Steady crowd
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Right now
Steam players since we started tracking · updated 00:40 UTCPlaying now
103
at 00:40 UTC
24-hour peak
128
All-time peak
1,333
monthly peak, Mar 2015
24h change
-8%
average vs the day before
Twitch viewers
—
none tracked
Best price
—
Players over time
- Latest
- 103 players
- Peak · 48h
- 128 players
- Average · 48h
- 87 players
- Lowest · 48h
- 0 players
Oct 28, 2026, 12:40 AM: 103 players
What stands out
- +10%Players since 01:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
- 128Today’s peak was 24% above the current count.
All-time peak
1,333
Highest monthly peak on record, in Mar 2015. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 27, 2026 is 128.
Month by month
Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.
| Month | Average players | Change from the month before | Peak players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | |||
| Octoberfrom Oct 27, 2026 | 95 | -2%-2 | 128 |
| September | 97 | -7.6%-8 | 182 |
| August | 105 | -7.9%-9 | 239 |
| July | 114 | +16%+16 | 245 |
| June | 98 | -9.3%-10 | 183 |
| May | 108 | -6.1%-7 | 208 |
| April | 115 | +0.9%+1 | 227 |
| March | 114 | -8.1%-10 | 242 |
| February | 124 | +11%+12 | 278 |
| January | 112 | +2.8%+3 | 226 |
| 2025 | |||
| December | 109 | -11%-14 | 211 |
| November | 123 | +18%+19 | 243 |
Show all 172 months
| Month | Average players | Change from the month before | Peak players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | |||
| October | 104 | +6.1%+6 | 183 |
| September | 98 | -3%-3 | 185 |
| August | 101 | -3.8%-4 | 169 |
| July | 105 | +12%+11 | 209 |
| June | 94 | -5.1%-5 | 173 |
| May | 99 | -4.8%-5 | 178 |
| April | 104 | -11%-13 | 190 |
| March | 117 | -11%-14 | 234 |
| February | 131 | +14%+16 | 265 |
| January | 115 | +3.6%+4 | 233 |
| 2024 | |||
| December | 111 | +5.7%+6 | 206 |
| November | 105 | +1.9%+2 | 200 |
| October | 103 | -8.9%-10 | 206 |
| September | 113 | +8.7%+9 | 205 |
| August | 104 | -9.6%-11 | 191 |
| July | 115 | +7.5%+8 | 229 |
| June | 107 | +13%+12 | 226 |
| May | 95 | -9.5%-10 | 170 |
| April | 105 | -27%-39 | 197 |
| March | 144 | +7.5%+10 | 298 |
| February | 134 | +20%+22 | 390 |
| January | 112 | +4.7%+5 | 212 |
| 2023 | |||
| December | 107 | +5.9%+6 | 203 |
| November | 101 | +8.6%+8 | 184 |
| October | 93 | +3.3%+3 | 179 |
| September | 90 | -1.1%-1 | 161 |
| August | 91 | -2.2%-2 | 171 |
| July | 93 | +3.3%+3 | 172 |
| June | 90 | 0%0 | 157 |
| May | 90 | -14%-15 | 160 |
| April | 105 | -7.1%-8 | 197 |
| March | 113 | -16%-21 | 209 |
| February | 134 | +15%+17 | 332 |
| January | 117 | +7.3%+8 | 210 |
| 2022 | |||
| December | 109 | +7.9%+8 | 213 |
| November | 101 | +9.8%+9 | 204 |
| October | 92 | -8%-8 | 168 |
| September | 100 | -5.7%-6 | 181 |
| August | 106 | -18%-24 | 191 |
| July | 130 | +14%+16 | 224 |
| June | 114 | -4.2%-5 | 218 |
| May | 119 | +2.6%+3 | 198 |
| April | 116 | -7.9%-10 | 223 |
| March | 126 | -8.7%-12 | 226 |
| February | 138 | -2.8%-4 | 261 |
| January | 142 | +15%+19 | 295 |
| 2021 | |||
| December | 123 | +13%+14 | 272 |
| November | 109 | +2.8%+3 | 194 |
| October | 106 | +1%+1 | 210 |
| September | 105 | -7.1%-8 | 188 |
| August | 113 | -4.2%-5 | 217 |
| July | 118 | +7.3%+8 | 221 |
| June | 110 | -4.4%-5 | 209 |
| May | 115 | -21%-30 | 202 |
| April | 145 | -4%-6 | 271 |
| March | 151 | -6.8%-11 | 297 |
| February | 162 | +30%+37 | 362 |
| January | 125 | +0.8%+1 | 235 |
| 2020 | |||
| December | 124 | -7.5%-10 | 252 |
| November | 134 | +8.1%+10 | 255 |
| October | 124 | -7.5%-10 | 225 |
| September | 134 | +7.2%+9 | 307 |
| August | 125 | -6.7%-9 | 227 |
| July | 134 | +1.5%+2 | 232 |
| June | 132 | -9.6%-14 | 258 |
| May | 146 | -20%-36 | 276 |
| April | 182 | +13%+21 | 297 |
| March | 161 | +27%+34 | 402 |
| February | 127 | -35%-69 | 231 |
