Early Access. It feels like three games in one: a third-person naval combat game, a grand strategy game, and an RTS. The only thing it's missing is…”

— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played
Recommended · 22 found this helpful

“This is an impressive game, especially considering it's from a solo developer. The amount of game modes and systems blew me away. Tutorial starts you off in a top-down strategic view of the map, where you can navigate to different settlements, hideouts, engage with factions,…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 25 found this helpful

“It may be a good game in the future. So far it is early access and it shows. * Ship combat is the heart of the game for me, and it is just barebones. * Wind is just cosmetic, but it was very important in history, who had the wind used to control the battle. I hope it will be…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

239all-time peak
0 50 100 62 avg · Mar 2026

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.

23achievements
4.9%median completion
0.0%rarest: What in the heavens!
57.7% of players 47.8% of players 36.4% of players 36.2% of players 35.9% of players 33.2% of players 29.5% of players 27.3% of players 22.1% of players 10.1% of players 8.5% of players 4.9% of players 4.5% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.6% of players 2.0% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.0% of players 57.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
57.7%Treasure hunt — You have received a treasure map.
47.8%We've sunk her! — You've sank your first ship.
36.4%Riches beyond — Earn 100,000 currency
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%What in the heavens! — Hidden achievement
0.3%Prey on the weak — You have successfully threatened a captain
0.3%Wanted — Reach 1000 infamy

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$15.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$15.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US15.99 USD
EU13.29 EUR
UK12.39 GBP
Australia22.50 AUD
Canada18.49 CAD
Japan1,640 JPY
Brazil30.99 BRL
China54.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$6.0 China Japan Canada EU Australia US UK≈$16

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 12, 2026
Progress Update - Mayors / Captains.

Ahoy Mateys! As most of you have probably noticed the slowdown in updates over the past month! The reason being the Mayors/Captains update has finally started development! This is one of the biggest u

Aug 27, 2026
51.1 Hotfix - Crew issue

Quick hotfix for the most recent bug - took way too long to track down, sorry folks! Fixes * Fixed sporadic issue causing crew sizes to grow exponentially in some fleets. Thanks to everyone who report

Aug 26, 2026
Microprose Sale 2026

Ahoy Mateys! Rise of Piracy is currently taking part in the MicroProse Publisher Sale for 10% off until the 31st of August. We've also bundled with a bunch of other great MicroProse titles! Until next

Aug 19, 2026
#51 Regular Update - QOL, Stability and UI Improvements.

Ahoy Mateys! This regular update fills in a few more QOL and stability features, whilst also giving a few more options & cleaning some of those new features up a notch. This week we reached the amazin

Aug 12, 2026
#50 Regular Update - Major bugs squished & Cargo Summary.

Ahoy Mateys! This update was mostly about bug fixing. Some of the most annoying late-game bugs have now been squashed. There has been many reports about missions being out of bounds & ships traversing

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Simulation · Pirates · Exploration · Naval · Sandbox · Sailing · Naval Combat · Action RTS · War · RTS · Choose Your Own Adventure (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Color Alternatives · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound · Subtitle Options · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements23
Official sitehttps://www.riseofpiracy.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 11 64bit Processor: Intel i5-2300/AMD FX-4300 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or similar DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 28 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system