Plunder Panic
Trick or Treat Update - Version 2.5
Just in time for Halloween, Version 2.5 is primarily a polish and bug fix update, so you can host your friends and family to a scary good time in this swashbuckling pirate party game!
The Heave Ho Update - Version 2.4
Version 2.4 features polish and bug fixes over the previous update, which together collectively includes:
- New Island: Viking Village - The Norse who find their home in the frozen lands of the Viking Village have a lot in common with pirates but also a unique flair for hand-to-hand combat with their wooden shields. They also love their boats, and even have two Death’s Row dinghies, creating a dueling dinghy challenge for crews that dock upon these shores.
- New Island: Buzzing Bazaar - This is an infamous trading post for pirates, criminals, and shady businessmen. Travel the bouncy tent tops to get a jump on your competition or ride the magic carpet through the skies. Many a traveler has been lured to these shores in seek of the wishes held within the genie’s lamp.
- Updated Island: Shipwreck Shanty - A couple ropes have been dropped from the shipwreck's rigging to create a line of rope swings that allows an agile pirate to quickly traverse from one pirate ship to another.
- Updated Island: Kaiju Cove - Mangled trees have sprouted at the top of Kaiju Cove that drop unique seeds filled with items that may be useful to ye crew.
- New Item: Shield - This item not only protects ye from an attack, but it also allows you to redirect an incoming projectile back toward yer enemy! Take heed: the shield is made of wood, so it can only take one hit before it breaks.
- New Modify-arr: Shields Up - With this modify-arr, all pirates will spawn with a Shield equipped! Be careful when launching projectiles at a shielded opponent, as they're likely to end up flyin' right back at ye!
- New Modify-arr: Sniper - This modify-arr adds precision aiming to all harpoon guns. Become the sharpshooter you've always known ye could be! NOTE: The default aiming for the harpoon gun is what used to be called "No Scope".
- New Game Mode: King of the Hill - Capture the territory and reclaim what was ours, argh! In this new game mode, yer crew gains points by capturing the hill and keeping enemies out of it. Every few moments, the hill will change location, so be quick to reach it first. Rowboat and cannon victories will take away from yer opponents score, and gold victories will add to yours.
- New Game Mode Option: Starting Weapon - Tired of yer captain being the only one to start with a weapon? With the new "Starting Weapon" game mode option, you can equip the entire crew for battle with swords, blunderbusses, axes, or harpoon guns (if unlocked).
- Campaign Update: Chapters 45-54 - The single player campaign has been expanded to include four new chapters and updates for six previous chapters to integrate the new islands, items, and modify-arrs.
- Ranked Play Improvements - Ranked play is now scheduled based on your region to help concentrate pirates seeking ranked matches to specific times during the week. You can also now match with humans from 4v4 down to 1v1 with balanced AI backfill up to 4v4 for all ranked matches, allowing you to get into ranked matches easier.
- And Much More - There are many additional sound effects, quality of life enhancements, AI pirate improvements, additional stat tracking, and bug fixes!
Version 2.4 also arrives with a 50% price reduction! There is no better time to assemble your crew and hoist your sails!
The Dueling Dinghy Update - Version 2.3
The new Version 2.3 Plunder Panic update includes:
- New Island: Viking Village - The Norse who find their home in the frozen lands of the Viking Village have a lot in common with pirates but also a unique flair for hand-to-hand combat with their wooden shields. They also love their boats, and even have two Death’s Row dinghies, creating a dueling dinghy challenge for crews that dock upon these shores.
- New Island: Buzzing Bazaar - This is an infamous trading post for pirates, criminals, and shady businessmen. Travel the bouncy tent tops to get a jump on your competition or ride the magic carpet through the skies. Many a traveler has been lured to these shores in seek of the wishes held within the genie’s lamp.
- Updated Island: Shipwreck Shanty - A couple ropes have been dropped from the shipwreck's rigging to create a line of rope swings that allows an agile pirate to quickly traverse from one pirate ship to another.
- Updated Island: Kaiju Cove - Mangled trees have sprouted at the top of Kaiju Cove that drop unique seeds filled with items that may be useful to ye crew.
- New Item: Shield - This item not only protects ye from an attack, but it also allows you to redirect an incoming projectile back toward yer enemy! Take heed: the shield is made of wood, so it can only take one hit before it breaks.
