Sea of Thieves

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1093 Ratings

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  1. LilTess
    Mar 24, 2018
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I feel like most of the reviews are extremely unfair for this game, so thought i'd write my own one. Sea of Thieves is a wonderful game, been spending hours since the realease with a few friends. The pvp is engaging and a real adrenaline rush. Raids in the game are amazing the beacon luring all the players into one spot, then later sinking all the ships coming for you and then delivering houndreds of thousands worth of gold to the merchants is a real kicker. Game is only repetetive if you go for a "side quest" at the time and then deliver it. Engage yourself into the world fight for loot there are people sailing around all over the place but most will avoid you cause they're scared of losing their loot. I havent had a calm moment in the game, always fighting someone be it 2v4, 2v4v4 or even more it's always fun to come out on top if you play it right. Sailing and shooting in the game feels great as well, that is coming from a person that tops out on most fps's and competetive games.

    My negatives for the game would be that as a PC player i am stuck with xbox live app and it's not a great interface, very buggy and horrible UI and as for the price tag? no it's not worth 60€ maybe a 50€, playing on the game pass thankfully will most likely pay the full price they ask for if they live up to the promise of fair microtransactions and NO loot boxes.

    SPOILER"ISH" below

    Side Note: haven't been sunk yet cause we're playing against xbox one players and they have not a chance against a PC player almost Maxed out all the factions,
    (which are the places u do sidequests for) in just a few days. Progression is to quick if the game is played right.    … Expand
  2. skullcat007
    May 21, 2018
    8
    This game is one of the most addictive games that I have played. It has brilliant graphics and can run smoothly. The best part is the community and the developers paying attention to what players are saying. Sometimes it can be boring tho, sailing alone can be relaxing but can get boring after grinding for hours but can get more enjoyable with a crew. Please note that microphones areThis game is one of the most addictive games that I have played. It has brilliant graphics and can run smoothly. The best part is the community and the developers paying attention to what players are saying. Sometimes it can be boring tho, sailing alone can be relaxing but can get boring after grinding for hours but can get more enjoyable with a crew. Please note that microphones are pretty much required as communicating with your crew efficiently is the most important thing you can do.… Expand
  3. Rato0r
    Sep 1, 2021
    8
    Als erstes muss ich sagen das ich Sea of Thives erst jetzt einige Stunden gespielt habe und nicht gleich beim Release als wohl noch einiges fehlte.
    Zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt ist Sea of Thieves aber wirklich ein großartiges Spiel und da es leider wenig alternativen gibt was Videospiele mit Piraten angeht werde ich bestimmt noch einige Stunden in das Spiel stecken.
  4. Denis94
    Jul 8, 2021
    8
    Llevábamos esperando mucho tiempo a que alguien se atreviese hacer un MMO de piratas y por fin Zarpó el SOT del puerto, Rare creo un juego con expectativas enormes y pensando en el futuro tanto en gráficos como en contenido, a día de hoy sigue actualizándose con eventos y añadiendo más inmensidad al mapeado, si todo va bien este juego le quedan muchísimos años de vida, de vida pirataLlevábamos esperando mucho tiempo a que alguien se atreviese hacer un MMO de piratas y por fin Zarpó el SOT del puerto, Rare creo un juego con expectativas enormes y pensando en el futuro tanto en gráficos como en contenido, a día de hoy sigue actualizándose con eventos y añadiendo más inmensidad al mapeado, si todo va bien este juego le quedan muchísimos años de vida, de vida pirata claro.… Expand
  5. moranmoa
    Jul 30, 2020
    8
    the game needs a better loot system and crafting system to be a 10 game
    I love the graphics and the open world.
  6. Haeder
    Jul 11, 2020
    8
    The game has gotten a lot better since lunch, Now the game just has so much content and a really cool multiplayer experience, Just don't play solo it gets really boring.
  7. Slownlazy
    Apr 13, 2021
    8
    A lot of these reviews are 3 years old. I've only got the game recently (50% on Steam) so I'm not sure if there have been any major overhauls.

    Ahh, the gruelling life of a pirate. This game can have you ready to uninstall after an hour of playing, but I would recommend you stick it out a bit longer. The game starts out with a fun tutorial that gets you excited to begin your pirate    A lot of these reviews are 3 years old. I've only got the game recently (50% on Steam) so I'm not sure if there have been any major overhauls.

    Ahh, the gruelling life of a pirate. This game can have you ready to uninstall after an hour of playing, but I would recommend you stick it out a bit longer.

