Sea of Thievesis now available to purchase and play on Steam. The game was previously exclusively available on PC through the Microsoft Store, but after two years and the introduction of microtransactions, Rare and Microsoft decided it was time. While bringingSea of Thievesto Steam hasn’t stopped Rare from maintaining cross-play across all platforms and storefronts, there is one limitation. Rare’s confirmed that no, currentSea of Thievesplayers will not be getting a free copy of the game on Steam.
RELATED:Sea of Thieves Now on Steam With Cross-Play Support
There is some good news, however. WhileSea of Thievesplayers aren’t being gifted a free copy of the game, if they purchase the game themselves their progress will carry over. Since playingSea of Thievesrequires anXbox Live account, regardless of whether a user is playing on Steam, Xbox One, or wherever, all progress is saved to that account. An Xbox One user can simply buy the game on Steam and then login like normal.
And by “progress carries over” Rare means everything will carry over. All of aSea of Thievesplayer’s cosmeticswill carry over, all of their ranks with the respective trade companies will carry over, and all of a player’s earned currency will absolutely carry over, too.
Other information offered in the FAQ includes some more specific details, but nothing very surprising or urgent.Sea of Thievesstill requiresWindows 10to play, even on Steam. It’s also confirmed thatSea of Thieveswill be available in all regions and countries where Steam is available. Rare is even adding more languages for the Steam release.
Perhaps the bigger issue at hand is that some gamers would prefer ifSea of Thieveswas afree-to-play game. That would allowSea of Thievesplayers to play it through whatever storefront they wanted, but it would also meanSea of Thieveswould have much more intrusive microtransactions. This is what works forSea of Thievesnow.
Sea of Thievesis available now on PC and Xbox One.
