Rare’s pirate adventure game sea ​​of ​​thieves was a huge hit for Microsoft’s gaming system. Launched in 2018, the title has slowly seen millions upon millions of players on Xbox consoles and PC over the years. Now, that number has reached a huge 40 millionSix years after the game’s release.

According to today’s announcement, the 40 million players the game has seen are spread across Xbox consoles, the Microsoft Store on PC, and Steam. The game’s executive producer Joe Nyatt had this to say about the milestone:

“As I’m sure you can imagine, when it comes down to it sea ​​of ​​thieves My days are full of numbers. Development costs, active servers, days until the next update… However, sometimes, an unusual number really stands out – a number like 40 million, which I’m very happy to say is the number of pirates out now Sea of ​​Thieves!“

To celebrate, the studio will be kicking off a Gold and Glory Weekend on April 19th through April 22nd, where Reputation, Gold, Seasonal Reputation, Loyalty, and Guild Reputation will all be boosted in-game.

The live service title has received free updates with a huge amount of content since its launch, adding new threats, zones, entire lines (including Pirates of the Caribbean and monkey island crossovers), technological progress and much more. Season 12 is also on the horizon, which should bring throwing knives, a new version of the scatter cannonball, ziplines and other features.

Rare is also preparing to welcome Sony PlayStation players to its oceans for the first time. “I’m also excited to expand our community even further as we’re just days away from launching on PlayStation 5 and introducing a whole new wealth of pirates to our shared world,” added Neate. “The positivity and excitement that came out of our closed beta was contagious, and I can’t wait for even more fresh faces to arrive starting next week.”

sea ​​of ​​thieves Available now on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming. The PlayStation 5 version arrives on April 30, and judging by the beta version accessible by pre-ordering players, it looks like the title is going to be a huge hit on the platform.