Sunless Sea

Sunless Sea is a Gothic horror RPG about exploring a vast underground sea aboard a Victorian steamship. You search its dark waters for loot and stories, while facing frequent death, terror and the risk of losing your mind. Giant crabs, sentient icebergs and swarms of bats threaten you at sea; madness and cannibalism threaten your crew.

The Unterzee

Away from the gas-lamps of civilisation, prolonged voyages across the wide, dark sea make your crew fearful and can eventually drive them insane. The world contains more than 350,000 words of stories and secrets. You can search for your father’s bones, determine London’s destiny or defy the gods of the deep sea.

Your crew

You can hire distinctive officers, including the Haunted Doctor and the Irrepressible Cannoneer. Each has a story to tell, which you can draw out of them.

Sailing and combat

Real-time combat pits your ship against other vessels and Zee-beasts, including spider-crewed dreadnoughts and sentient icebergs. You can upgrade your steamship with powerful engines, cannons and pneumatic torpedo guns, or buy a bigger ship. Trade or smuggle goods such as silk, souls, mushroom wine and hallucinogenic honey.

Your captain’s legacy

Your captain will die, but you can pass resources from one generation to the next. Acquire a family home and a hoard of heirlooms, then build a legacy of zailors who braved the sea and lost—or occasionally won.

Ships and discoveries

The world’s hand-drawn locations include castles of sparkling ice, prisons perched on lily pads and fog-shrouded lighthouses, as well as the DAWN MACHINE. You can also choose a ship’s mascot, such as the Comatose Ferret, the Wretched Mog or the Elegiac Cockatoo.