Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition

- Grind for hours - Get tons of loot - Be happy - Sail in direction of outpost to sell loot - Get sunk by 4 nine year olds that scream racist slurs at you - Be pissed and log off - Swear you will never touch this game again - Log on the next day and repeat 10/10 experience would do it again

One of the best games i have ever played BUTTTT if you are new dont start on high seas start on safer seas until you think you are good enough for high seas. PS:high seas is a shared server with other peoples ships safer seas is a server with only you

The gameplay is great and the grind is really worth it but the community isnt that good

As much as i love this game, its getting destroyed by incompetent people behind it. OG developers made a masterpiece and gave it into hands of incompetent clowns. Its like Rare wants this game to die which will happen really soon imo. I cant recommend this game in current state.

Bought this game at the end of 2021, didn't play for like two year as it was not beginner friendly. Started playing on 2023 under pressure as few of my friends bought it. Worked my way to be a Pirate Legend with a friend on sloop. But I quickly realized that this so-called "milestone" didn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things. The online community still saw me as a noob, and honestly, they weren’t entirely wrong. Tried Athena stuff but it was boring AF. Then i started grinding the Hour Glass. This lost me a friend as got bored and the sloop was empty. Then for the first time i tried play with Randoms. NGL it was fun. Made a lot of friends on the way. I made few friends on the way who wanted to grind HG with me. So the hustle began. It took us around a month to get the CURSE in a Brig. It was fun. But after the curse everything is boring again. IDK what to do now. But there are loads of content in the game, but everything come down to reading the Journals and getting the Commendations which makes it not fun. Sea of Thieves has epic battles, chaotic friendships, and unforgettable voyages. But it also has long stretches of grind and emptiness once you've ticked off the big goals. Would I recommend it? Yes—but only if you’re ready to make your own fun, or you’ve got a crew who’s down for the ride.

im new af so safe seas it is for now. gots no friends lol i will say the water is hands down the most immersive water ive ever seen.. i just like sailing around and exploring but if u had mates i could VERY much understand how awesome this game could be. idk abt full price but def worth the 14 it cost on sale

THIS GAME SHOULD BE CALLED SEA OF CHEATS Pardon me for the rage up here, but yes , after I joined into this game to play it with a friend of mine and on my own sometimes, registering almost 480 hours in total on this game , starting from what was at the time already the 5th season probably , I can't hold my frustration to call gamers that wants to approach the game and hopefully the Devs themselves too from what the situation always been for me. Not gonna lie , I must praise Rare as Devs that added and improved mechanically , especially in recent times, what the pirates where asking for long and surely they delivered it finally after long wait , but I found all these improvements sinking the moment that you face the sad truth about this game , specifically from on EU servers, on how hellish full of cheaters this game is , even after the implementation of an anticheat system after YEARS AFTER RELEASE FOR A MAINLY MULTIPLAYER-BASED GAME the devs fixed that , but sadly the run against a cheater based community is far more efficient on find new ways to jump over the defenses , leading to what my experience was in the 75 % of the PvP and casual free sailing voyages , seeing people hitting the masts from km aways with no problems, or having freeze like cheats to make you essentially an easy lemon to squeeze for them , in order to shoot you down and take all the hard earned rewards from a raid that may took you hours to complete Just to add a stab on the back, ironically last time I joined one game I was almost , randomly, hold by the anticheat system accusing me to have some , then on the same game fighting against Russians little pirates with more cheats than soul in their own bodies , able to bend my and my friend network too at their own will Sadly until the Devs takes the cheaters probelm seriously , I don't think I will sail again on this beautiful game , that is ruined from people who doesn't want to play like men , and from Devs that seems to have forgot a basic system to put on a game that revolves around multiplayer , even with the support of a giant publisher as Microsoft on the back Stay safe and wish you a safe sail on calm seas , Yours NobleWolfa

Love this game, it is great. That is when swords aren't being shoved up my a$$ and my ship gets sunk faster than the crew votes me into the brig for breathing too loud. And tell me why I can easily stack up a Fort of the Damned or two, but then right as I'm ready to leave, two galleons roll up like it's their 9-to-5 job to ruin my entire bloodline. I blink once and suddenly I'm watching my loot get auctioned off by some 12-year-old on voice chat who calls me 'brokie' mid-sink. Anyways, besides that, the game is great and you should definitely give it a shot.

