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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“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“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“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 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.
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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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
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
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
#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
#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.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Simulation · Pirates · Exploration · Naval · Sandbox · Sailing · Naval Combat · Action RTS · War · RTS · Choose Your Own Adventure (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Color Alternatives · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound · Subtitle Options · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Official site | https://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