Genre RPGReleased Jul 11, 2005

Sid Meier's Pirates!

Developed by Firaxis Games · Published by 2K
Estimated lifetime revenue
$542.0K
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$379.4K
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
103.8K
≈ 14 sales per review
Confidence
Medium
Based on 7,597 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
7,597
Very Positive94% positive
Playing now
81
26-day peak 138 · low 80
New reviews, last 26 days
+40
≈ 2 a day since Sep 17

History

Sep 17 – Oct 13

7.6K7.6K7.6K7.6K
Sep 17Sep 30Oct 13

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

RPG →

Against the 120 most-reviewed RPG games on Steam

Outearns 13% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$34.58M
132,740 reviews
Top 10% start at
$147.19M
This game
$542.0K
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

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
Genre
RPG
Released
Jul 11, 2005
Steam app ID
3920
Data updated
Oct 13, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.