
Early Access
Yes, last updated today, with about 6 updates per month.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.
The newest build is on the rop-test-branch branch, more than 36 hours after the public branch. Steam's own Early Access notice looks at the public branch and can miss that beta activity.
Oct 21, 2026 · Build
rop-test-branch branch build 26103927
Latest build time Steam reports for the rop-test-branch branch.
Aug 27, 2026 · Patch note
51.1 Hotfix - Crew issue (opens in new tab)
Quick hotfix for the most recent bug - took way too long to track down, sorry folks! Fixes * Fixed sporadic issue causing crew sizes to grow exponentially in some fleets. Thanks to everyone who reported the issue! I appreciate it :) Here is the link to the discord where most tracking / communication is happening: https://discord.gg/Ws9fjmHP5U John
Aug 27, 2026 · Build
Public branch build 24958869
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Aug 19, 2026 · Patch note
#51 Regular Update - QOL, Stability and UI Improvements. (opens in new tab)
Ahoy Mateys! This regular update fills in a few more QOL and stability features, whilst also giving a few more options & cleaning some of those new features up a notch. This week we reached the amazing milestone of 500 Reviews also. A gigantic thank you to all of you dropping reviews and showing support. I really can't express how thankful I am to have such…
Aug 12, 2026 · Patch note
#50 Regular Update - Major bugs squished & Cargo Summary. (opens in new tab)
Ahoy Mateys! This update was mostly about bug fixing. Some of the most annoying late-game bugs have now been squashed. There has been many reports about missions being out of bounds & ships traversing through islands on the campaign map at times. These were a real pain to track down, but with massive support from the community - we've done it finally :) Som…
Rise of Piracy last shipped a build on the rop-test-branch branch today (Oct 21, 2026).
It got about 6 updates per month over the last year and is very consistent (88/100). 8 of the last 9 months had at least one update day. Gaps between updates are fairly even.
No. It shipped a build or patch note within the last 90 days and updates steadily.
Rise of Piracy: 67 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 4 days. The chart shows the last 12 months, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds. The Early Access release on 2026-02-24 falls inside this window.
| Month | Updates |
|---|---|
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 19 |
| March 2026 | 21 |
| April 2026 | 7 |
| May 2026 | 6 |
| June 2026 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 4 |
| August 2026 | 4 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |