Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is a steampunk, lovecraftian and exploration game developed and published by Failbetter Games.
Released on January 31st 2019 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 3,320 reviews of which 2,806 were positive and 514 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition into these genres:

Steampunk Lovecraftian Exploration RPG Story Rich Singleplayer Atmospheric Top-Down Indie Survival Adventure Rogue-like Trains Dark Kickstarter Space Sequel Crowdfunded Alternate History Choices Matter

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 2Ghz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities
  • Storage: 4500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.9+
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 2Ghz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Storage: 4500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04+, SteamOS+
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 2Ghz or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Storage: 4500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible

User reviews & Ratings

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117 hours played
April 2026
I remember being pretty unimpressed on release, the main criticism of the game not respecting your time held true, and honestly it still does. But we now live in a post AI world, and as the quality of writing in videogames takes a nosedive games like these really begin to stand out for the fact that someone actually spent their time to come up and present an interesting idea, rather than jot down some garbage and hope Chatgpt sharts out something useable for your billion dollar IP (like Stranger Things!). I dont think this game is for everyone (especially not with declining attention spans), and I dont even think they necessarily did a perfect job with everything, but I have come to retroactively appreciate and enjoy what it tries to do. I wonder if we'll ever see more games like this in the future
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9 hours played
March 2026
Recommend for its unique atmosphere and beautiful writings. A great novel ruined by its gameplay. Doing chores to earn resources that unlocks some lore you like and, more chores nobody likes. Don't get fooled by the game trailer. It appears to be focusing exploring and battle. But it's not true. Most of your time is spent reading things at ports and doing repetitive fetching quests. Battles occur way less often than it looks in the trailer. And it's not fun because you're forced to use the weakest weapons and ships in the first 5 to 8 hours ! Traveling in exotic areas is fun, but not fun when you go here and there delivering the same goods over years just for a tier 2 cannon.
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210 hours played
Feb. 2026
Look I'm late to the party but this is...maybe the best game I have ever played? It's gorgeous. It's complex, the writing is sharp and funny/devastating as required. It's not AAA but so many AAA games could learn from how well the designers understand how to construct a game.
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187 hours played
Dec. 2025
Tread not thee lightly in these horrifying skies! Having hugely enjoyed while being slightly over-whelmed by it's predecessor Sunless Seas, I've committed mine own soul and that of all my crew to this, it's really excellent. It's a kinda uniquely presented roguelike explorer, extremely heavy in story and Lovecraft-adjacent lore, with many many choices and consequences along the way, and one of the best implemented die-and-improve mechanics I've come across. Every little element of this game, including your demise, evolves around the deep and spectacularly well written background story and ever-evolving events. I wasn't kidding on my first line though. There is NO short way to play this game, you are looking at dozens of (thankfully absorbing and addictive) hours to get anywhere, although your reward is just how much content there is and how big this game becomes compared to your starting point. The amount of different things that need you attention and management just to stay safe and alive remains somewhat overwhelming at times, and caution in planning is always recommended, but mechanically it's a big improvement on Seas. Thoroughly recommended for those who dont mind depth and spending time and effort, not great for ADHD moments or if you're allergic to Victorian literary styles or high fantasy
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19 hours played
Oct. 2025
Any game that allows me to recruit a brigade of talking rats with derringers as my flying space train's engineer deserves only the most heartfelt recommendation. If you like space trucking sims this is a fun little twist on the formula. Fallen London's dense lore seems impenetrable at first but it's full of weird little talking animals and creepy eldritch horrors that I never get tired of meeting. Play if you're literate and like exploring.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.

No, Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.99€ on Steam.

Yes, Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition received 2,806 positive votes out of a total of 3,320 achieving a rating of 8.15.
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Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition was developed and published by Failbetter Games.

Yes, Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Yes, Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is a single-player game.

Yes, there is a DLC available for Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition. Explore additional content available for Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition on Steam.

No, Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition.

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Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
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Failbetter Games
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Failbetter Games
Release 31 Jan 2019
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