Can't install sea of thieves as I have a red x on the system requirements even though I...

Hi there Rory, my name is Gerardo, and I'm an Xbox player, just like you. I'll be happy to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.

There is currently a general outage with Sea of Thieves affecting everyone, as you can confirm for yourself through the following link:

https://support.xbox.com/xbox-live-status



The Xbox team is actively working to resolve the issue, so I recommend enabling notifications from that link to be alerted when the problem is resolved.

I hope this helps and if you have further questions please let me know.

Kind regards,
Gerardo.

Hello SamBirch1,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

Given that you have already performed the troubleshooting steps here: Troubleshoot issues with the Xbox app for Windows | Xbox Support. If you have trouble installing Sea of Thieves on your PC even after performing a clean installation, you may need to check your system requirements and update your drivers. Sea of Thieves is a demanding game that requires a minimum of 8 GB of RAM, an Intel i3 processor, and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 graphics card. You can find more details about the system requirements here: Sea of Thieves - Support - PC System Requirements. To update your drivers, you can use the Device Manager or download them from the manufacturer's website. You can also try running the game as an administrator or disabling your antivirus software temporarily. If none of these solutions work, you can contact the Sea of Thieves support team for further assistance.

i cant uninstall any games as there are no games installed. and my windows is fully updated.

edit: yesterday evening i succesfully installed sea of thieves but deleted it because othergames wouldnt install and now sea of thieves wont install either there are still some games in the recently installed tab in the start menu

Web translation:

Can we play sea of thieves without game pass but already having the game

Hello,

I would like to know if we can play sea of thieves without the Xbox game pass but already owning the game.

Response:

Hi there,

Yes, if you own the game itself you can play the game, it's not required to have a game pass subscription to be able to play Sea of Thieves.

Side note: You will require a Gold subscription though, since it's an online game.

Hello, I am having the same frustrating error when trying to install Game Pass games. After doing some testing I noticed that I can install games that don't say "Administrator Approval required for installation". I think there is a bug where the app is failing to request administrator approval so it just errors and doesn't install the game.

Games such as Sea of thieves or Broken age that don't require administrator approval install fine for me.

Good to know, I'll keep an eye out for those! Yeah I have Sea of Thieves and Broken age successfully installed as well.