Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.
- Released
- 2018
- Developer
- Rare Ltd.
- Platforms
- 4 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- verified
- Download
- 100 GB
What is Sea of Thieves?
Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 20 March 2018 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Rare Ltd. |
| Publisher | Xbox Game Studios |
| Platforms | PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Steam Deck |
| Genres | First-Person Shooter, Action Adventure |
| Languages | 15 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q20113718, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Sea of Thieves received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
Accessibility
Seeing
None declared
Hearing
None declared
Input
- Partial Controller Support
Difficulty
None declared
Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | partial support |
| Cloud saves | No |
| Cross-platform play | Yes |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Yes |
| In-game purchases | Yes |
| Steam Deck | verified |
| Download size | 100 GB |
| Add-on content | 6 DLC listed |
| Age gate | None |
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Problems players report
We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Sea of Thieves on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.
- Servers and connection12 of 300 (4%)
There is no meaningful protection, no matchmaking, no skill-based separation and no real alternative for players who simply want to enjoy the game's PvE content.
Steam review, 24 August 2026 · 134 hours played · 8 readers marked it helpfulI won't even dive in detail in the server issues from a few years ago when the servers were so bad there was a community made calendar to mark server outages and at one point 20 out of 30 days in a month were marked.
Steam review, 29 August 2026 · 1,881 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful
A further 9 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.
Games like Sea of Thieves
24 games overlap with Sea of Thieves on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition, Forza Horizon 4 and BIGFOOT.
Common questions about Sea of Thieves
What platforms is Sea of Thieves on?
Sea of Thieves is available on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Steam Deck. It first released in 2018.
How much does Sea of Thieves cost?
$39.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.
Do players recommend Sea of Thieves?
89% of 372,556 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
Does Sea of Thieves work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates Sea of Thieves as verified on the Steam Deck, from its own testing. That means it works out of the box with no configuration.
How big is the Sea of Thieves download?
100 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.
Who made Sea of Thieves?
Sea of Thieves was developed by Rare Ltd. and published by Xbox Game Studios.