Sunless Skies

Sunless Skies delivers in ways you don't even expect it to. The atmosphere is incredible, and the stories almost addictive. The world is beautiful and the danger is tantalizing. It might be deadly, but it's well worth the...

Would you like to hear a Tale of Terror or a Sky-Story? Relay some Salon-Stewed Gossip or pass on a Savage Secret? The names given to the various forms of currency exchanged across Sunless Skies give you a good idea of what sort of game it is. This is a...

Failbetter continues to revolutionise the RPG - not by burning it all down, but by slipping pages of prose into every crevice it...

There's still much to deter a newcomer, all the same. If you found Sea frustratingly oblique and demanding, and you struggle with the idea that every great story includes a few cataclysmic setbacks, the new game's nips and tucks may strike you as too little, too late. But if you adored Failbetter's previous work, you're drawn to tales of gruesome misadventure or you have a taste for outlandish portraits of imperial hubris, well - your cuppa runneth over.

The sharpest writing around, wrapped inside a surprising adventure that's tough but rarely unfair. Failbetter's finest...

Depending on what you want from it, Sunless Skies is a merciless odyssey of oddball sci-fi survival, or a fantasy novel trilogy's worth of wild, written ideas. You're the captain of a spacefaring locomotive, braving cosmic fiends, blunderbuss-toting...

Imagine this: on the cusp of the 20th century, the British Empire takes to the cosmos. Using unique flying locomotives, its people set out to explore the galaxy and carve out a new frontier for the future. Pirates, hostile life forms, and a handful...

Despite the fact that I'm dangerously low on fuel, supplies, and crew, I still feel optimistic about my journey throughout Albion. Right now, I'm simply delivering some cargo and a traveler I've picked up along my many voyages. Unlike most, I'm only...