Rise of Piracy overview

Overview

Rise of Piracy comes from IrishJohnGames and is published by MicroProse Software. It arrived on Steam on Feb 24, 2026, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Color Alternatives, Playable without Timed Input, Stereo Sound, Subtitle Options, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Rise of Piracy's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 15 players at 11 October 2026 - 18:50:01 UTC, with a tracked peak near 174. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 79% positive across 406 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Rise of Piracy is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Rise of Piracy has sold up to 17,830 units and has 526 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $217,000. On Twitch, 1 streamers are live with around 6 total watchers.

Rise of Piracy overview details

Rise of Piracy combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Rise of Piracy focuses heavily on progression and growth. In your campaign, you will first be given a small ship and a handful of coin. Complete missions and find treasure to build your economic strength and relations with the other factions. You can also choose to fight, boarding or sinking other vessels for loot. Build up your fleet of ships and their crews to take on the most challenging tasks such as capture islands of various strength and composition. Defeating large colonial fleets in grand scale naval warfare. Hunt pirates or long lost treasures. Uncovering mysterious lands filled with dangers as you go. Campaign Sandbox Everything in Rise of Piracy is carefully hand-crafted to be a new experience and challenge, no procedural generation. Every building in is destructible, allowing you to level an island from afar via bombardment from your fleet before sending your crews as landing parties to conquer them. Talk to mayors of settlements and captains of fleets to uncover hidden lands, or find them yourself through exploration and investigation. Create your Own Story Piracy is optional. Choose to trade with over 200 commodities that can be found scattered around the world. Ports with specialized trading routes and dedicated merchants to trade with. Add trading ships to your fleet to maximize your transportation potential. Build relations with other factions to increase your trading effectiveness. Engaging in war, hunting bounties, or seeking hidden treasures are also viable means of building your bank. Forge Alliances A deep diplomacy system allows relationships t…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Rise of Piracy is listed as a game with $12.79 (20% off from $15.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Color Alternatives, Playable without Timed Input, Stereo Sound, Subtitle Options, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 15 players at 11 October 2026 - 18:50:01 UTC, a tracked peak of 174, and 79% positive reviews.

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