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Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

Failbetter Games · 2019-01-31

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is an Adventure, Indie and RPG game released in 2019, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 3480 reviews).

24
playing now
84%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition trailer thumbnail

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition | Trailer

≈6,693 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 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 7% of 29,241 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 87k–209k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,480 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 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 22 of 88 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

49142026-09-16 06:00 — 19 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 32 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 37 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 30 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 32 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 48 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 29 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 38 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 22 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 27 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 28 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 36 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 31 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 22 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 26 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 28 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 34 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 34 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7184Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 15 · peak 97Dec 2017 — avg 6 · peak 22Mar 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2018 — avg 16 · peak 42Sep 2018 — avg 20 · peak 49Dec 2018 — avg 32 · peak 108Mar 2019 — avg 172 · peak 481Jun 2019 — avg 78 · peak 235Sep 2019 — avg 95 · peak 259Dec 2019 — avg 113 · peak 283Mar 2020 — avg 60 · peak 121Jun 2020 — avg 105 · peak 245Sep 2020 — avg 52 · peak 94Dec 2020 — avg 86 · peak 196Mar 2021 — avg 73 · peak 152Jun 2021 — avg 141 · peak 326Sep 2021 — avg 58 · peak 119Dec 2021 — avg 70 · peak 145Mar 2022 — avg 47 · peak 99Jun 2022 — avg 66 · peak 133Sep 2022 — avg 61 · peak 123Dec 2022 — avg 48 · peak 91Mar 2023 — avg 49 · peak 102Jun 2023 — avg 51 · peak 112Sep 2023 — avg 31 · peak 59Dec 2023 — avg 42 · peak 89Mar 2024 — avg 37 · peak 73Jun 2024 — avg 37 · peak 86Sep 2024 — avg 36 · peak 70Dec 2024 — avg 31 · peak 60Mar 2025 — avg 36 · peak 71Jun 2025 — avg 29 · peak 57Sep 2025 — avg 24 · peak 59Dec 2025 — avg 37 · peak 74Mar 2026 — avg 30 · peak 62Jun 2026 — avg 27 · peak 52Aug 2026 — avg 38 · peak 74
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$8.492017-08-302026-10-152017-08-30 — 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 $24.992026-09-05 — best price $24.992026-09-13 — best price $24.992026-09-21 — best price $24.992026-09-29 — best price $24.992026-10-07 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

145312026-05-31 — 49 pageviews2026-06-04 — 56 pageviews2026-06-08 — 41 pageviews2026-06-12 — 38 pageviews2026-06-16 — 39 pageviews2026-06-20 — 42 pageviews2026-06-24 — 62 pageviews2026-06-28 — 51 pageviews2026-07-02 — 45 pageviews2026-07-06 — 48 pageviews2026-07-10 — 40 pageviews2026-07-14 — 40 pageviews2026-07-18 — 34 pageviews2026-07-22 — 44 pageviews2026-07-26 — 42 pageviews2026-07-30 — 55 pageviews2026-08-03 — 50 pageviews2026-08-07 — 44 pageviews2026-08-11 — 58 pageviews2026-08-15 — 46 pageviews2026-08-19 — 60 pageviews2026-08-23 — 50 pageviews2026-08-27 — 99 pageviews2026-08-31 — 59 pageviews2026-09-04 — 145 pageviews2026-09-08 — 45 pageviews2026-09-12 — 45 pageviews2026-09-16 — 57 pageviews2026-09-20 — 55 pageviews2026-09-24 — 35 pageviews2026-09-28 — 54 pageviews2026-10-02 — 48 pageviews2026-10-06 — 74 pageviews2026-10-09 — 44 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-01-31 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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