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Sid Meier’s Pirates!

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4.4/5

( 187 Reviews )

4.4

187 Reviews

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Sid Meier’s Pirates!
Description
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 t...
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4.4/5

( 187 Reviews )

4.4

187 Reviews

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Product details
2004, Firaxis Games, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10, 1.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0...
Time to beat
10 hMain
14 h Main + Sides
18 h Completionist
12.5 h All Styles
Description
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!

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manual map
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
10 hMain
14 h Main + Sides
18 h Completionist
12.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10)
Release date:
{{'2004-11-22T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
756 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone (Violence, Suggestive Themes, Alcohol Reference)

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Posted on: June 8, 2022

bridiculous

Games: Reviews: 3

It's complicated

There is, for some reason, no better pirate game. Nothing will feel quite so much like a swashbuckling action adventure movie. It is a joy with surprising depth. This is, for some reason, the best version of this game. This is a port of the turn-of-the-century XBOX release, a reboot of the original. This is unmistakably a janky XBOX port.


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Posted on: April 5, 2025

KRISTOFORB

Verified owner

Games: 9 Reviews: 1

it brokeeee

it crahed and i died why would this happen


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Posted on: April 18, 2025

gary3565

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Games: 10 Reviews: 2

gog is rubbish

do not like gog awfulll updates


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Posted on: October 30, 2017

CynicMimic

Verified owner

Games: 324 Reviews: 19

A simple game, stretched too thin.

The problem I have with this game is that it's shallow. It's a bunch of different genres in one, meaning that there are a lot of things to do, but nothing is particularly complex or refined. I can totally see the appeal, it's a very unique game, and it's fun for a few hours, but it just became repetitive after a short while and I lost interest. If you're looking for a pirate game you can play casually, it might be the game for you. But if you're looking for something with more depth to it, it won't be.


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Posted on: April 25, 2019

erlkonig0211

Verified owner

Games: 180 Reviews: 1

Great game, Broken on GOG

DON'T BUY. Game itself is AWESOME, but GOG version doesn't work. I have the original cd of this game but my new laptop doesn't have an optical drive. Bought it on GOG but it won't run on modern systems. I have tried the new config.ini fix and re-downloading the directx from microsoft, but all to no avail. I get the "failed to initialize directx" error on startup (as reported by many, many others) every time, without any changes from all the suggested fixes on the internet.


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