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! is a pirates, open world and rpg game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K.
Released on July 11th 2005 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 6,684 reviews of which 6,319 were positive and 365 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Sid Meier's Pirates! into these genres:

Pirates Open World RPG Adventure Singleplayer Naval Sailing Sandbox Historical Strategy Classic Economy Remake Exploration Action Trading Naval Combat Choose Your Own Adventure Atmospheric Fighting

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Windows

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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Nov. 2024

This is the best pirate game i have ever played. I wish they would remaster or remake this with updated graphics and some new feature but largely remain the same. Its WELL worth the $9.99. Id pay $60 for this if i had to.

Aug. 2024

Still one of the greatest pirate games of all times. Truly this is the model that they should continue to base this genre of games off of. If they came out with an updated version of this game no doubt it would be a success. From ship battles, to sieges, Even the semi-unpopular dancing mini game. Sid Meier's Pirates! will go on to live in Infamy. Highest praise.

April 2024

Fun little pirate simulator. It gets repetitive after a few hours but if you just want to sail the seas, attack ships and keep your crew in line than this is a simple silly game. Give it a try, it's a classic for a reason. Additionally - go your Documents > My Games > Sid Meier's Pirates! > Config.ini and add "fullscreen = 0" if you get tired of crashing constantly in full screen when you instinctively alt tab.

March 2024

nearly 20 years later - and im still waiting for someone to make a pirate/sailing game as good as this one.... ..... still waiting....

Feb. 2024

Play this instead of Skull and Bones from Ubisoft! It's basically the same game from what I've seen unless you compare the graphics, but this has the excuse of when it was made.

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