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.
“sarcastic praise masks frustration with ship destruction and griefing”
How it holds up
−50+5
Gameplay
-0.29
Progression-2.47
“progression made harder to grind, forcing more playtime” (21)
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Story & World
+1.87
World+3.50
“art direction, world building, and sailing create a sense of grandeur and exploration” (31)
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Content Volume
+0.97
Volume+1.30
“contenu s'est grandement étoffé depuis quelques années” (9)
Un jeu qui fondamentalement est bon, amusant mais avec une communauté d'une toxicité sans pareil. Que dire de ce jeux en 2026? Le contenu s'est grandement étoffé depuis quelques années, c'est indéniable. Par contre le niveau de toxicité est hautement critique. Et quand je parle de toxicité, je ne parle pas d'insultes, ou de triche (qui part définition sont des comportements interdits), je parle de comportement facialement légitime mais qui rende votre partie insupportable. -On vous pourchasse pendant des plombes, il est très (trop, impossible) difficile de fuir, surtout quand on ne veut pas de
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Visuals & Sound
+3.95
Visuals+4.04
“stylistically beautiful with great atmosphere and wave sounds” (36)
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Multiplayer
-0.95
Playing together+1.21
“played with friends, met new friends in this game” (105)
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Fairness
-3.08
Matchmaking-3.77
“PvE players forced into PvP mode or suffer nerfed progression and limited rewards” (31)
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Tech & Ops
-2.28
Developer support-2.52
“devs prioritize monetization over player enjoyment, protected pedophiles in community positions” (29)
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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.
Steam review activity
% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
Jun 2020Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 779 reviews, peak 41/day
Aug 19Sep 16
per month · 4,257 reviews, peak 1,633/month
Jun 2026Aug 2026
per month · 8,109 reviews, peak 1,633/month
Mar 2026Aug 2026
per month · 16,669 reviews, peak 1,839/month
Sep 2025Aug 2026
Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.
Review languages
Languages of the 398 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.
English42%
Portuguese13%
Russian11%
Chinese7%
Spanish7%
French6%
Other15%
🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.
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