    The game starts out with a fun tutorial that gets you excited to begin your pirate life. A relaxing, single player experience to learn the basics. And that's really it. The basics. There is so much more to learn that the game does not teach you.

    Shortly after starting the actual game, I died almost every 5 minutes. To skeletons blowing me up as I read a book on a small island (enemies continually respawn... thanks devs for putting reading in the wild...). I died in my anchored boat by another player who was far more experienced than me (I barely knew how to fire my cannons properly) as I began my first quest. I died at the hands of more players as I continued to try and bring in my first chest to port. A random dude stole my treasure AND boat AND yelled at me as he sailed off... then came back and apologised and taught me how to open up my crew to the public.

    The first chest I did bring in rewarded me with 70 gold. Seventy. Most cosmetics' (which seems to be this games only sense of progression) costs are in the thousands, if not more. Some beards and hairs are cheaper, granted. This felt like nothing as the tutorial gives you a huge 30,000 gold starting package... the game felt like a slow grind.

    After hours of what felt like griefing by other players, I was ready to uninstall. There seems to be no area which is safe from the PvP environment. I'm pretty sure I read an "honour among pirates" poster somewhere, but that was a dirty lie.

    Hours later, defeated and forgetting I had opened up my crew to the public, a random dude who also just started playing the game that day joined. We chatted a bit and he seemed to have a completely different starting experience, not being killed by other players at all. We set sail and became the best crew-mates anyone could ask for. We played until 3 in the morning, jamming out on the deck and completing longer missions. Maybe it was the time of day, but all the 13 year old griefers seemed to have disappeared. Nothing but treasure hunting, skeleton smashing, and smooth sailing.

    Definitely a game to be played with others. They say you can solo pirate, but as soon as you run into a ship of 4+ pirates in a town, kiss all your hard work/hours of looting goodbye as you try to turn it in at a port.

    I read an in-game book about "easy-come-easy-go" and it should be the motto of the game. Everything you work towards hoarding in your ship (food, cannon balls, treasure) can be stolen from random pirates in a second... and then you simply find it again instantly in another random barrel or continue the mission. There is not really any death-penalty other than losing potential hours of treasure hunting.

    The game is beautiful, with cartoony graphics. The feeling of sailing is unmatched (compared to games like Stranded Deep or AC Odyssey). I can see the travelling getting boring, but I am still new and loving it. Again, with friends, you can play instruments, talk, fight sharks/ghost ships, cook food while someone else sails, play Jack on the front of the bow like in Titanic, etc.

    The sounds of the ocean, instruments, and ambience is well done. The dialogue can be lacking, leaving you reading most NPC conversations.

    Cannot wait to jump back in and be slaughtered by Fortnite kids.    … Expand
  8. Methias
    Feb 11, 2022
    8
    Sea of Thieves is a game that managed to borderline come back from the dead. How? No one is really quite sure because when the game first released back in 2018, it was highly hyped up by both the developers and the XBOX community alike. You had so many gamers saying this was going to be the game that made the XBOX ONE, the game that would make PlayStation and Nintendo gamers jealous, so onSea of Thieves is a game that managed to borderline come back from the dead. How? No one is really quite sure because when the game first released back in 2018, it was highly hyped up by both the developers and the XBOX community alike. You had so many gamers saying this was going to be the game that made the XBOX ONE, the game that would make PlayStation and Nintendo gamers jealous, so on and so fourth. However, it was the complete opposite. Everything gamers were lead to believe was somehow not quite the truth.

    I would say most of all, it was purely misdirection. Intentional, yes, but I don't think any major harm was meant. But unfortunately, the gaming community is so very brutal and they do not let things go when they are angry. And gamers certainly became angry about Sea of Thieves.

    The game was the negative talking point of the gaming world for quite a few months. Even a friend of mine, who is primarily and XBOX gamer asked me "Yeah, Sea of Thieves, what the hell went wrong there?".

    But now, some years later, the game is worthy of some praise. I've been playing it on my PC on Games Pass and I've had my best friend and my girlfriend roped in onto the game with me. First and foremost, I will say this game is pretty much a multiplayer game. The developers say it's solo friendly and while it is somewhat true and they are even adding solo friendly content into the game, can you really do it solo? The answer to that question is not really, not without some great deal of difficulty.

