Sea of Thieves offers the essential pirate experience, from sailing and fighting to exploring and looting – everything you need to live the pirate life and become a legend in your own right. With no set roles, you have complete freedom to approach the world, and other players, however you choose.
Best gaming PC for Sea of Thieves in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Sea of Thieves today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Xbox Game Studios on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 version 18362.0 / higher | Windows® 10 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel i3 4170 @ 3.7 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz | Intel i7 4790 @4Ghz - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @3.6Ghz |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080ti - AMD Radeon Rx Vega 64 - Intel A750 |
| Storage | 100 GB | 100 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 12 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Sea of Thieves?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel i7 4790 @4Ghz - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @3.6Ghz and your GPU is at or above Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080ti - AMD Radeon Rx Vega 64 - Intel A750, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.