Released Jan 31, 2019 $24.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

By Failbetter Games

SteampunkLovecraftian Exploration RPG Story Rich Singleplayer Atmospheric Top-Down IndieSurvivalAdventureRoguelike

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Reviews 2,664 Very Positive

Players yesterday 30 at the busiest moment

Owners 200K–500K estimated

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is a game tagged Steampunk, Lovecraftian and Exploration by Failbetter Games, released Jan 31, 2019. It has 2,664 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include SUNLESS SEA, A House of Many Doors and Tales of Metal.

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.

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SUNLESS SEA 89% match · Steampunk, Lovecraftian, Exploration
A House of Many Doors 69% match · Steampunk, Lovecraftian, Exploration
Tales of Metal 66% match · Lovecraftian, Exploration, RPG
Void Sails 64% match · Steampunk, Lovecraftian, Exploration
Surface Doctrine: Crater 62% match · Exploration, RPG, Story Rich
Drink 62% match · Exploration, RPG, Story Rich
Sin Return 60% match · Exploration, RPG, Story Rich
Sky Ahoy 60% match · Steampunk, Exploration, RPG
A Place for the Unwilling 59% match · Lovecraftian, Exploration, Story Rich
BALSEO: The Sea Beyond 58% match · Lovecraftian, Exploration, RPG

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Everything Steam lists for Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID596970

Release dateJan 31, 2019

Last change number37436216

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Failbetter Games
Publisher: Failbetter Games
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Fallen London Universe
Technologies: Unity detected
Metacritic: 87
Website: failbettergames.com

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Playable
Controller: Full support

Single-playerFull controller supportSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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Build	Branch	Updated
20365930	public	Oct 20, 2025

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Price (US)
598920	Not on the store yet	—
598921	Not on the store yet	—

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ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
596971	— English	Windows	3.17 GB	953.4 MB	690450304916612275
596972	— English	macOS	3.13 GB	931.3 MB	5695720877220512846
596973	— English	Linux	3.13 GB	915.0 MB	3683617863295281168
598920	— DLC 598920	All	126 B	144 B	1359840957912133754
598921	— DLC 598921	All	122 B	144 B	3176034861701629476

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	20365930	Oct 20, 2025	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Sunless Skies

Executable	Systems	Description
Sunless Skies.exe	Windows
Sunless Skies.app	macOS
Sunless Skies.x86_64	Linux · 64-bit	Launch
Sunless Skies.x86	Linux · 32-bit

Space per player93.13 GB

Filesup to 10,000

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	Failbetter Games/Sunless Skies/storage/characterrepository	*	All

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Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

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