Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

Steam Deck Playable

Failbetter Games · Steampunk · Jan 31, 2019

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $8.49.

84%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 181 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 85 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 79 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Cheating: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 10 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
40% of themes are praise20% are divided40% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The atmosphere was beautiful, the story lines were engaging, and the prose was at the same time familiar and compelling in a way that few video games are.
181 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Summarising the basic gameplay of Sunless Skies is easy: it's very similar to Sunless Sea.
85 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Sunless Skies is played from a top-down view and the graphics are strikingly beautiful.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Visual and audio design are stunning.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters181 reviews
Gameplay85 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Audio18 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface12 reviews
75%
Controls7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat79 reviews
67%
Difficulty26 reviews
73%
Cheating9 reviews
67%
Crashes7 reviews
29%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should I buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $8.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
31
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.