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SUNLESS SEA

83% positive of 7,625 Steam reviews

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To finish
22 h
To 100%
124 h
Released
2015
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, GOG, Epic

Made by Failbetter Games.

About the game

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Tagged by players

  • Lovecraftian
  • Steampunk
  • Survival
  • Exploration
  • Dark
  • Story Rich
  • Roguelike
  • Atmospheric
  • RPG
  • Horror
  • Gothic
  • Open World

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    A game i've wanted to learn and 'beat' for years, but never gotten past the *very* early game. Perhaps it's a skill issue, a design issue, or both. Either way, it's not easy, and the type of game you probably want to keep a separate journal for because the in-game journal doesn't quite cut it. You're meant to go out and fail, and learn that way, but there's no record of how you failed, so if you don't mindfully…

    37 h played when written. 17 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I have been playing this game for something like 12 years maybe? It was well before the text gave you hints about making huge mistakes in your story choices. I have adore this game for sending me down a rabbit hole of literature, Years later I still find books that I would never have read if not for this game , and the people who wrote for it. It is still a game I recommend to people, though with the caveat "it is…

    127 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.

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