I've been playing SOT since it released on Xbox, and it was an amazing experience. Nowadays the game is full of hackers and it is impossible to pvp with hourglass because you will most likely be queued against a hacker. The devs seem to almost have no ambition when it comes to the game itself. All the devs are doing nowadays are just adding shortcuts to the game. Feels like everything can just be obtained via a menu screen. The devs have not even added a single new biome in I can't even remember how long. An ice biome would be really cool or maybe some desert biome or a ghost realm. I feel like the game could use some new and inspiring elements. The main thing in SOT was the cosmetics to me. These being curses and clothing. It felt so rewarding to grind for hours and hours to get a outfit or a curse, but nowadays the clothing is just so underwhelming. I fee like the game could use better animated curses and ship sets, also allow the player to take specific pieces of clothing from a costume so we can mix and match. A hub world would be pretty cool, so players could interact with each other and communicate via gamechat while showing off their hard earned cosmetics. Game lacks ambition and if the devs don't step their game up then the game will cease to be. Also I like the idea of the shroudbreaker. It is an item that you can attach to your ship to obtain a special blessing. Maybe add some more things like that for pvp or just traversing faster. Like there could be an item that makes the ship invisible from 300 meters away or an item that increases ship speed periodically just something to spice up the game.

I've played this game 2k+ hours between the various platforms, while I have a lot of love for it, it is the most unreliable game you will ever play. If you are someone who has a couple of hours a week to play - don't count on it. Between constant server maintenance, in game bugs, or there not being an IN GAME way to join a crew withy our friends, you will almost never have a play session go as intended. Half the battle to play the game, is getting to play the game.

The devs of this game are actually useless. Every week the game goes under "maintenance" to fix one of the endless bugs, but as soon as they fix something a new bug occurs, and the game is stuck in this endless cycle of purgatory. Hacking is also a huge problem in the game, making it almost unplayable at times. The game can be really fun, but in its current state I can't recommend it.

If I didn't have friends to play this game with, I absolutely could not tolerate playing this game. The community is godawful, being slotted with randos is torturous, there's nothing fun about the combat. Don't be kind to strangers, and if somebody is docked do them a favor and blast them off the side of the island before they sink a knife in your back. This "dark forest" mentality is 100% necessitated, and it isn't fun. The only two reasons to sink anyone is to either be douche, or sink them before they sink you. Again, I'm lucky enough to have some buddies who enjoy the game, if you don't - then do not engage.

SO MUCH PVP TOXIC PLAYERS I HAD NEVER SEEN I am returned to the game after very long pause. It was a mistake

i love the game, its just soo good to sail across the seas alone or wit ur buddies and the monsters are fun even tho i only saw sum variants of the megalodon but still a great game, really recomend!!!!!

PvP is unbalanced, clunky and buggy. Filled with cheaters consistently for years now because the anti cheat sucks. The game is basically unplayable in its most desired element. PvE experience is awesome. Good story and quests.

false bans for no reason i havent played in months and uninstalled the game until today

The brigantine ship is unrealistic in many ways, but the things that get me the most is the missing spanker and that the bowsprit is missing spritsails.

Sea of thieves is a absolut cinematic game with super stunning graphics and the ocean in this game is very realistic. The bosses in this game are awesome and scary for the perfect sea of thieves gameplay. But be careful of other players in the ocean becaus eits like a battle royale where everyone wants treasures so be careful. thats it for me my sigmas hope you will have fun peace out.

You and your friends can have a lot of fun moments. One of the great things about this game is that it keeps getting updated with new features and missions. In my opinion, this game is still worth playing.

Where has the rum gone? i got it, i got it jumps rum explodes sad pirate face :(

You can play this game alone or with friends, at any pace you want, really. Slow-paced, fast-paced, on your own or with others.