- New Modify-arr: Shields Up - With this modify-arr, all pirates will spawn with a Shield equipped! Be careful when launching projectiles at a shielded opponent, as they're likely to end up flyin' right back at ye!
- New Modify-arr: No Scope - This modify-arr takes the scope off of all harpoon guns, making them only as easy to aim as something ye could throw!
- New Game Mode: King of the Hill - Capture the territory and reclaim what was ours, argh! In this new game mode, yer crew gains points by capturing the hill and keeping enemies out of it. Every few moments, the hill will change location, so be quick to reach it first. Rowboat and cannon victories will take away from yer opponents score, and gold victories will add to yours.
- New Game Mode Option: Starting Weapon - Tired of yer captain being the only one to start with a weapon? With the new "Starting Weapon" game mode option, you can equip the entire crew for battle with swords, blunderbusses, or harpoon guns (if unlocked).
- Campaign Update: Chapters 45-54 - The single player campaign has been expanded to include four new chapters and updates for six previous chapters to integrate the new islands, items, and modify-arrs.
- Ranked Play Improvements - Ranked play is now scheduled to help concentrate pirates seeking ranked matches to specific times during the week.
- And Much More - There are many additional sound effects, quality of life enhancements, and bug fixes!
The Swab the Deck Update - Version 2.2
The new Version 2.2 Plunder Panic update includes:
- Graphical Polish - We did a graphical pass across all the islands to make sure everything was "Pirate Pixel Perfect".
- SFX Polish - We added over 50 new sound effects and fixed a few SFX playback bugs to promote a richer auditory experience.
- Gameplay Polish - We did some minor adjustments to the gameplay, most notably tweaking some of the level hazards. We also added a level hazard to the Blimp Out of Time island.
- AI Polish - Speaking of gameplay, we included some minor updates to the AI pirates to address some of their odd behaviors at times.
- User Interface Polish - The out-of-game user interface also received some love, most notably the Online Match screens, the Bounty screen, and the Pirate Code (game options) book.
- Character Select Polish - We squashed two bugs in the character select, including one where you could get two pirate select cursors controlled by one controller AND one where you would be able to have two captains on your crew. Given the potential for mayhem coming from the Item Crate, we also made pirates invincible after dying for a brief period of time within the Character Select.
- Additional Bug Squashing - No pirate wants to share their boat with bugs, so we squashed all reported bugs on our list!
- Rating System in Campaign - We added a rating system to the Campaign for those players that want to win at all things in life. Can ye earn three pirate coins on all 50 chapters?
A Monstrous Update - Version 2.1
The new Version 2.1 Plunder Panic update includes:
- Three New Islands - There are three new monstrous islands to compete upon, including Dino Isle, Kaiju Cove, and The Mighty Kraken!
- Level Hazards - Level hazards were added to five of the original islands to make them more treacherous and add a new gameplay dynamic. You can disable the level hazards using new new "Disable Hazards" Modify-arr.
- Disguise Item - Equip this item to temporarily disguise yourself as a member of the enemy crew! Utilize this powerful tool of deception to become an impostor and infiltrate, sabotage, and sow chaos amongst yer rivals.
- Campaign Updates - The campaign has been expanded to include five new chapters, improved cutscenes, and a campaign map to enhance your epic single player adventure.
- Character Select Item Crate - An "Item Crate" was added to your ship to allow you to play with many of the items that will be available within your match while you wait for others to join in multiplayer games.
- Ranked Play Improvements - The ranked searching experience now includes helpful and humorous messages from Swabby to help pass the time while you wait. And if you get dropped from a ranked match (due to an internet hiccup), you can now easily reconnect into the same game.
- More Bounties to Earn - 52 new bounties were added for you to earn as you compete on the Bounty Leaderboard.
- Mouse Button Support - Keyboard players can now optionally use the mouse buttons as input.
- And Much More - There are many additional enhancements, optimizations, and bug fixes!
Free Demo Now Available!
🏴☠️Plunder Panic🏴☠️ is a team-based pirate fighting game for up to 12 players! Work with your crew to steal treasure, defeat the enemy captain, or sink their ship. The first team to capture an objective wins the battle!
Demo Features:
- Play in Online Games - Join in public or private online games for up to 12-players. Players can be from either the demo or full game including cross platform play support. You get access to whatever gameplay features the host has available while in online game matches.
