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Hello skyfarers! We’re ready to announce the next major update to Sunless Skies – the Vagabond update. This one will allow you to recruit a new officer: the Amiable Vagabond! A gentleman of the skies (and no fixed abode) who will take you to the abandoned quarters of the sky. Experience a tale of fortunes […]

We’re delighted to bring you another #loveindies celebration! #loveindies is a chance for players and developers of indie games to share their favourites with one another, discover some new games to play, and raise up games which deserve more attention. This year it’ll be two weeks long, from the 3rd to the 14th of June, […]

A Young Stag has grown weary of quaffing brandy and stealing trousers. He wants to do something spectacular for his next lark – and he’s looking for a suitable chum to join him! Steer his ship on a perilous shark-watching voyage. Will he return the same man as he left? The Stag and the Shark […]

The Wayfarer major update for Sunless Skies is now available! Here are the key features: A completely reworked Albion Many new story events for the gods of the sky Officer secondments New story content for spectacles Consequences for some attacks outside of battle Petrichor, the food of the Dead Balancing adjustments to Terror and Crew […]

Delicious friends, the Exceptional Story for April is here! An ailing professor uncovers a secret beneath a butcher’s shop: a forgotten Mithraic temple. Delve into its mysteries, open its great brass door, and lead an expedition of troubled souls along the Devilbone Road. Tauroktonos is the second story in the Season of Explorations, and was […]

Last month, we announced we were working on the first of several major updates to Sunless Skies, with a focus on providing more to see and do during voyages. We’re now ready to talk more about that release: it will be called the Wayfarer Update, and it will be available on 9th April. It will […]

Update: the application period for these roles has now closed. We’re looking for a senior gameplay programmer as well as a producer or senior producer to join us full-time. Senior Gameplay Programmer In this role, you will: Contribute to new and existing Unity games. Write robust, readable code. Tackle a wide variety of programming tasks, […]

Hello, delicious skyfarers! On Friday, we made another patch to Sunless Skies, with a range of narrative and tech improvements and fixes. Meanwhile, we’re still hard at work on our first major post-launch update, which will be focused on adding more variety and depth to the experience while travelling between ports. We’ll be ready to […]

Accompany a jaded supernatural investigator on his final case. Journey to a remote peninsula and explore a clifftop haunted house. Is this another unscrupulous fake? Or do you need to see things from a different perspective? Noises from Upstairs is the first story in the Season of Explorations, and was written by Gavin Inglis. In […]

How on earth do you make a launch trailer that elucidates what your entire game is about? And how do you do it in a way that pleases both current fans of the game, as well as people who have never heard of you before? I’m sure there’s no ‘right’ or decreed way to create […]