News

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 […]

Sunless Skies is now available for Early Access on Steam and 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 […]

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Sunless Sea is now available on iPad! Explore the Unterzee with a simple tap of the finger. We’ve teamed up with BlitWorks (known for mobile versions of Invisible Inc., Don’t Starve, Broken Age and Bastion, among others) for development and adapted the game’s mechanics for touch controls. Features: […]

As of today’s Sunless Sea update, the Pirate Poet and Cladery Heir are available to all players as part of the base game, and free of charge! We consulted with our Kickstarter backers before Christmas and they have graciously said that the more people can play all of the content, the better. Please thank them, […]

Today is Failbetter Games’ 7th birthday! With such an auspicious date to celebrate, we thought it only right to share some equally exciting news with you—Sunless Sea is coming to iPad this spring! Zail your ship with a tap of your finger! The game will feature the full version of the original PC game, including […]

When we started working on Sunless Sea, there weren’t many games that attempted to blend exploration of a randomised playspace with interactive storytelling. In the process of making that game, we learned a lot about the sort of experiences we wanted to create, and also a few that we would perhaps want to avoid in […]

Thanks for supporting Zubmariner in the last few weeks. It’s been really exciting to see people’s reactions – sometimes live in streams, which we will never get tired of! Your ratings and reviews mean so much to us, so an extra thank you if you’ve managed to leave one. Speaking of reviews, did you see […]

We’re beginning the launch day celebrations for Zubmariner with a delicious piece of news for all owners of Sunless Sea: we’ve given you some chunky new quests in the base game! You don’t need to buy Zubmariner to enjoy them (though some will give you a little taste of what’s in store, down below). New faces in […]

We’ve talked a lot in the past about the development of Sunless Sea and what a learning curve it was for all of us. We were new to Unity development and had to make informed decisions quickly to keep the project moving. Our approach to the UI, and in particular the size of the font, […]

This is a little bit of Fallen London history with a juicy bit of news at the end. Fallen London is somewhat known for its third gender option: This is reflective of a personal experience of our founder, Alexis. His name is often taken for a female name in the US, to the consternation of event […]