    The whole games mechanics works purely on working as a team with other people, so trying to do everything that a whole team needs to do, navigating the map, adjusting and setting the sails and manning the helm, it's all quite the chore. And if you get attacked by one of the in game dangers, such as the Megalodon, a Ghost ship or even the legendary Kraken, then you can basically kiss your ship goodbye and any loot you may of had on it because if you think you cand handle sailing, repairs of the ships damage AND manning the canons all by yourself, it's not going to happen.

    So yes, you need friends, you need a crew. And the more, the better.

    But the content of the game that is now seen in it is where it's truly shining these days. So much has been added and it's only getting better. Customization of your character, weapons and your ship is all very simple, yes, but it's still fun. It's so fun to sail the seas as the pirate you want to be. Give your pirate a beard, a peg leg, a hook for a hand. Paint your ship red and black, give it a black sail, hoist the skull and crossbones! You can even get pets in the game, such as dogs, cats, monkeys and parrots, and you can even get them outfits that give them peg legs and eye patches!

    Yes, a lot of this stuff comes in the form of microtransactions from the in game online store, but the small prices you pay for them are trivial at the end of the day. And I only spend about £5 or so once every few months on them, so I'm not exactly breaking the bank.

    The game, even today, is visually beautiful and even now, as a last gen game, the water graphics in the game are the best in existence, even when compared to up and coming new gen games. The sailing mechanics are some of the most fun parts. If you've got one friend manning the map, guiding you as you handle the helm and another tackles the sails, you can be hit with a storm, which means you'll have to fight high waves, strong tides that will throw you off course. Lightning will strike the ocean and can even hit your ship, sparking a fire, meaning you have to scoop water from a barrel on your ship which draws it in from the ocean to put it out. And whne a storm lingers dead over head, it plays havoc with your compass next to your helm, meaning you have to trust your own knowledge of the map and the ship to guide you through it. Me, my girlfriend and my best friend have been thrown way off course in the past by storms, and it's such a fun element of the game.

    Other little things that make the game so much fun is the inclusion of playing instruments, making a little band together. Even your pets will dance along to them! In game emotes can be a laugh. You can go fishing, catch some fish, cook them up and store them in your ships food barrel or your own inventory as a health restore option. You have several different canon ammo types, from the regular canonball to chain shots, made to take down the mast of enemy ships, fire bombs, designed to set the ships on fire. And then you have cursed balls, ones which will cast a spell on the ship to give various effects, from making the whole enemy crew sick to forcing the anchor to drop.

    Everything in the game, from sailing to hunting down treasure is just all so much fun. But you need friends. That's a definite. Sea of Thieves is worth picking up. Especially on games pass.    … Expand
  9. RynoHoksin
    Jun 1, 2021
    8
    According to Steam, I have 84 hours on this game. And I've only played through half of the content. The graphics aren't bad, the music is great, and the gameplay is fun. I highly recommend it, if you've got a few friends to sail with.
  10. imFedews
    Jul 5, 2021
    8
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  11. Judge_Binary
    Jul 8, 2021
    8
    I had no expectations regarding 'Sea of Thieves' going into it other than hoping for a game where I could sail around the map and just chill out, and while that's what I got I also got more.

    I've been playing the game mostly co-op with a few different friends and it's a great time. Just exploring the map and doing random bounty hunts or supply runs while having random conversations is a    I had no expectations regarding 'Sea of Thieves' going into it other than hoping for a game where I could sail around the map and just chill out, and while that's what I got I also got more.

    I've been playing the game mostly co-op with a few different friends and it's a great time. Just exploring the map and doing random bounty hunts or supply runs while having random conversations is a good time.

    The 'Tall-tales' we've done so far have been enjoyable little romps that emulate a grand adventure over multiple chapters.

