StrategyFit check
Is Be a Pirate worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Platformer fans who want short, timed stages with coin-collection goals
- Puzzle players who enjoy riddles and logic tasks within action levels
- Players seeking a compact pixel-art game with optional enemy-clearing objectives
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking open-ended exploration may hit the game's door-to-door level structure as a limit.
- Players who dislike time pressure may bounce off the countdown that governs coin collection and escape.
- Players looking for a large strategy campaign may find the 25-level platforming format too narrow.
Our take on Be a Pirate
The main bounce point is the timer: players must collect every coin and reach the exit before time runs out. Those who also attempt the optional enemy-clearing objective add bomb use and map-wide elimination to the same timed platforming loop.
What is Be a Pirate?
Be a Pirate is a side-view pixel-art platformer built around timed escapes.
Each level asks the pirate to move from door to door, collect every coin, and leave before time runs out. Coins may be concealed behind riddles or tasks, while enemies include rival pirates, guns, bomb-eating whales, and living cucumbers. Bombs can also be used to eliminate every enemy on a map for additional stars. The game includes 25 levels, six enemy types, logic challenges, riddles, and background music. Its central structure combines platforming movement, coin collection, puzzle solving, enemy avoidance, and optional map-clearing objectives.
How Be a Pirate plays
- 01Timed Level Escapes
- Every stage requires coin collection and reaching the exit before the available time expires.
- 02Hidden Coin Challenges
- Some coins are concealed behind riddles and tasks rather than placed directly along the route.
- 03Optional Enemy Clearing
- Bombs can remove all enemies on a map and award additional stars for the level.
- 04Six Enemy Types
- Hazards include pirates, guns, whales that eat bombs, and living cucumbers.
- 05Twenty-Five Levels
- The game contains 25 stages with platforming, puzzles, and timed objectives.
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Be a Pirate: platforms & release
Is Be a Pirate worth it?
It is worth it if: platformer fans who want short, timed stages with coin-collection goals. Skip it if: players seeking open-ended exploration may hit the game's door-to-door level structure as a limit.
Where can I download Be a Pirate?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Be a Pirate's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Be a Pirate on?
Windows only.
