Steam - Sea of Thieves is not Launching

Our team is aware of some users reporting that on a PC the game will become stuck or crash on a black screen shortly after launching. 

The most common fix for this issue is making sure your Windows Operating system is up to date.

How to check for updates: 

1. Press the Windows Key
2. Type in Check for Updates
3. Select Check for Updates

Other solutions:

Fix #1

Login to Windows with a local Admin Account. This fixes majority of cases reported.

Fix #2

Verify integrity of local game files

1. In Steam, right click Sea of Thieves from your games list
2. Select Properties from the context menu
3. From the Properties menu select Local Files
4. Click 'Verify Integrity of Local Game Files...'

Fix #3

Perform a reinstallation of Sea of Thieves

Fix #4

Check your time and date settings

1. Right-click the clock on your start menu
2. Select Adjust date/time.
3. Untick then retick Set time zone automatically.
4. Reboot your PC

Fix #5

Change your Language and Region settings

1. Press the Windows Key
2. Type in Region & Language and press Enter
3. Change your Language and Region to English (United States) 
4. Ensure the language option English (United States) is at the top of the list, you can do this by selecting the arrows as shown in the below image. 
5. Reboot your PC
6. Attempt to play Sea of Thieves once more

Should this fix your issue please feel free to revert your language and region back to what they were.

Note: If your language and region are set to English (United States) already please change it to English (United Kingdom) instead. 

Fix #6

Update graphics drivers

When your graphics drivers are either not up to date or suffering from some form of corruption, this can also cause the crash while booting. We recommend that when trying this step that you completely remove you old drivers before updating to the latest versions. To remove your old drivers and then update to the latest:

1. Press the Windows Key
2. Type Add or Remove Program
3. Scroll down the list and find your graphics driver
4. Click the driver once and select uninstall. Confirm this by clicking Uninstall again.
5. Once complete reboot Windows
6. Download the latest drivers from the links below:
   • Download Nvidia Drivers Support
   • AMD Drivers and Support
7. Install to the latest driver and then reboot your PC again

Fix #7

If you are using the Nahimic app, try disabling it. To do that:

1. Hit Start/Click the search bar within Windows
2. Type "System Configuration"
3. Press the tab "Services"
4. Search for "Nahimic service" or press 'n' to fast search
5. Disable the check mark, to disable it.

Additional notes:

1. Check no VPN is present as this could be causing a conflict with the game
2. Check your antivirus is not causing a conflict with the game. Most notable Trend Micro Internet Security has been known to cause conflicts. 
3. Check MSI afterburner is not causing conflicts with the game. 
4. Check a 'Readyboost' USB stick is not in use.