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June 3, 2020

Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition

Vehicle Simulation MMORPG Comedy

Summary

An open sea sandbox with MMORPG scale, Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition from Rare and Rare Ltd sails in as an emergent Fantasy Adventure Action experience built around shared-world PvPvE. First released June 3, 2020 and continually expanded, it invites crews to build routines, craft ship loadouts, and design routes that optimize risk and reward. Guilds formalize alliance play, letting fleets coordinate sieges on world events, fort raids, and trading convoys. The toolset favors architects of play: construct strategies around wind, visibility, and cargo, iterating ship roles and fleet formations. On PC Windows and PlayStation 5, cross-play keeps servers bustling with spontaneous diplomacy and contested treasure. Progression leans on reputation and creative expression through captained ships and cosmetic shipbuilding. For readers seeking MMORPG game recommendations or surveying the best PvPvE MMORPGs 2024, this edition remains a compelling case study in systems-first sandbox design.

Developers

Rare
Rare Ltd

Publishers

Xbox Game Studios

Genres

Vehicle Simulation
MMORPG
Comedy
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA)
Fantasy
Adventure
Action
Simulation

Platforms

Xbox Series Xs
Xbox Series Sx
Playstation 5
Pc Microsoft Windows
Windows
Windows Apps
Xbox Series
Xbox One
Pc

Release Date

June 3, 2020

Metacritic Score

68

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