    Even other player interactions, which I have noted that other people have had primarily negative ones, have very rarely been so for me. Talking to people on other ships, forming alliances, and making new friends has been a blast.    … Expand
  12. TrickyEgor
    Feb 18, 2022
    8
    Sea Of Thieves is one of the most beautiful games. The best water in the game industry.
  13. AC1DHOUZE
    Mar 7, 2022
    8
    ARTICLE 1: The Sea Calls to Us All
    "Everyone is welcome on the Sea of Thieves regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality, nationality or creed."
  14. Jollyolfun
    Nov 18, 2022
    8
    this game is most fun when there are other players to fight against but that rarely happens. but i will give it a score based on how fun it is in those moments
  15. Bricko
    Feb 13, 2023
    8
    The game became good now, 50% of the bad review are about the fact the game is banned from Russia, wich make the actual User Score irrevelent, and also, an other part of the bad review are from 2018, the game as gone trough a lot of major update now.
  16. Mins76
    Jun 11, 2023
    8
    This is in my opinion one of the best games to play with friends, the ship's mechanics are really cool and you don´t need more than 4 different weapons. NOT pay to win. I would not recommend to you to buy this game if you going to play it by solo and if you don´t have no one to play with, find a discord server of the game it is always fun.
  17. teazlunox
    Jul 26, 2023
    8
    YAW OGLUM SEN SALAK MISIN APTAL MISIN SEN ZATEN BOZUK Bİ ANDIRIN VAR.......
  18. SuomiSoldat
    Jan 9, 2021
    7
    The game is good, and great fun especially with friends. My main gripe with the game is that there really isn't any progress you can make. Sure you can buy skins and such, but I'd loved to have some other progress to achieve. The second issue with the game is the inability to conveniently play with more than 4 friends. Like I have 6 friends I play the game with. It would be fun to be ableThe game is good, and great fun especially with friends. My main gripe with the game is that there really isn't any progress you can make. Sure you can buy skins and such, but I'd loved to have some other progress to achieve. The second issue with the game is the inability to conveniently play with more than 4 friends. Like I have 6 friends I play the game with. It would be fun to be able to join the same server...… Expand
  19. aver233
    Aug 4, 2018
    7
    This game lacks story and reason to grind, but that's not really the point. Jumping into this game with three friends is probably the best multiplayer experience i've ever had. Countless hours of fun. if you can convince your friends to buy this with you, i totally recommend it. And also the new free dlcs really improve the game
  20. PixelBard
    Mar 23, 2018
    7
    Rare has constructed a beautiful sandbox for people to play pirates in. The game has a fun, friendly art style that pulls you in while still reminding you that this is make believe. Sailing on the sea with friends is a truly amazing experience as everyone works together to make the ship operate like a well oiled machine. From angling the sails to catch the most wind to repairing breachesRare has constructed a beautiful sandbox for people to play pirates in. The game has a fun, friendly art style that pulls you in while still reminding you that this is make believe. Sailing on the sea with friends is a truly amazing experience as everyone works together to make the ship operate like a well oiled machine. From angling the sails to catch the most wind to repairing breaches in the hull. It's an amazing experience.

    What the Rare forgot to include in this equation is variety. The 3 factions you work for are just a paint coated fetch quests. The games progression is working your way through better tiers of dress up and hoarding your gold.

    Of course also being a game about being pirates you have the option of pirating other players stuff. While this is fun and seems great on paper, there is no long term penalty for being "too aggressive" so a lot of players are inclined to play this route and grief as opposed to following the games intended path. I think if Rare was to implement a karma style system or something that added bounties to excessively aggressive players, this could balance out.

    With all that being said, the game really is a fun sandbox to play in. Sandbox being the key word there. You really need to be able to find your own fun to really enjoy this title. There is almost no hand holding and almost no one telling you that you are doing a good job. It's up to you to feel like you are.    … Expand
  21. CritzGD
    Mar 22, 2018
    7
    While that 7 may be yellow, it is a very high 7 for me. Let me list some problems with the game first

    I've experienced some glitches with the game, my character jitters sometimes, my ship sunk with no holes of water on board and then I disconnected, there are skeletons floating in the air sometimes, but these aren't huge things, they will probably be fixed sat some pint, but the thing    While that 7 may be yellow, it is a very high 7 for me. Let me list some problems with the game first

    I've experienced some glitches with the game, my character jitters sometimes, my ship sunk with no holes of water on board and then I disconnected, there are skeletons floating in the air sometimes, but these aren't huge things, they will probably be fixed sat some pint, but the thing that bothers me, is the lack of content, while what is there is good, there isn't really a lot, the missions consist of either, looking at a map and going to the island and digging treasure, killing skeletons until you kill the captain and collecting his skull, or capturing animals and stuff and you deliver these things you collect to outposts to seel them for gold, and to get reputation for the factions you do this for. However, this is pretty much it, there are shipwrecks, and forts, and of course the Kraken (which is very rare to find). But other than that, there is nothing much else to the game besides the PVP.

