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Steam app 3920 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:17 UTC

Sid Meier's Pirates!

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!

Sid Meier's Pirates! Steam header artwork
Firaxis Games2K
138playing now
14124-hour peak
1,333all-time peak
96average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−8.1Gain−7.7%% gain188Peak

719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

05110215220313 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 2026132 peakFriday 14 August 2026126 peakSaturday 15 August 2026144 peakSunday 16 August 2026188 peakMonday 17 August 2026140 peakTuesday 18 August 2026141 peakWednesday 19 August 2026143 peakThursday 20 August 2026138 peakFriday 21 August 2026149 peakSaturday 22 August 2026168 peakSunday 23 August 2026165 peakMonday 24 August 2026144 peakTuesday 25 August 2026124 peakWednesday 26 August 2026124 peakThursday 27 August 2026127 peakFriday 28 August 2026123 peakSaturday 29 August 2026153 peakSunday 30 August 2026145 peakMonday 31 August 2026128 peakTuesday 01 September 2026117 peakWednesday 02 September 2026119 peakThursday 03 September 2026113 peakFriday 04 September 2026111 peakSaturday 05 September 2026148 peakSunday 06 September 2026153 peakMonday 07 September 2026154 peakTuesday 08 September 2026118 peakWednesday 09 September 2026128 peakThursday 10 September 2026113 peakFriday 11 September 2026133 peakSaturday 12 September 2026141 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

171 months, July 2012 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

03607201k1k2012201420172019202120242026July 2012111 monthly peakAugust 201289 monthly peakSeptember 201271 monthly peakOctober 201273 monthly peakNovember 201285 monthly peakDecember 2012110 monthly peakJanuary 2013122 monthly peakFebruary 2013101 monthly peakMarch 201388 monthly peakApril 201393 monthly peakMay 201384 monthly peakJune 201391 monthly peakJuly 2013197 monthly peakAugust 2013113 monthly peakSeptember 2013733 monthly peakOctober 2013413 monthly peakNovember 2013447 monthly peakDecember 2013176 monthly peakJanuary 2014149 monthly peakFebruary 2014662 monthly peakMarch 2014245 monthly peakApril 2014144 monthly peakMay 2014127 monthly peakJune 2014295 monthly peakJuly 2014174 monthly peakAugust 2014279 monthly peakSeptember 2014420 monthly peakOctober 2014151 monthly peakNovember 2014234 monthly peakDecember 2014266 monthly peakJanuary 2015266 monthly peakFebruary 2015283 monthly peakMarch 20151,333 monthly peakApril 2015478 monthly peakMay 2015485 monthly peakJune 2015472 monthly peakJuly 2015251 monthly peakAugust 2015920 monthly peakSeptember 2015412 monthly peakOctober 2015174 monthly peakNovember 2015241 monthly peakDecember 2015518 monthly peakJanuary 20161,107 monthly peakFebruary 2016781 monthly peakMarch 2016234 monthly peakApril 2016215 monthly peakMay 2016190 monthly peakJune 2016236 monthly peakJuly 2016248 monthly peakAugust 2016174 monthly peakSeptember 2016170 monthly peakOctober 2016196 monthly peakNovember 2016237 monthly peakDecember 2016245 monthly peakJanuary 2017297 monthly peakFebruary 2017245 monthly peakMarch 2017623 monthly peakApril 2017206 monthly peakMay 2017209 monthly peakJune 2017404 monthly peakJuly 2017303 monthly peakAugust 2017186 monthly peakSeptember 2017298 monthly peakOctober 2017203 monthly peakNovember 2017249 monthly peakDecember 2017248 monthly peakJanuary 2018249 monthly peakFebruary 2018264 monthly peakMarch 2018451 monthly peakApril 2018294 monthly peakMay 2018173 monthly peakJune 2018210 monthly peakJuly 2018218 monthly peakAugust 2018178 monthly peakSeptember 2018176 monthly peakOctober 2018192 monthly peakNovember 2018208 monthly peakDecember 2018226 monthly peakJanuary 2019234 monthly peakFebruary 2019305 monthly peakMarch 2019188 monthly peakApril 2019236 monthly peakMay 2019211 monthly peakJune 2019187 monthly peakJuly 2019178 monthly peakAugust 2019242 monthly peakSeptember 2019203 monthly peakOctober 2019177 monthly peakNovember 2019201 monthly peakDecember 2019547 monthly peakJanuary 2020470 monthly peakFebruary 2020231 monthly peakMarch 2020402 monthly peakApril 2020297 monthly peakMay 2020276 monthly peakJune 2020258 monthly peakJuly 2020232 monthly peakAugust 2020227 monthly peakSeptember 2020307 monthly peakOctober 2020225 monthly peakNovember 2020255 monthly peakDecember 2020252 monthly peakJanuary 2021235 monthly peakFebruary 2021362 monthly peakMarch 2021297 monthly peakApril 2021271 monthly peakMay 2021202 monthly peakJune 2021209 monthly peakJuly 2021221 monthly peakAugust 2021217 monthly peakSeptember 2021188 monthly peakOctober 2021210 monthly peakNovember 2021194 monthly peakDecember 2021272 monthly peakJanuary 2022295 monthly peakFebruary 2022261 monthly peakMarch 2022226 monthly peakApril 2022223 monthly peakMay 2022198 monthly peakJune 2022218 monthly peakJuly 2022224 monthly peakAugust 2022191 monthly peakSeptember 2022181 monthly peakOctober 2022168 monthly peakNovember 2022204 monthly peakDecember 2022213 monthly peakJanuary 2023210 monthly peakFebruary 2023332 monthly peakMarch 2023209 monthly peakApril 2023197 monthly peakMay 2023160 monthly peakJune 2023157 monthly peakJuly 2023172 monthly peakAugust 2023171 monthly peakSeptember 2023161 monthly peakOctober 2023179 monthly peakNovember 2023184 monthly peakDecember 2023203 monthly peakJanuary 2024212 monthly peakFebruary 2024390 monthly peakMarch 2024298 monthly peakApril 2024197 monthly peakMay 2024170 monthly peakJune 2024226 monthly peakJuly 2024229 monthly peakAugust 2024191 monthly peakSeptember 2024205 monthly peakOctober 2024206 monthly peakNovember 2024200 monthly peakDecember 2024206 monthly peakJanuary 2025233 monthly peakFebruary 2025265 monthly peakMarch 2025234 monthly peakApril 2025190 monthly peakMay 2025178 monthly peakJune 2025173 monthly peakJuly 2025209 monthly peakAugust 2025169 monthly peakSeptember 2025185 monthly peakOctober 2025183 monthly peakNovember 2025243 monthly peakDecember 2025211 monthly peakJanuary 2026226 monthly peakFebruary 2026278 monthly peakMarch 2026242 monthly peakApril 2026227 monthly peakMay 2026208 monthly peakJune 2026183 monthly peakJuly 2026245 monthly peakAugust 2026239 monthly peakSeptember 2026154 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

