Greetings zailors, Today’s update deals with a pair of longstanding issues. There are no new stories; this is a purely technical update to keep Sunless Sea playable and maintainable for as long as possible. Firstly, we’ve received a number of bug reports in recent times about players being unable to get into the game proper. This appears to have been an issue where Sunless Sea’s fairly old Unit…
Save files now load correctly via the Continue button on the title screen when the steamcloud_saving.vdf file is present · Buy 10 options have been added to Avernus/Naples for Fuel and Supplies · Lots of typo and grammatical fixes
Hello, zailors! Quick little update to fix the Steam auto cloud issue that's been bugging many of you. Full notes: · Save files now load correctly via the Continue button on the title screen when the steamcloud_saving.vdf file is present · The steamcloud_saving.vdf file will be automatically deleted when loading the game through non-Steam clients · Buy 10 options have been added to Avernus/Napl…
We're delighted to offer Sunless Sea, Zubmariner and Sunless Skies in the World Oceans Day sale this year. If you're already a Sunless Sea player, this is an ideal opportunity to pick up Zubmariner at 50% off in the knowledge that any damage you do to our imagined unterzee-beasts can be metaphorically offset by our contribution to WDC. We'll be donating 30% of our net profits from the sale even…
Today it’s been exactly a year since Mask of the Rose was funded on Kickstarter, and we've just released a demo of the first act, available right now on Steam ! Offering a condensed version of Act I of Mask of the Rose, you’ll be able to explore select locations across Fallen London, introduce yourself to some key characters and encounter Mr Pages, one of the mysterious new Masters who have rec…
You may have seen that we Kickstarted a new game in the same universe as Sunless Sea in February this year. Now we're pleased to announce that it has a shiny Steam page ! Mask of the Rose is a romantic visual novel, so somewhat different to Sunless Skies and Sunless Sea. However, it's set in the same universe, and brings all of our expertise in writing deep, surprising, meaningful stories, this…
Sunless Skies , our follow-up to Sunless Sea, is now available! Sunless Skies has had, by some way, the best ever critical reception of our games. It's been called “Failbetter’s finest hour” by PC Gamer, “Terrifying and exhilarating” by PCGamesN, “Essential” by Eurogamer and “A triumph” by Gamespot. And at the time of writing we're at 87 on Metacritic, putting us right below a few little known…
It's one week until SUNLESS SKIES releases from Early Access! Discover what awaits you in the High Wilderness in the new launch trailer It's been two years since the Kickstarter for SUNLESS SKIES, and we are so proud of the game that we've made. It's got all of the delicious stories you've come to expect from us, but - hopefully - in a game that's a more well-rounded experience. Find out more a…
Hello, delicious friends. You might remember we've been working on a follow-up to Sunless Sea. It's due out in two weeks, and we're so excited to see what you think! Take a look at Sunless Skies! If you've just joined us from the Daily Deal: welcome! We hope you're enjoying our deep, dark and marvellous stories. If you would like some help getting started, try the discussion forums here, r/sunl…
Get in the spooky spirit this Halloween by voyaging out into a deep, dark zee teeming with misfortune and filled to the brim with zee-beasts! And if you've already confident above the waves, why not try diving to their terrifying depths in the extensive expansion, Zubmariner? If you’ve been itching to try Sunless Sea, here or on a different platform, now’s your chance! Steam (29 Oct - 1 Nov): S…
We've just released a free pen and paper RPG. It's called SKYFARER. We made it for you. We hope you like it. Find out more Download a copy SUNLESS SKIES will be released from Early Access on 31 January 2019. Until then, we remain your friends, Failbetter Games
Zailors, it’s with utmost pleasure that we announce Sunless Sea: Zubmariner Edition is out now (yes, right now!) on PlayStation®4 in Europe and (by 8:00am PDT) North America! Betray your crew, sell your soul to a Devil, marry your sweetheart. Convert your ship to a Zubmarine and go trespassing. Stray too far from the gas-lamps of civilisation and your crew will grow fearful and eventually lose…
Steady your zee-legs, Captain. Sunless Sea is coming to PlayStation 4 in 2018! Our debut console launch will also include its extensive expansion, combining the two into Sunless Sea: Zubmariner Edition. Enjoy the same deep, compelling world packed with 350,000+ words of stories and secrets, whether you're above the waves or below them. We’ve partnered with BlitWorks again, who helped us bring S…
We're delighted to let you know that The Blemmigan Gallivanter mascot is now available in Sunless Sea ! It is very keen to meet you and cannot wait to explore the great, wide zee from a nest its formed out of your journal pages. Back in February 2017, you all banded together to help us achieve our Kickstarter goal for Sunless Skies . After many cakes, correspondence sigils, and space shanty ver…
Captains of the dark Unterzee, we are excited to announce that a whole new region is available in our upcoming game Sunless Skies ! If you are so inclined to trade your vessel for a locomotive, we’d delight in welcoming you to our new region in the skies: Albion. In celebration, we’ve created a new Albion-focused trailer! Albion is the heart of the British Empire's territory in the High Wildern…
The time has come! Sunless Skies , the sequel to Sunless Sea is now available for Early Access here on Steam and also Games in Development on GOG! We are delighted to invite you from the depths of the Unterzee to join us in the gusty, undiscovered vaults of the High Wilderness. The stars are dying; they leave behind territories rich in secrets and opportunity. Explore the Reach—the first, and m…
We're very excited to announce that Sunless Skies , the spiritual sequel to Sunless Sea , will be coming to Steam Early Access and GOG Games in Development the 30th of August! The feedback we received in Early Access for Sunless Sea was pivotal to its development, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts on Sunless Skies over the coming months. Read the full announcement on the Sunless Skie…
We've teamed up with BlitWorks (known for mobile versions of Invisible Inc. , Don't Starve , Broken Age and Bastion , among others) for this port,and they’ve done an excellent job of adapting the game’s mechanics for touch controls. Rediscover Sunless Sea on iPad (the port is a standalone game, so saves will not cross over with PC saves). Choose from two different touch-screen control systems,…
We’ve had an incredible Kickstarter campaign for Sunless Sea’s sequel ! We were funded in 4 hours and 200% funded in 4 days. Amazing. Many of those backers are among our Steam players - thank you so much! Blemmigans! Blemmigans! Blemmigans! If we reach 25 of the social goals for the Kickstarter campaign, we’ll be releasing new Blemmigans in Fallen London, Sunless Sea and Sunless Skies. The Blem…
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