| January | 196 | +23%+36 | 470 |
| 2019 | |||
| December | 160 | +44%+49 | 547 |
| November | 111 | 0%0 | 201 |
| October | 111 | -6.7%-8 | 177 |
| September | 119 | -4.8%-6 | 203 |
| August | 125 | +11%+12 | 242 |
| July | 113 | +14%+14 | 178 |
| June | 99 | +4.2%+4 | 187 |
| May | 95 | +2.2%+2 | 211 |
| April | 93 | 0%0 | 236 |
| March | 93 | -20%-23 | 188 |
| February | 116 | +15%+15 | 305 |
| January | 101 | +1%+1 | 234 |
| 2018 | |||
| December | 100 | -1%-1 | 226 |
| November | 101 | +9.8%+9 | 208 |
| October | 92 | +5.8%+5 | 192 |
| September | 87 | -5.4%-5 | 176 |
| August | 92 | -14%-15 | 178 |
| July | 107 | +2.9%+3 | 218 |
| June | 104 | +11%+10 | 210 |
| May | 94 | -25%-32 | 173 |
| April | 126 | -11%-16 | 294 |
| March | 142 | +8.4%+11 | 451 |
| February | 131 | +2.3%+3 | 264 |
| January | 128 | +3.2%+4 | 249 |
| 2017 | |||
| December | 124 | +17%+18 | 248 |
| November | 106 | -5.4%-6 | 249 |
| October | 112 | -13%-16 | 203 |
| September | 128 | +20%+21 | 298 |
| August | 107 | -18%-23 | 186 |
| July | 130 | -27%-48 | 303 |
| June | 178 | +66%+71 | 404 |
| May | 107 | -6.1%-7 | 209 |
| April | 114 | -39%-72 | 206 |
| March | 186 | +45%+58 | 623 |
| February | 128 | +4.9%+6 | 245 |
| January | 122 | +15%+16 | 297 |
| 2016 | |||
| December | 106 | +6%+6 | 245 |
| November | 100 | -3.9%-4 | 237 |
| October | 104 | +17%+15 | 196 |
| September | 89 | -7.3%-7 | 170 |
| August | 96 | -16%-18 | 174 |
| July | 114 | +9.6%+10 | 248 |
| June | 104 | 0%0 | 236 |
| May | 104 | -1.9%-2 | 190 |
| April | 106 | -15%-19 | 215 |
| March | 125 | -50%-123 | 234 |
| February | 248 | +7.4%+17 | 781 |
| January | 231 | +76%+100 | 1,107 |
| 2015 | |||
| December | 131 | +39%+37 | 518 |
| November | 94 | +1.1%+1 | 241 |
| October | 93 | -30%-40 | 174 |
| September | 133 | +9%+11 | 412 |
| August | 122 | -1.6%-2 | 920 |
| July | 124 | -39%-78 | 251 |
| June | 202 | -1.9%-4 | 472 |
| May | 206 | +15%+27 | 485 |
| April | 179 | -29%-72 | 478 |
| Marchbest month | 251 | +137%+145 | 1,333 |
| February | 106 | -0.9%-1 | 283 |
| January | 107 | -9.3%-11 | 266 |
| 2014 | |||
| December | 118 | +55%+42 | 266 |
| November | 76 | +5.6%+4 | 234 |
| October | 72 | -27%-26 | 151 |
| September | 98 | -6.7%-7 | 420 |
| August | 105 | +15%+14 | 279 |
| July | 91 | -11%-11 | 174 |
| June | 102 | +50%+34 | 295 |
| May | 68 | -2.9%-2 | 127 |
| April | 70 | -29%-29 | 144 |
| March | 99 | -48%-91 | 245 |
| February | 190 | +188%+124 | 662 |
| January | 66 | -11%-8 | 149 |
| 2013 | |||
| December | 74 | -30%-31 | 176 |
| November | 105 | +35%+27 | 447 |
| October | 78 | -32%-36 | 413 |
| September | 114 | +124%+63 | 733 |
| August | 51 | -27%-19 | 113 |
| July | 70 | +63%+27 | 197 |
| June | 43 | 0%0 | 91 |
| May | 43 | +10%+4 | 84 |
| April | 39 | -7.1%-3 | 93 |
| March | 42 | 0%0 | 88 |
| February | 42 | -14%-7 | 101 |
| January | 49 | +11%+5 | 122 |
| 2012 | |||
| December | 44 | +10%+4 | 110 |
| November | 40 | +18%+6 | 85 |
| October | 34 | -8.1%-3 | 73 |
| September | 37 | -16%-7 | 71 |
| August | 44 | -24%-14 | 89 |
| July | 58 | — | 111 |
Players since 2012
Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.
- Busiest month
- 251 players on average
- March 2015
- All-time peak
- 1,333 players at once
- March 2015
- Last 12 months
- +3.1%
- 110 players on average, against 107 the year before
September 2026: 97 players on average, peak 182 · Point at a bar for its numbers.
- average players (bars)
- peak players (line)
Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month. The month in progress is in the table above.
Prices
No prices tracked for this game yet.
On Twitch
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Videos
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About the game
- Release date
- Nov 22, 2004
- All-time peak reached
- Mar 2015 · 1,333
- Tracked by PixelKrypt since
- Oct 27, 2026
- Steam app id
- 3920