    However, even with this lack of content.....It's fun, I don't know what it is, but I'm having so much fun with the game and even when playing solo. The combat, in my opinion, is fun to do. The PVP just flows, I've been able to queue up with random people and we had genuine fun with it. Sea of Thieves is confusing, it is severely lacking in content, but I enjoy it so much. I hope that Rare sticks to their guns (or cannons I guess) and keep adding content to the game.    … Expand
  22. Sonyer
    Jul 2, 2020
    7
    If you have a lot of friends to play every day this game is for you, but if you only play alone... this game is not for you because you always need more people helping you to do missions and stuffs like that.
  23. OmegaGiven
    May 11, 2023
    7
    I just love making a fun adventure with friends. I normally like a perks and leveling system but it makes sense for this to not have that else pvp would be unbalanced. The game is very replay able. I do wish it had better crash proofing for pc as If my game crashes then im out of an hour of work...
  24. CallOfTheVoid88
    Oct 2, 2021
    7
    Decent game but a missed opportunity, this game could have been so much more but they dumbed it down to keep it kiddie proof.
  25. Averycrosslin
    Nov 2, 2019
    7
    Sea of Thieves is an open world pirate game, filled with treasures, combat, and adventure. I really like this game, but it does have some flaws. The game play is repetitive at times, but if you are like me and can only play an hour or so a day then it shouldn't be a problem. The animations are fine, although they can be glitchy occasionally. My next problems have nothing to do with theSea of Thieves is an open world pirate game, filled with treasures, combat, and adventure. I really like this game, but it does have some flaws. The game play is repetitive at times, but if you are like me and can only play an hour or so a day then it shouldn't be a problem. The animations are fine, although they can be glitchy occasionally. My next problems have nothing to do with the gameplay, but the devs decisions. The servers are usually pretty empty, which makes it hard to find other players. Similar to No Man's Sky, they should have waited a long time before releasing the game, because at first it wasn't completed which I think is what caused the low player count. Those are really my only problems with the game. I cannot describe how fun ship combat is. Patching holes, firing cannons, boarding enemy ships, all of it is awesome fun. Ship combat is at another level in arena mode, where combat is most common. Treasure maps are exciting, and skeleton forts are extremely fun. The sort of campaign, or tall tales, is extremely fun too. Overall, a pretty fun game.… Expand
  26. Spideyhero360
    Aug 21, 2020
    7
    The biggest highlight of this game are the Tall Tales. They were incredibly fun and actually felt like a real pirate adventure (especially if you play with friends.) Graphics are also really beautiful. Everything else gets repetitive and boring really quick though. All the quests are about either finding and digging up treasure or killing skeletons and thats about it. The game doesn’tThe biggest highlight of this game are the Tall Tales. They were incredibly fun and actually felt like a real pirate adventure (especially if you play with friends.) Graphics are also really beautiful. Everything else gets repetitive and boring really quick though. All the quests are about either finding and digging up treasure or killing skeletons and thats about it. The game doesn’t really have much variability to it at all.… Expand
  27. Hello12345678
    Dec 31, 2020
    7
    This was a fun game to play with friends , good graphics . It more or less gives you a playground in which to do whatever wacky stuff you want to .
  28. Tonyiu5641
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    Overall it's a nice game, great effect especially the sea and tsky... the most interesting part is the pvp mode.
  29. Oshiri_Maeda
    Jul 9, 2021
    7
    Pretty nice chill coop, PVP is almost non-existent. However, those several time we did PVP it was pretty hilarious. The game doesn't have much unique content, and I played only about 10 hours, but those were fun. Buy on sale.
    Btw, water visuals are just stunning! and meteors were pretty cool as well :D
  30. Richard_dias
    Aug 15, 2023
    7
    That's a pretty nice game if you play it casually (check it every now and then with three more friends to see what is new and call it the day), but maybe not much more than that. I was "forced" to play it too much 'cause my sister had a serious case of addiction, and so I started to see the cracks... it can be really, really repetitive.
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#7 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
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#33 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    90
    Sea of Thieves has successfully redeemed its clumsy launch with Rare being a developer that fully commits to the title with monthly updates for more than two years. Now – it is a game brimming with content, adventure and gorgeous pirate atmosphere with arguably being the best pirate game available and a truly fun multiplayer experience.
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  2. PCGamesN
    Feb 21, 2019
    80
    A year of updates has helped fill out its light content, but the real magic was there from the start. Rare’s take on cartoon piracy encourages you to behave as a cartoon pirate should: a little bloodthirsty, a little silly, and almost always drunk.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Sep 13, 2018
    60
    Sea of Thieves has a solid foundation, but unfortunately there is no content and in a few of gameplay the feeling of being a pirate completely disappears. [Issue#285]
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