Sid Meier's Pirates!
Short description
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!
- Developer
- Firaxis Games
- Publisher
- 2K
- Release
- Mon, Jul 11, 2005
- Price
- $9.99
- Reviews
- 6,171
- Positive
- 95%
- Followers
- 12,952
- Owners (estimated)
- 200K – 500K
- Concurrent players
- 108
- Genres
- RPG
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $8.81, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $9.99 launch price. That is 12% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
8 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
The blurred area is the rest of the history. 338 further data points reach back to Nov 1, 2010 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.
Lowest recorded price: $1.99 on Aug 29, 2015.
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| Image | Name | Studio | Shared | Tag difference | Price | Reviews | Positive | Released | Revenue (estimated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Risen 2: Dark Waters | Piranha Bytes 8 titles | 5 | − Naval + Third Person | $2.49 75% |
3,502 | 80% | Thu, Apr 26, 2012 | $1.4m $618k – $8.8m |
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Fallout 4 | Bethesda Game Studios 13 titles | 4 | − Pirates − Naval + Post-apocalyptic + Exploration | $19.99 | 291,356 | 82% | Mon, Nov 09, 2015 | $236m $180m – $360m |
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Hogwarts Legacy | Avalanche Software 4 titles | 4 | − Pirates − Naval + Magic + Fantasy | $59.99 | 277,153 | 90% | Fri, Feb 10, 2023 | $1.1b $1.1b – $1.2b |
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | Bethesda Game Studios 13 titles | 4 | − Pirates − Naval + Fantasy + Character Customization | $39.99 | 222,285 | 94% | Fri, Oct 28, 2016 | $346m $173m – $346m |
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Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition | Guerrilla 3 titles | 4 | − Pirates − Naval + Female Protagonist + Story Rich | $49.99 | 95,853 | 88% | Fri, Aug 07, 2020 | $92.5m $88.7m – $92.5m |
There are more like this. Your plan shows the 5 closest neighbours; Plus and Pro show up to 100 — enough to see the shape of a niche instead of a sample of it.