066132198265July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 2026245 peak — daily detail belowAugust 2026239 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 2026154 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

06613219826501 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 2026129 peakThursday 02 July 2026134 peakFriday 03 July 2026164 peakSaturday 04 July 2026187 peakSunday 05 July 2026203 peakMonday 06 July 2026152 peakTuesday 07 July 2026150 peakWednesday 08 July 2026130 peakThursday 09 July 2026151 peakFriday 10 July 2026152 peakSaturday 11 July 2026198 peakSunday 12 July 2026207 peakMonday 13 July 2026153 peakTuesday 14 July 2026155 peakWednesday 15 July 2026151 peakThursday 16 July 2026136 peakFriday 17 July 2026159 peakSaturday 18 July 2026205 peakSunday 19 July 2026196 peakMonday 20 July 2026172 peakTuesday 21 July 2026152 peakWednesday 22 July 2026165 peakThursday 23 July 2026152 peakFriday 24 July 2026145 peakSaturday 25 July 2026178 peakSunday 26 July 2026245 peakMonday 27 July 2026178 peakTuesday 28 July 2026195 peakWednesday 29 July 2026176 peakThursday 30 July 2026167 peakFriday 31 July 2026169 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 437 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

06512919425801 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 2026198 peakSunday 02 August 2026239 peakMonday 03 August 2026162 peakTuesday 04 August 2026172 peakWednesday 05 August 2026143 peakThursday 06 August 2026137 peakFriday 07 August 2026159 peakSaturday 08 August 2026169 peakSunday 09 August 2026175 peakMonday 10 August 2026155 peakTuesday 11 August 2026131 peakWednesday 12 August 2026130 peakThursday 13 August 2026132 peakFriday 14 August 2026126 peakSaturday 15 August 2026144 peakSunday 16 August 2026188 peakMonday 17 August 2026140 peakTuesday 18 August 2026141 peakWednesday 19 August 2026143 peakThursday 20 August 2026138 peakFriday 21 August 2026149 peakSaturday 22 August 2026168 peakSunday 23 August 2026165 peakMonday 24 August 2026144 peakTuesday 25 August 2026124 peakWednesday 26 August 2026124 peakThursday 27 August 2026127 peakFriday 28 August 2026123 peakSaturday 29 August 2026153 peakSunday 30 August 2026145 peakMonday 31 August 2026128 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 282 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

0428312516601 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 2026117 peakWednesday 02 September 2026119 peakThursday 03 September 2026113 peakFriday 04 September 2026111 peakSaturday 05 September 2026148 peakSunday 06 September 2026153 peakMonday 07 September 2026154 peakTuesday 08 September 2026118 peakWednesday 09 September 2026128 peakThursday 10 September 2026113 peakFriday 11 September 2026133 peakSaturday 12 September 2026141 peak

October 2026

Sid Meier's Pirates! was released on 11 Jul, 2005.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:17 UTC
App ID
3920
Developer
Firaxis Games
Publisher
2K
Release date
11 Jul, 2005
Platforms
Windows
Install size
1.21 GB
Genres
RPG
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Unknown
Metacritic
88

Features & support

Steam features

Family Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

PiratesOpen WorldRPGSingleplayerAdventureNavalSailingSandboxHistoricalStrategyClassicEconomyRemakeExplorationActionTradingNaval CombatChoose Your Own AdventureFightingAtmospheric
About this gameFull description from Steam
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!
Content & age ratings5 regional ratings

Regional ratings

BBFC12
CRL12
ESRBeAlcohol Reference · Suggestive Themes · Violence
KGRB12내용정보표지사항: 폭력성 · 제명: 시드 마이어의 해적! · 이용등급: 12세이용가 · 등급분류번호: CC-NP-120321-002 · 등급분류일자: 20120321 · 상호: 테이크투인터렉티브유한회사 · 제작.배급업 신고번호: 제 2009-00016호 · ---------------------------------- · Game Descriptive: Violence · Title Name: Sid Meier's Pirates! · Age: 12+ · Certificate #: CC-NP-120321-002 · Issue date: 20120321 · Company Name:테이크투인터렉티브유한회사 · Distributor No,: 제 2009-00016호
PEGI12
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP, Pentium® 1.0 GHz or higher, 256 MB RAM, 1.2 GB Free HDD, 64 MB video card* with Hardware T&L support, Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP-compatible sound card*, DirectX® version 9.0b (included) or higher * Indicates device should be compatible with DirectX® version 9.0b or higher.

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Supported languages1 languages
LanguageFull audio
English

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