Don't press X to free the pirate! Steam news

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• Review score89% positive
• Total reviews19
• Release dateJan 24, 2026
• DeveloperOkamisen
• PublisherIkucrea

Genres: Indie

Company pages: Developer: OkamisenPublisher: Ikucrea

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Don't press X to free the pirate! Steam news

Don't press X to free the pirate! news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Thank you for your support! + Mini Update / Bug Fixes - 8 February 2026

  Huge thanks to everyone who supported the project! As promised, I'm fixing bugs as soon as they are discovered. Plus, there is a special update for that one incredibly patient player who waited for an hour in the main menu and saw through all the pirate's traps~Bug Fixes & Content Update:Fixed the timer for the secret scene: it now tracks total playtime instead of time since the last death;Added new lines for the Pirate;Added an extra reward for those who refuse to press X in the menu for a very, VERY long time.

• The Pirate sets sail! (Release + Plans + Birthday) - 24 January 2026

  All hands on deck! This is not a drill! The most (un)dangerous and (completely un)armed Pirate is craving freedom! Can you withstand his schemes and manage to do absolutely nothing in a game you actually paid money for? :)Do you sense the catch and the contradiction? That’s exactly the foundation of this high-effort shitpost experiment. My goal was to create a game that tries its hardest to force you to "play," while simultaneously mocking the very absurdity of the situation. Prepare to feel like the punchline of a post-modern joke!But just staring at a Pirate would be boring. That’s why literally everything in the game—from the music and animations to the menus and the tutorial - is designed to pressure you into pressing that accursed X button.What to expect? This is an experimental project, so I want to be transparent:⏳ Duration: The game is designed for about an hour of playtime (thi…

• Patch 1.0.2 - 21 January 2026

  Bug Fixes & Content UpdateFixed minor menu bugs;Added new phrases for the Pirate.

• Patch 1.0.1 - 26 December 2025

  Steam Deck & Input Prompt Fixes:Fixed text clipping on Steam Deck;Fixed incorrect button prompt detection for Xbox and Steam Deck.

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