This game does not respect your time. From being forced to complete quests in the entirety (so if you have limited time, good luck ever getting anything done), to other players taking your treasure after two hours of questing, resulting in you losing all progress... after nearly ten hours I feel as though I've made zero progress and accomplished nothing, even if that isn't technically true. It's been one of the worst and most frustrating experiences I've had in a long time.

i got jumped by 2 ships and a megalodon, peak gameplay

cool game but i don't have friends to play with P.S. i got friends! now this game is 10/10

The game was fun for many years. There is a lot of potential. Unfortunately, the seasons are becoming increasingly unlovable. There haven't been any new tall tales in a while. The focus is solely on PvP. And PvP is not fun if you get ganked by four professional PvP-players/streamers while you try to just enjoy the game and earn gold. After almost every update, you read in Discord, "We are aware of..." new bugs. The worst part: lag and micro-stutters are getting worse with every update. Better try to get your servers/performance under control, than to put work into pride nonsense and expensive shop items...

I've played this game for almost 3000 hours now, first on the Microsoft Store and now on Steam. During that time, unfortunately, I’ve encountered many issues in the game. Leaving aside the fact that most players are very toxic – that happens in every game and doesn't really bother me anymore – it's a different story when the game itself is full of problems. For example, there have been issues with hackers in this game ever since I started playing, and with the new season, even more hackers have returned. If I were a game developer, I’d find that pretty embarrassing. There are also a lot of bugs, which can sometimes be funny, but most of the time they’re just frustrating because they can really mess up the gameplay. A PvP/PvE game should at least be able to handle a few bugs to make the experience more enjoyable. One of the worst things, however, is that the servers can’t handle 8,000 players, which is just plain embarrassing. Honestly, I really enjoy playing this game, but when things end up like this and the updates do nothing against hackers, bugs, and exploits, you start to wonder if Rare is doing anything at all. Instead, they just keep adding events like Gold & Glory weekends, during which the servers are completely overloaded and you end up leaving disappointed. Müsst ihr wissen

Nostalgia I've been playing this game on and off for five years, and it's honestly sad to see that almost nothing has changed — not the community, not the anti-cheat, and definitely not the attitude towards cheaters. Same old bugs, same lack of care. The game is only enjoyable when you're chilling with friends. Yes, there are some good players out there, but that's rare. I especially miss Arena mode — that was the only real PvP mode that kept the game alive for many of us. And what did the devs do? They removed it. No proper explanation, no replacement. Half of the player base left because of this, many of them competitive PvP players. Sure, a few have come back now and then, but it's not the same. Arena was the backbone of the experience. Fast forward to today — I ran into cheaters in the new Hourglass mode. Obvious AIM-botters ruining the match. So I try to report them, attach a 20MB video (site limit is 50MB), and guess what? The site says the file exceeds 50MB. Completely broken. This isn't even the first time. We had a problem before with not receiving currency after selling items. Uploaded proof. Sent two reports. First one? “Sorry, not enough evidence,” despite the video. Second time? We didn’t get an achievement we clearly earned. Their answer? “Yeah, looks like you don’t have it. Play again and maybe you'll get it.” No apology, no compensation. Nothing. The support is a joke. Instead of fixing core issues like cheaters, bugs, or missing rewards, they just keep adding useless cosmetic junk. Meanwhile, legit players suffer. It feels like cheaters are treated better than real fans. Final rating: 1/10. That one point is only because it’s still fun with friends. But the game, as a product and as a community, is a total failure.

don't buy this, keep getting a "Services temporarily unavailable" error, if the devs don't want me to play their stupid game then I won't

Could be a fun game if they didn't make money restrictions on safer seas. Getting outpost camped by people too lazy to explore and loot is not my idea of a fun experience

Thanks to the XBOX and Microsoft shenanigans, the game is barely playable as of today and you'll even be lucky if it runs at all. And if it does work, the UI is slow and clunky as usual, clicking around takes forever in the menu because of the various Microsoft data centers your data is going through and it won't take long until the game eventually kicks you for whatever "beard color" reason, and by the time you logged back in, your ship is already an archaeologic site in the depths of the seven seas. Also, the game size tripled ever since I owned it despite being on the exact same map in addition to a few cosmetics and missions

only cheaters in this game, not funny anymore just everytime we play it cheaters. if u see this development team SOT. fix ur anticheat this is not playable anymore

