Can I Run Sea of Thieves PC?
Rare Ltd released Sea of Thieves PC in 2020. It is an action adventure game, published by Xbox Game Studios. The game supports cooperative play. Steam lists support for 15 languages. Completionists have 293 achievements to work through. With more than 320 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. 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.
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 HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher |
| DirectX | Version 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 HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Sea of Thieves PC structures its play around one continuous open world. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Sea of Thieves PC can never assume the player will stop and let it load. 13 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is from a first person view.
Why Sea of Thieves PC is demanding
Sea of Thieves PC 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. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Budget around 100 GB of storage for Sea of Thieves PC. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Sea of Thieves PC 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 PC at the floor and Sea of Thieves PC at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Sea of Thieves PC?
Free up space before installing Sea of Thieves PC: it needs roughly 100 GB of HDD storage. 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 PC needs about 100 GB of HDD 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 PC'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 PC?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Sea of Thieves PC?
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 PC need?
Sea of Thieves PC needs about 100 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Sea of Thieves PC?
The RTX 3060 runs Sea of Thieves PC comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Sea of Thieves PC?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Sea of Thieves PC is the GPU.