Pirate Pop™
You awaken on a strange island sometime in the afternoon. Half your face is sunburnt and seagulls stole your lunch. Enough about you. This is about Pete Jr! The tiny pirate! He looks up to see bubbles, tons of them! What's causing these bubbles to appear? Who is behind this awful mischief?
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Pirate Pop™ is a super addictive, gravity-defying, score-chasing, bubble-busting, retro-style arcade game. Join Pete Jr (or Polly!) on their quest to defeat the nefarious Bubble Pirate! Dodge and pop bubbles while collecting coins. Use coins to customize your pocket game with new faceplates, buttons, backlights, and more!
Classic retro arcade action
Pirate themed chaos
Score chasing leaderboards and replays
Hyper Mode for an intense challenge
Customizable interface
Chiptune soundtrack by legendary artists
Loads of Steam achievements
Includes a free bonus game!
Celebrating 10 years of popping
Retro controller support
Dodge and pop bubbles with your anchor while collecting power-ups and managing Bubble Pirate’s constant gravity-switching mischief! When you feel at your Piratey-est, test your skill in the ultra-challenging Hyper Mode... The game may be faster and harder, but you'll find treasures beyond your wildest dreams. Coins as far as the eye can see!
Collect coins to unlock content in the game’s shop like new music, new faceplates, buttons, backlights, and even characters for your bubble-popping mayhem! Yarr!
Sail to the sound of authentic chiptune anthems by renowned artists Harry Waters, GYMS & Matthew Ivic. Every track is a pulse-pounding voyage into classic 8-bit energy.
Compete against friends and players worldwide. Rise through the ranks, and unlock tricky achievements as you perfect your high score runs.
Originally released 10 years ago, Pirate Pop has had some small bug fixed and a bit of extra polish, to remain the classic score chaser it always was, and stand the test of time.
Supports keyboard, retro gamepads, arcade sticks, and even steering wheels (if you’re brave enough to try).
So join Pete Jr on his quest to defeat the nefarious Bubble Pirate, and free the innocent townsfolk trapped in bubbles, in this authentic retro arcade action game!
