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Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition cover art

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

Failbetter Games · 2019-01-31

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 31, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 31, 2019 (Mac), Jan 31, 2019 (Linux)

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.

38
playing now
84%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

38 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Sunless Skies is a role-playing video game developed by Failbetter Games. Partially funded by a Kickstarter campaign, the game entered early access in 2017 and released in January 2019, and has been described as a "Gothic horror roleplay game". Sunless Skies is a direct sequel to 2015's Sunless Sea and incorporates similar elements and setting.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 38 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 74 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (258 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 87k–208k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,473 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.49 at Steam (2021-02-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 23 of 45 observed days · $16.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20220220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

59122026-08-06 23:00 — 31 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 32 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 36 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 31 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 32 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 37 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 35 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 53 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 35 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 46 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 57 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 40 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 59 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$8.492017-08-302026-08-302017-08-30 — best price $22.492018-09-13 — best price $18.992019-01-31 — best price $22.492019-05-10 — best price $18.742019-07-10 — best price $16.742019-09-23 — best price $17.492019-11-21 — best price $12.492020-01-09 — best price $12.492020-02-03 — best price $24.992020-05-21 — best price $24.992020-08-31 — best price $24.992021-01-05 — best price $24.992021-05-26 — best price $24.992021-11-09 — best price $24.992021-12-22 — best price $9.992022-05-05 — best price $9.992022-06-28 — best price $24.992022-11-23 — best price $9.992023-01-31 — best price $24.992023-05-11 — best price $24.992023-11-02 — best price $24.992024-01-25 — best price $9.992024-03-19 — best price $8.492024-06-19 — best price $8.492024-11-04 — best price $24.992025-01-24 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $24.992025-07-18 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-12-08 — best price $8.492026-03-17 — best price $10.002026-04-15 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

120312026-05-31 — 49 pageviews2026-06-03 — 58 pageviews2026-06-06 — 53 pageviews2026-06-09 — 32 pageviews2026-06-12 — 38 pageviews2026-06-15 — 48 pageviews2026-06-18 — 48 pageviews2026-06-21 — 42 pageviews2026-06-24 — 62 pageviews2026-06-27 — 76 pageviews2026-06-30 — 43 pageviews2026-07-03 — 49 pageviews2026-07-06 — 48 pageviews2026-07-09 — 50 pageviews2026-07-12 — 60 pageviews2026-07-15 — 32 pageviews2026-07-18 — 34 pageviews2026-07-21 — 67 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-27 — 60 pageviews2026-07-30 — 55 pageviews2026-08-02 — 41 pageviews2026-08-05 — 45 pageviews2026-08-08 — 35 pageviews2026-08-11 — 58 pageviews2026-08-14 — 77 pageviews2026-08-17 — 77 pageviews2026-08-20 — 59 pageviews2026-08-23 — 50 pageviews2026-08-26 — 57 pageviews2026-08-27 — 99 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
46.1%
earned "A New Lineage"
8.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)390%31

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGDarkIndieTrainsSurvivalTop-DownAdventureSteampunkRogue-likeStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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