Sea of Stars gets final 'Sunset Edition' update, devs tease Project Sparrow

Sea of Stars launched in 2023 and earned an overwhelmingly positive reaction, standing out among Chrono Trigger–inspired games. Three years on, Sabotage Studio is closing the chapter on the indie RPG. In a June 8 post on Steam the studio said 'the final update is here.' Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition marks 'the end of a journey that has spanned more than seven years.' Post-release support also included a free expansion called Throes of the Watchmaker.

The Sunset Edition adds a cinematic intro that 'puts faces on heroes from the past known until now only by name.' Because the cinematic appears at the start of the game, players who have completed the story can still experience it by starting a new game, and it is paired with an expanded key flashback.

Normal and Hard modes have been rebalanced: splitting the attributes of the Tactician’s Mettle relic into two relics (Tactician’s Mettle and Ray of Sunset) enables a 'Normal' experience that demands more grit.

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