Official:Demographic Information
This page provides details from the Puzzle Pirates player survey conducted by Three Rings (now Grey Havens) in May and June 2005.
For information on a more recent survey of player demographics, check the Official:2009 Pirate Census Data.
The survey result compiled below only show information for those players that chose to respond to the survey, and so may not provide a completely accurate portrait of the game population. However, the numbers do provide a useful insight into the population of the game as a whole and for each Ocean. Total Respondents: 3750
Player Details
Gender Distribution:
- 51% Male
- 49% Female
Average Age:
- Overall average: 23.6
- 25.0 Female
- 22.2 Male
Age Breakdown (Ocean):
- 23.5 Cobalt
- 26.3 Midnight
- 20.1 Viridian
Reported Home Ocean:
- 18% Cobalt
- 45% Midnight
- 36% Viridian
Age Distribution
Feedback on the Game
Things you love:
- 13% Pillaging
- 12% Your Crew
- 11% Duty Puzzles (on board a ship)
- 11% Pirate Theme
- 10% Clothing
- 9% Your Hearties
- 8% Table Games (in the Inn)
- 8% Crafting Puzzles (in the Shoppes)
- 3% The Forums
- 5% Politics and Blockades
- 5% Trading
- 4% Stall Management
What you want next:
- 34% Sea Monsters
- 18% More crafting puzzles
- 15% More Duty Puzzles
- 12% Social Features
- 11% More clothing
- 7% Economy/Shop Features
- 3% More Table games
Other Games Played:
- 23% Store-bought PC Games
- 18% Console Games
- 15% Downloadable Puzzle Games
- 13% Board Games
- 13% MMORPGs
- 13% Online Board and Card Games
- 3% Online Poker or other Gambling
- 1% Online Slots
What is Puzzle Pirates to you?:
- 32% Pirate Game
- 28% World of Puzzle Games
- 12% Online Community
- 12% MMORPG
- 10% Online World
- 7% Role-Playing Game
Player Satisfaction
Cobalt
- 64% Very Happy
- 31% Happy
- 4% Just Okay
- 0% Unhappy
- 0% Very Unhappy
Midnight
- 57% Very Happy
- 36% Happy
- 7% Just Okay
- 0% Unhappy
- 0% Very Unhappy
Viridian
- 59% Very Happy
- 36% Happy
- 4% Just Okay
- 0% Unhappy
- 0% Very Unhappy
