Sea of Thieves, Swashbuckling's open-world pirate MMO, is heading to Steam. Shortly after a store page for the game suddenly appeared on Steam, Microsoft confirmed the news itself in an Xbox blog post. The Steam port is something that Sea of Thieves have been passionate about gamers have been asking for some time now, hoping that the game arriving on the popular PC distribution platform will bring a new wave of gamers to the high seas. Steam port confirmed, only question left is, when does it leave?
When will Sea of Thieves be available on Steam?
Unfortunately, no release date has been announced for the Sea of Thieves Steam version yet. On the positive side, there is good reason to believe that it won't take long to get up and running. Sea of Thieves already has a PC version, currently only available through the Windows 10 store, so the only hurdle is getting the game into Valve's storefront, not making it playable on PC. A statement released with the Steam store page only says that Sea of Thieves "release date will be announced" soon. "
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What are the features of Sea of Thieves on Steam?
Sea of Thieves might not be the most popular game due to the upcoming Steam launch, but that doesn't mean it's not worth a look, especially for players who have up to now tried to try it. Although the game had a fairly lackluster launch, with most players quickly dropping out due to a lack of content, Sea of Thieves has managed to maintain a small but dedicated community. The Steam version will make this community even bigger by allowing full cross-play between the Xbox One, the Windows 10 store, and the Steam version of the game.
New players will also have a lot more to do than those who got on board with the initial launch of Sea of Thieves. The game has had many free expansion packs and content updates since its launch, and the Steam version will launch with most or all of them. While Rare has not explicitly stated that it will be fully up to date with the latest expansions, Steam's announcement post references several of the more popular features of its content updates, saying they will be. in-game. These features include sea monsters, forts full of undead pirates, and a player-versus-player battle mode in the arena.
