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SUNLESS SEA
Failbetter Games · released Feb 6, 2015 · data updated Oct 24, 2026
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe
Released Feb 6, 2015
Steam figures
| Value | As of | |
|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | Very Positive · 83% positive of 7,638 Steam reviews | Oct 24, 2026 |
| Followers on Steam | No followers data for this game yet | |
| Regular US price | $18.99 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Twitch peak viewers | 55 | Oct 23, 2026 |
New Steam reviews per month
| Month | New positive | New negative |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 15 | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 12 | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 15 | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 12 | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 14 | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 12 | 4 |
| May 2026 | 10 | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 7 | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 12 | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 21 | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | 11 | 5 |
Sales estimate
| Copies sold on Steam | 280k – 760k | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross revenue on Steam | $2.3M – $7.8M before refunds, tax and Steam’s cut | |
| Steam reviews by buyers | 7,638 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| Copies per review | 38–99 |
Estimates are based on an aggregation of industry-accepted conversion formulas. How this is estimated
Tag DNA
| Tag | Share of Steam games |
|---|---|
| Steampunk | 1 in 171 games |
| Lovecraftian | 1 in 94 games |
| Great Soundtrack | 1 in 46 games |
| Survival | 1 in 13 games |
| Dark | 1 in 12 games |
| Roguelike | 1 in 12 games |
| Horror | 1 in 9 games |
| Story Rich | 1 in 6 games |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition | Failbetter Games | 76% | Very Positive · 2,664 |
| Call of Cthulhu® | Cyanide Studio | 57% | Mostly Positive · 11,023 |
| A House of Many Doors | Pixel Trickery | 62% | Very Positive · 386 |
| Conarium | Stormling Studios | 58% | Mostly Positive · 1,908 |
| Dread X Collection 2 | DreadXP, David Szymanski | 57% | Very Positive · 579 |
| The Last Door - Collector's Edition | The Game Kitchen | 57% | Overwhelmingly Positive · 1,866 |
| Lost At Sea | Studio Fizbin | 58% | Mixed · 43 |
| Westmark Manor | Nodbrim Interactive | 57% | Mixed · 47 |