Pixel Piracy
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 7h it's 1 in 4 (27%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- 3% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Beat the game... for now?” (Defeat all the Legendary pirate ships): only 3% of starters get there.
- Only 68% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 7,405 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 19.9h for positive, 10.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (68.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Beat the game... for now? Defeat all the Legendary pirate ships Most players quit here 3% −97
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- Grog 'n' women! Visit a tavern 100%
- RAISE THE MAST ME HARTIES!!! Set sail for the first time 84%
- Land Lubber Visit an island with no town 80%
- MR. SEAGULL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!? Have a seagull poop on your ship 78%
- BOOTY! Find a treasure chest and open it 71%
- Grand Theft Marine Capture an enemy ship 66%
- YARRRRRRRR Plunder an enemy ship 64%
- POOPdeck... Have at least 5 poop on your ship 62%
- Noob Die for the first time 52%
- Bounty! Accept a bounty quest 43%
- Lives up to his name! Horke the Flatulent poops 40%
- Socially inadequate Kill a hobo 39%
- I'm a mighty pirate! Have 10 or more pirates on your crew 28%
- Kung Fu Fighting Visit a panda island 23%
- Robinson Hobo'd Find a stranded hobo 22%
- Who be makin this game? Check out the Main Menu credits 19%
- Gotta catch em all.. Capture an animal to be your pet 18%
- Mutiny! Have a pirate turn hostile due to low morale 14%
- Jolly Roger That Add a pirate flag to your ship 13%
- LEGEN - Wait for it.... Pick a fight with a legendary pirate 13%
- I see dead pixels Kill a total of 1000 enemies 12%
- - DARY! Defeat a legendary pirate 10%
- GOLDEN Loot a total of 10000 gold 8.8%
- KABOOOM! One of your pirates dies while using Kaboom 8.5%
- Mr. Croft I presume? Unearth an epic buried treasure 4.0%
- Treasure hunter Dig up 10 buried treasure chests 4.0%
- Beat the game... for now? Defeat all the Legendary pirate ships 3.4%
- The Diaper Brotherhood Have 5 of your crewmates wear diapers at the same time 3.2%
- Meta! Have both Vitali Kirpu and Alexander Poysky on your ship 2.2%
- GOTTA CATCH EM ALL! Capture 50 animals 1.9%
- Hell What was that? Did we just travel to hell? 0.7%