- Host Public Online Games - Host your own online public games for up to 12-players. Your game matches include whatever features you have personally unlocked.
- In-Game Unlockable - Unlock the first set of pickup items, modify'arrs, and game modes to use in your hosted games.
- In-Game Achievements - Earn the first 10 in-game achievements (aka, bounties) of the over 100 available in the full game.
- Single Player Campaign - Play the first 12 chapters of the 45-chapter single player campaign.
Download now for FREE and Prepare to Plunder!
DEVELOPER LIVESTREAM - Plunder Panic 2.0: The Big Haul!
The Big Haul Update - Version 2.0
The new Plunder Panic features include:
- Single Player Campaign - The game now includes a 45-chapter single player campaign that puts players on an epic adventure while they learn the game and unlock gameplay treasures.
Public and Private Online Matches - The game includes many enhancements to online play where players can play with their frenemies in both public or private matches. Players can now even late join into in-progress games. - Ranked Play and Leaderboards - Competitive players can now matchmake into ranked matches, climb 46 levels of ranking, and compete on the global leaderboards.
- In-Game Achievements and Unlockable - The game now includes over 100 in-game achievements (aka, bounties) and 36 unlockable features that players can earn through gameplay.
- New Gameplay - The game now contains fourteen pickup items, including a new harpoon gun, thirteen islands to compete upon, including a new steampunk-inspired island, and a fifth game mode (“Down with the Ship”.)
- Streamlined User Interface - The game’s front-end menus and character select have been enhanced to get players into games quickly and easily.
- And Much More - There are dozens of additional enhancements, optimizations, and bug fixes which refine and polish the award-winning game.
The Booty-ful Update - Version 1.1.0
- This update is all about the BOOTY! In Gold Rush, you have one goal: fill your chest with as much gold as possible within the time limit. Watch out though, because if your ship sinks by cannonballs or Death's Row, you can kiss a large chunk of your gold goodbye!
NEW ISLAND: The Crystal Geysers
- Wow, this island sure is booty-ful! The geysers at the bottom are your only way up, be sure to time your jumps right before they go back down!
NEW ISLAND: Mayan Ruins
- Sssssimply ssssspectacular! If you want to take control of this stage, you'll need to climb the giant Quetzalcoatl that guards the ruins. Watch out for those wing flaps!
NEW ISLAND: Desert Sphinx
- Going up? Well, you will be if you get caught in one of the desert's frequent sandstorms. These gusts will launch you (and any items) up to the top of the stage if touched. Watch out for flying Squidshots!
NEW ITEM: Cursed Gold
- Beware the Cursed Gold... place this item in your opponents chest to give them a stack of cursed gold. A team cannot win through the gold victory condition if there are any pieces of cursed gold in their chest, and they'll need to dig them out.
NEW ITEM: Throwing Axe
- I was trying to think of an axe joke for this, but I'm not very cleaver! You'll need to sharpen your skills with this new throwable item. It travels in an arc and is useful for taking out enemies above you. And crewmates rejoice, it can even cut the cannon wick!
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS:
- There is a new trajectory arrow for throwable items, which is very useful to have with the new Throwing Axe. (Try holding down the button!)
- AI Improvements
- SFX tweaks and updates
- Various bug fixes
The Full Release
Plunder Panic is hoisting the sails with the 1.0 Full Release update! Featuring a new map, new modes, and new ways to play with your friends!
Added in the 1.0 update:
CROSSPLAY:
- Plunder Panic is now available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One! You can seamlessly play with others regardless of platform in Private Matches and Matchmaking.
NEW ISLAND: Treehouse Hideout
- Am I seasick, or is this island spinnin'? Navigate the rotating wheel in the middle of the island, and try to avoid the durian-tossing monkeys!
NEW GAME MODE: Reinforcements
- Set the amount of lives yer crew has access to! Ye can pool them together or set them individual for each player.
GAME MODE IMPROVEMENTS:
- Freeplay has been renamed "A Pirate's Life"
- Rival Crews has been retired as a game mode and implemented as an option for all game modes except Conquest. You now can select how many rounds you want to play as a "Best Of".
MUSIC UPDATES:
- Remastered Music and various SFX
- Our soundtrack is now available on Steam!
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS:
- Fixed lockouts when disconnecting from matchmaking
- Improved clarity in error codes
- Redesigned party scroll for better usability
- Various bugfixes, optimizations, and improvements