Can I Run Sea of Thieves?
Released in 2020, Sea of Thieves is an action adventure game built by Rare Ltd. Publishing duties went to Xbox Game Studios. The game supports cooperative play. Completionists have 293 achievements to work through. Its 6 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. Its Steam review count passes 320 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. 15 languages are covered by the store listing. The game ships for Windows alone.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i3 4170 @ 3.7 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i7 4790 @4Ghz - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @3.6Ghz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080ti - AMD Radeon Rx Vega 64 - Intel A750 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Play is built around one continuous open world. There are 13 official screenshots to judge the look from. That openness is what costs performance. Sea of Thieves has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The view is from a first person view.
Why Sea of Thieves is demanding
Sea of Thieves sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080ti - AMD Radeon Rx Vega 64 - Intel A750, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Sea of Thieves calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Sea of Thieves at the floor and Sea of Thieves at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Sea of Thieves needs 64 bit Windows. Sea of Thieves expects 16 GB of system memory. Sea of Thieves wants about 100 GB of disk space, which is a real consideration on a smaller drive.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Sea of Thieves?
Free up space before installing Sea of Thieves: it needs roughly 100 GB. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270 and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Sea of Thieves needs about 100 GB of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 0.92x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.52x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.23x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Sea of Thieves's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Sea of Thieves?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Sea of Thieves?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i3 4170 @ 3.7 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher.
How much storage does Sea of Thieves need?
Sea of Thieves needs about 100 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Sea of Thieves?
The RTX 3060 runs Sea of Thieves comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Sea of Thieves?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Sea of Thieves is the GPU.