Sunless Sea 2015
Developed by Failbetter Games
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Play as the captain of a steamship on an underwater ocean surrounding the fictional city of Fallen London. Manage your ship's fuel and food supplies as you try not to go mad fighting off Lovecraftian monsters.
Real Time Strategy (RTS)Role-playing (RPG)StrategyAdventureIndieFantasyHorrorThrillerSurvivalHistoricalMysterypiratesfishingprocedural generationsteampunksteamlovecraftiansailingLinux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
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Character
Plot-driven, grave, bleak and richly built.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
- Developer
- Failbetter Games
- Publisher
- Failbetter Games
- Released
- February 6, 2015
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 22 h rushed · 62 h main story · 124 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.1/10 from 84 ratings.
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