Sea of Thieves reaches 40 million players

[John Elden Ring]

via Xbox

As I’m sure you can imagine, when it comes to Sea of Thieves my days are full of numbers. Development costs, active servers, days until the next update… Sometimes, though, a truly extraordinary number stands out – a number like 40 million, which I’m incredibly pleased to say is the number of pirates who’ve now set sail in Sea of Thieves!

40 million players across Xbox, Windows 10 and Steam is an amazing milestone to be able to talk about, and of course it wouldn’t have happened without you – our brilliant, positive and welcoming community, who continue to surprise and impress us with your creativity and antics out on the waves.

 

[JAHGamer]

no one cares about player counts, even Xbox idiots know this is meaningless, even if they pretend otherwise

 

[Jim Ryan]

The power of PlayStation

 

[ethomaz]

They topped 35 million in February 21, 2024.

So these new 5 million are basically PS5 beta.

This game will probably find an audience (in size) they never expected to have with PlayStation.

 

[Danja]

You're welcome Microsoft

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

40 Million?

where are they coming from.

 

[Cool hand luke]

The power of PlayStation

They specifically call out windows, steam, and Xbox. Anything above this will be pure PlayStation

 

[KvallyX]

40 Million?

where are they coming from.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Shame on anyone buying this on PlayStation.

 

[Yobo]

So they count beta players lmao

 

[Yurinka]

Well, now we know the game sold at least 5M copies (assuming the beta is only for people who bought the game).