Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves puts you on a pirate ship at sea, in first person. You take voyages from trading companies, and the ships you meet may be crewed by other players. You can team up with them or fight them.
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Rare drew on players of EVE Online, DayZ and Rust, who make up their own stories. The studio's pirates owe a lot to Pirates of the Caribbean and The Goonies. Progression only unlocks cosmetics, so newcomers and veterans can sail together.
At its 2018 launch critics praised the ship combat, physics and visuals but faulted the progression and the lack of content. Producer Joe Neate says the team ripped up its roadmap and added the Megalodon and AI ships. The updates kept coming, and the game's reception improved.
In April 2024 Sea of Thieves became Rare's first game on PlayStation, and in May it topped the PlayStation Store PS5 chart in the US, Canada and Europe. It has drawn more than 40 million players. On Steam it has 88% positive out of 323,235 reviews; critics give it 69 on OpenCritic. By our Recommended Score it is #2,641 of 4,736 games.
Liked it? Try Blackwake, a team-based first-person naval shooter, and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, where a series regular loses his memory and becomes a pirate captain.
Major updates
Sea of Thieves Release Notes - 3.6.0 · Dec 2025All 5
System requirements
Minimum GTX 660 · 8 GB RAM · 100 GB✓Steam Deck VerifiedMin & recommended
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher | Windows® 10 64-bit |
| Processor | Intel i3 4170 @ 3.7 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz | Intel i7 4790 @4Ghz - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @3.6Ghz |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Graphics | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080ti - AMD Radeon Rx Vega 64 - Intel A750 |
| DirectX | 11 | 12 |
| Storage | 100 GB | 100 GB |
From the game’s Steam store page.
