Rise of Piracy — Is It Worth Playing?
The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS.

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About Rise of Piracy
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 to grow between all factions. Engage in diplomacy with every faction you meet. NPC factions will go to war with one another and their assets will change hands. Changing the balance of powers can impact your play-style, increasing warship activity, and blocking trade routes. Become the Threat Fill your fleet with a large variety of playable ships from the 1600s - 1900s, from the light and fast Sloop to the tremendous firepower but limited maneuverability that comes with the 120 Gun ship of the Line. Taverns provide a great place to hire crewmen for your fleet. Fill your ships with specialized crew. Use them to board hostile ships, or invading and capturing islands to secure passive income. Hostile actions will have consequences amongst the factions - fleets of pirate hunters are constantly seeking bounties. Campaign difficulty will grow dynamically and remain challenging no matter how strong players get.
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Should You Play Rise of Piracy?
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. …
Rise of Piracy is single-player on Steam and runs on Windows. It's on our trending radar right now.
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System Requirements & Platforms
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Platforms: Windows
Minimum
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system · OS: Windows 11 64bit · Processor: Intel i5-2300/AMD FX-4300 · Memory: 4 GB RAM · Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or similar · DirectX: Version 11 · Storage: 28 GB available space · Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system · OS: Windows 11 64bit · Processor: Intel i7-4770/AMD FX-8350 · Memory: 8 GB RAM · Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 3070ti or better · DirectX: Version 11 · Storage: 28 GB available space · Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Rise of Piracy — Frequently Asked Questions
- When does Rise of Piracy release?
- Rise of Piracy released on Feb 24, 2026 and is available now on Steam.
- What kind of game is Rise of Piracy?
- Rise of Piracy is an Action Strategy game. The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS.
- Is Rise of Piracy multiplayer or co-op?
- No — Rise of Piracy is listed as single-player only on Steam.
- Is Rise of Piracy on Steam Deck or consoles?
- Rise of Piracy runs on Windows via Steam; Steam Deck compatibility has not been confirmed. No console release has been confirmed.
- How much does Rise of Piracy cost?
- Rise of Piracy is priced at $12.79 on Steam.
- What are Rise of Piracy's system requirements?
- The developer has not published detailed system requirements yet.
- Is Rise of Piracy worth playing in 2026?
- Mostly yes — 78% of Rise of Piracy's 120 Steam reviews are positive. A solid pick in 2026 if the genre appeals to you.
- Who made Rise of Piracy?
- Rise of Piracy is developed by IrishJohnGames and published by MicroProse Software.
- What games is Rise of Piracy similar to?
- Rise of Piracy sits alongside Action Strategy games such as Kingmakers.
- What platforms is Rise of Piracy on?
- Rise of Piracy is available on Windows.
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