Very bad game. At one point you are at the top having everything and boom you get swabbed and are suddenly on a calm little island with your ship ready for your next adventure like you werent just thinking of uninstalling. Also please add an Anti-aliasing setting.

i rly like how immersive it is u feel like an actual person sailing the sea of theives, not just a person at a desk. also the art style is gorgeous

fight streamer streamer says u stream snipe streamer talks to community manager of rare you get banned with no evidence rinse and repeat do not play when you buy you do not own the game you just get a licensing agreement hackers also suck game is boring

Pretty fun but it can be annoying if you have spent a lot of time getting treasure then someone kills you and steals it all. Otherwise a fun and well made game would definitely recommend. And i'm not a bot ykyk

Funnest Pirate game out there, you can plunder, grind and even fish. There is something to do for everyone and the community is really good. The frequent updates always give you something new to play

Game gets worse with every update, more instability and more bugs/exploits. Rare has abandoned their most dedicated and competitive community, in search for a casual community that will unload their wallet for the emporium.

2025 buggy mess, i had to keep restarting the tall tales, and mind you the checkpoint for that is AWFUL. and other times midway through i loose connection and lost so much progress, sailing is abit therapuetic but often times is a bore and time waster, i regret purchasing this game, also friends decided not to play it after i bought it but forced myself to atleast finish the Tall Tales, honestly never touching this game once im done

>Download 120 GB for a whole day >3 different loading screens >Incomprehensible menu >Incomprehensible quests and objectives >you just sail

Skeleton Galleon, Skeleton Sloop, Meg, what fucking else?? All within 3 fucking minutes, what the fuck is the point of "safer seas" if high seas are fucking safer??? I fucking love the game but what the fucking fuck is this bullshitery, cause this is fucking outrageous. I'm just trying to fucking sail across the fucking sea. Bye Bye fucking 29 king chests, my first sorrow chest and rage chest, hello fucking new desk cause this ones fucking fucked.

arrrr... Me game devs in Epic be takin me sheckles, and crashing me game. Yar be sailing thee vast booty withart me consent >:(

the game is great! but i wanted really long time to get from point a to point b yk? it makes it better and i still reccomend this game

can i ask a quetion i want to play this game but i cannot enter because they say unregconize player client can somebody help me

This game really brings the world of pirates and ploundering to life. I am a huge Fan and will forever cherish the experience of playing this one with my friends. Although you can play alone and find good friends within the game, it is always worth getting some of your friends online and enjoy together. The ingame music is the best and the mechanic to play instruments together with your friends creates amazing memories.

Best pirate game out there, spent many hours enjoying this game. Plenty of things to do, and lots of ways to sink your ship.

Absolutely love this game I keep coming back to it. Great game to play with friends and a good way of making new ones. One of my all time favourite games which I highly recommend.

EVERYTHING is amazing in this game! I love the open world and the feeling of cashing in my loot. I would recommend it 5/5 stars.

See this game is good BUTT the amout OF FUCKING GLITCHED LIke mE having to FULLY RESTART MY COMPUTER OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGIN JUST TO PLAY IS STUPID MY FUCKING SHIP LAUNCHING 2000 miles away OR ME JUST FREEZING AND CANT MOVE OR TURN SO I JUST FUCKING DROWN FUCK DUDE Anyways would recommend Its annoying as fuck tho

we hunt we sail we yargh the night till we sunrise this is a game worth playing if you like to work for your costumes and ship decoration think of it as dress to impress but your Literally a pirate

I think that this game is fantastic, of course like all games there is flaws every now and then, but the experience is fun. Recently I moved away from voyages (missions) and are completing the Tall Tales (story based missions) and I love it because you get to learn about the environment more. There are random ships that are sunken around some islands, and the Tall Tales actually give them story, you often get to learn about the captain's, name of the ship...etc. If you like pirates you should definitely check out the game, and if you like Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney Movie) then they have a little surprise for you as well. Enjoy the Sea of Thieves ladies and gentlemen, can't wait to see you on the water.