Crit

Port Royale 3

Buy74%

Mostly Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Gaming Minds Studios · Strategy · May 4, 2012

Player review score
74%
Mostly Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
64
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio2 of 6
Subtitles1 of 6

Should I buy Port Royale 3?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 51 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise25% are divided50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It offers a sandbox experience with historical flavor, combining the economic depth of games like Patrician with the swashbuckling charm of the high seas.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Music enhances the game in the background, sound effects is entertaining, and graphics is good.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
PR3 is a great game in most respects, it's easy on the eye has a decent story mode and can occupy you for hours.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay59 reviews
Graphics33 reviews
Story17 reviews
Divided opinion
Multiplayer
50% still recommend
Audio
75% still recommend
Co-op
75% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
63% still recommend
Difficulty
77% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend
Bugs
55% still recommend
Crashes
13% still recommend
Controls
43% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

9 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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