# Puzzle Pirates

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***Puzzle Pirates*** (also known as ***Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates***) is a [massively multiplayer online game](/source/Massively_multiplayer_online_game) developed by [Three Rings Design](/source/Three_Rings_Design) (Later owned by Grey Havens LLC).

During the [7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards](/source/7th_Annual_Interactive_Achievement_Awards), the [Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Interactive_Arts_%26_Sciences) nominated *Puzzle Pirates* for "[Massively Mutliplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year](/source/D.I.C.E._Award_for_Role-Playing_Game_of_the_Year)".[1]

## Gameplay

The player takes the role of a [pirate](/source/Piracy), adventuring on the high seas and pillaging money ("[pieces of eight](/source/Pieces_of_eight)") from enemy ships (human or computer-controlled). The mechanics of the game are driven by [puzzles](/source/Puzzle_video_game).

Puzzle Pirates is [open-ended](/source/Nonlinear_system) and community-driven. Over time, pirates can join a crew, progress in rank within that crew, buy and run sailing vessels and shoppes, and become captain of a crew, royalty within an alliance of crews, or governor of an island. Players are able to help expand the game, with puzzles, in-game objects, and artwork.

## History

As of December 2008, there were 4 million users registered to the game.[2]

On August 31, 2011, the game was made free-to-play on [Steam](/source/Steam_(service)).[3] Support for an [iPad](/source/IPad) platform was developed and released in 2013. Three Rings later announced the removal of the iPad application and ceased support of the platform in July 2014.[4]

On April 5, 2016, Three Rings Design announced that support for the game would shift from them to Grey Havens, a company consisting of former Three Rings employees.[5]

## References

1. ["2004 Awards Category Details Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year"](https://www.interactive.org/awards/award_category_details.asp?idAward=2004&idGameAwardType=74). *interactive.org*. [Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Interactive_Arts_%26_Sciences). Retrieved 15 September 2023.

1. ["PuzzlePirates.com - 4 million registered pirates"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090728070934/http://www.puzzlepirates.com/newsletter/spyglass/2008/dec.xhtml?lang=en). Archived from [the original](http://www.puzzlepirates.com/newsletter/spyglass/2008/dec.xhtml?lang=en) on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2008-12-11.

1. ["New Free to Play on Steam - Puzzle Pirates"](http://store.steampowered.com/news/6176/). [Steam](/source/Steam_(service)). 2011-08-31.

1. ["Sun sets on the iPad"](http://blog.puzzlepirates.com/spyglass/entry/sun_sets_on_the_ipad). *Spyglass*. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

1. ["Puzzle Pirate Forums"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160415055544/https://forums.puzzlepirates.com/community/mvnforum/viewthread?p=2694556#2694556). *Puzzle Pirates*. Archived from [the original](https://forums.puzzlepirates.com/community/mvnforum/viewthread?p=2694556#2694556) on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

## External links

- [*Puzzle Pirates* Website](http://www.puzzlepirates.com/)

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