Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition

Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition is currently 50% off on Xbox — down to $17.49 from $34.99.

A 50% cut is a strong deal for Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition; steeper drops appear only during the largest Xbox sales.

That works out to $17.50 off the Xbox list price of $34.99.

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Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition is a turn-based RPG from Sabotage Studio, the team that made its name with The Messenger, and this time they’re aiming squarely at the golden age of console role-playing games. The hook is simple: take everything that made those old-school RPGs click, the pacing, the charm, the sense of discovery, and rebuild it with modern polish instead of just recreating it wholesale out of nostalgia.

How it plays

The backbone here is turn-based combat, but Sabotage has clearly put real thought into making it feel active rather than something you click through on autopilot. Exploration and how you interact with the world around you matter just as much as the fights themselves, so you’re not just walking from encounter to encounter waiting for the next battle to start. Storytelling gets equal billing too, which tracks with the studio’s pedigree. This isn’t a game trying to reinvent the RPG from scratch. It’s one that respects the genre’s roots while sanding down the rough edges that made some of those classics tougher to love decades later.

Who it’s for

If you grew up on turn-based RPGs and still find yourself missing that specific rhythm of exploring, leveling up, and working through a story at your own pace, this is built for you. It’s also a solid entry point for younger players or newcomers who’ve heard about classic-style RPGs but never had a reason to try one, since it’s designed to be approachable without being shallow. If you need real-time action combat or you bounce off turn-based systems no matter how well they’re executed, none of the modernizing here is going to change your mind. This is a game for people who already like the genre, or who are curious enough to give it a real shot.

Is it worth it?

For fans of the genre, this is the kind of RPG that earns its place in a backlog rather than just filling space in one. A single-developer-focused studio putting this much care into combat, world-building, and pacing tends to produce something with staying power, the sort of game you still think about years after finishing it. It’s absolutely the type of release worth grabbing when it’s discounted, since turn-based RPGs of this caliber don’t lose their appeal with age the way flashier action games sometimes do. If you’ve been meaning to get around to it, a sale is a good nudge rather than something you need to wait for indefinitely.

Quick facts

Genre: Role playing. Developer and publisher: Sabotage Studio. Platform: PC, available through the Xbox store. Release date: August 29, 2023.