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Game entry

Sid Meier's Pirates!

2004 · Action RPG, Action-adventure, Strategy, Simulation · PC, Mac, iOS, Windows Phone · 2K Games

After 139 duels settled by the community, Sid Meier's Pirates! stands no. 976 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,586 ELO points and 45% of wins. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 41 out of 137 (2004).

World rank

no. 976

ELO score

1,586

Wins

45%

Duels played

139

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About Sid Meier's Pirates!

Based on Sid Meier's original masterpiece, Pirates!, Sid Meier's Pirates! has you facing countless dogged enemies, wooing fair maidens and raising the Jolly Roger on the high seas in pursuit of riches. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!

Firaxis' long-awaited Sid Meier's Pirates! carries on with the great game play tradition and design simplicity of the award-winning original while adding more challenging and exciting battle options, eye-popping 3D graphics, fantastic new audio, and loads of new game play features!

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,586 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Sid Meier's Pirates! sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 973 Yakuza 4 1,586
  2. 974 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II 1,586
  3. 975 Sea of Stars 1,586
  4. 976 Sid Meier's Pirates! 1,586
  5. 977 Heretic 1,586
  6. 978 Mario's Super Picross 1,586
  7. 979 Infamous 1,585

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The standing

Where Sid Meier's Pirates! ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Sid Meier's Pirates! stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 41 out of 137 (2004).

Where Sid Meier's Pirates! ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 976 5,110
Action RPG 120 528
2000s 286 1,304
2004 41 137

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