Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080. Among the games we track, it is demanding.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
- RAM
- 8–16 GB
- Disk
- 100 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
What the publisher lists
Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270 matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080ti - AMD Radeon Rx Vega 64 - Intel A750 matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
| Processor | Intel i3 4170 @ 3.7 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz matches AMD FX-6300 | Intel i7 4790 @4Ghz - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @3.6Ghz matches AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Video memory | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB | 100 GB |
| Windows | Windows 10 | Same as minimum |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 | Same as minimum |
Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest
Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a AMD Ryzen 5 1600-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 25 | 16 | 9 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 45 | 28 | 16 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 55 | 34 | 20 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 55 | 34 | 20 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 65 | 40 | 23 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 65 | 40 | 23 | Recommended |
| Intel Arc B580 | 73 | 45 | 26 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 80 | 50 | 29 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 114 | 72 | 42 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 114 | 77 | 45 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 114 | 93 | 54 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 114 | 110 | 64 | Recommended |
Answers about Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition?
The publisher's minimum is Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 270. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660.
How much RAM does Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition need?
8 GB at minimum, 16 GB recommended.
How much storage space does Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition take?
100 GB of free space. An SSD will noticeably shorten loading at that size.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition?
Yes, at the minimum spec: it clears the minimum card but not the recommended one, so expect lower settings.
If your PC runs Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
