Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• roguelike

• role-playing video game

• adventure game^*

• horror game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  T - Teen^*

Localized titles

• Sunless Skies

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Adventure^*
• Indie^*
• RPG^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

Community tags · historical

• Steampunk^*

  Votes · historical

  201^*

• Lovecraftian^*

  Votes · historical

  190^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  177^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  164^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  157^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  138^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  127^*

• Top-Down^*

  Votes · historical

  127^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  125^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  121^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  117^*

• Rogue-like^*

  Votes · historical

  115^*

• Trains^*

  Votes · historical

  107^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  99^*

• Kickstarter^*

  Votes · historical

  96^*

• Space^*

  Votes · historical

  93^*

• Sequel^*

  Votes · historical

  93^*

• Crowdfunded^*

  Votes · historical

  87^*

• Alternate History^*

  Votes · historical

  86^*

• Choices Matter^*

  Votes · historical

  86^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 7^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 2Ghz or AMD equivalent^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities^*

  Storage

  4500 MB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX 9.0c compatible^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu 12.04+, SteamOS+^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 2Ghz or AMD equivalent^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Storage

  4500 MB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX 9.0c compatible^*

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Mac OS X 10.9+^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 2Ghz or AMD equivalent^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Storage

  4500 MB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX 9.0c compatible^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  6^*

  Community confidence

  low^*

Developers

• Failbetter Games

Publishers

• Failbetter Games

• 2019-01-31

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2019-01-31 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2019-01-31^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

• 2017-08-29 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2017-08-29^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Jan 31, 2019^*

Detailed specifications