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Update: applications for this position are now closed. We’re Failbetter Games, makers of Sunless Skies, Sunless Sea and Fallen London. We’re known for inventive narrative design and rich, atmospheric storytelling. We’re looking for an experienced writer and narrative designer to join our award-winning in-house writing team. Duties of this role include: Pitching story arcs and […]

We are planning on running a charitable event to coincide with the release of our next game, SUNLESS SKIES, in early 2019. We wanted the choice of charity beneficiary to reflect our values and the values of our community, so we asked you to nominate charities that were important to you. We were very touched […]

After careful consideration we’ve decided to close the Fallen London app on both iOS and Android. This will happen in stages: On 26th February, it’ll be removed from the App Store and Google Play store On 23rd March we will remove the option to purchase anything within the app (ie. Fate, Exceptional Friendship etc.). And […]

2017 was a mixed bag for us. We’ve come out of it a changed company, and we have some things to update you on. Sunless Skies After the remarkable high of the Kickstarter, the response to Sunless Skies in Early Access hasn’t met the level of Sunless Sea in terms of sales. It sold about […]

Hi all! It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog post here – I got really busy. Turns out these games don’t make themselves! I’ve been particularly busy recently as, with sadness, today is my last day at Failbetter Games. I’ve spent the last two months handing over and making sure Sunless Skies […]

Failbetter Games is looking for a contract project manager with immediate availability to step into a key role managing the development of our flagship title Sunless Skies, the sequel to the successful and critically acclaimed Sunless Sea. The person we’re looking for will be able take control of major project in mid-development, improve existing processes […]

Whenever I ask indie devs what they’d like to know about marketing, a lot of them respond saying they have no idea where to begin. With this in mind, I went to Develop this year to give advice about how to get your game on people’s radar. I considered five key areas of discoverability: knowing […]

Whenever I ask indie devs what they’d like to know about marketing, a lot of them respond saying they have no idea where to begin. With this in mind, I went to Develop this year to give advice about how to get your game on people’s radar. I considered five key areas of discoverability: knowing […]

Whenever I ask indie devs what they’d like to know about marketing, a lot of them respond saying they have no idea where to begin. With this in mind, I went to Develop this year to give advice about how to get your game on people’s radar. I considered five key areas of discoverability: knowing […]

Whenever I ask indie devs what they’d like to know about marketing, a lot of them respond saying they have no idea where to begin. With this in mind, I went to Develop this year to give advice about how to get your game on people’s radar. I considered five key areas of discoverability: knowing […]