Pirates VR: Jolly Roger
Skip · Action · 2025
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 3.1h 6.2h to 100%
- Value
- $6.45/hr
- Reviews
- 77% of 285 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Pirates VR Jolly Roger is a game alluding to old stories of the all-time most famous Pirates. The journey into the pirate world begins on a deserted island. Despite its extraordinary charm, the land hides a number of secrets and mysteries to be solved as well as obstacles and traps.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GTX 1080. Windows only.
The value story
12 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 40 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 67 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Moss VR ($9.99, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats Thief Simulator VR ($19.99, scores 18).
More about Pirates VR: Jolly Roger
Steam's global achievement data puts about 8 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 212 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2025 to August 2026.
3.1 hours to finish it, 6 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.0 times the campaign.
The drop-off
74% start to 8% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 4, 06:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Finally, a decent pirate game for VR! Great graphics, lots of gameplay mechanics, and shooting skeletons is just awesome. They crumble like dry bones when you shoot them. Apples are scattered all over the island and beyond (lol, but I didn't see a single tree with apples or any other fruit- Just palm trees), treasures, and all sorts of stuff! But what I liked most was exploring the island. The water looks gorgeous...
2 more reviews
Knowing this is an indie game, its actually made quite well and looks nice. Movement and interaction feel smooth, though its a shame theres no jump. The combat is a bit clunky. Still its good for a couple of evenings, short and simple game.
Pirates VR: Jolly Roger, developed by Split Light Studio and published by VRKiwi, is an ambitious attempt to bring the fantasy of being a treasure-hunting pirate to life through virtual reality. From the moment the game begins, it places you on a mysterious Caribbean island steeped in legend, where cursed riches, skeletal enemies, and ancient secrets await. The premise is immediately appealing, tapping into a...
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Cite this score
Pirates VR: Jolly Roger scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1443620/pirates-vr-jolly-rogerReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.