The DLC is available for free, adding a new multi-hour storyline, bringing new story content, a new playable character, combat classes, minigames, locations, and more. As the DLC’s name suggests, it will see protagonists Zale and Valere once again crossing paths with the Watchmaker and travel to the miniature clockwork world of Horloge.

Sabotage Studio is also selling the game for 35 percent off on all digital platforms, to keep luring in new players.

Sea of Stars is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. It has over 6 million players across all platforms as of last November, as per Sabotage Studio.

As a post-game adventure, the expansion deals with the Watchmaker as Zale and Valere venture into his miniature world, Horloge. There are new skills and classes to master, Zale taking up juggling and acrobatics for Valere. A new party member, Artificer, also joins the fray.

Throes of the Watchmaker features over eight hours of new content, including brand-new areas, puzzles, enemies, bosses and a “cinematic budget” rivaling the base game. Stay tuned for more details en route to its release.

Sea of Stars launched in August 2023 and serves as a prequel to The Messenger. It sold over 250,000 units in its launch week and surpassed six million players as of November 2024.

Taking to BlueSky, the developer announced that Sea of Stars has been played by over 6 million players across all platforms since it came out last August. That’s up from 5 million players in March earlier this year. 

Sabotage Studio recently also released a substantial free update for Sea of Stars titled Dawn of Equinox, which added three-player co-op, combat improvements, a revamped prologue, a new Speedrunner Mode, and more. Next year, the studio will also release a free expansion for the RPG titled Throes of the Watchmaker. 

Sea of Stars is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. 

In spite of being a free update for all players, it’s quite sizeable. Chief among its additions is that of three-player co-op, with three players now being allowed to play the game locally as different characters. The update has also added a Speedrunner Mode (via a new Relic), new difficulty presets, a brand-new cutscene, and a revamped and expanded prologue sequence.

Meanwhile, several combat changes have also been introduced, including the addition of the new Mystery Locks mechanic, changes to how Combo Points work, testing damage types to reveal locks, being able to begin certain encounters in different ways, and more. Check out the trailer below for more details.

Sea of Stars is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. A free expansion titled Throes of the Watchmaker is also coming next year.

Some of the changes and new features include Mystery Locks in combat to deal with spells from new enemies alongside Combo Points persisting after fights and balance changes. The Prologue has also seen changes, offering combat from the get-go, and there’s a new cinematic cutscene to “accentuate a pivotal moment in the original adventure.”

Players can also look forward to a new Relic that activates Speedrunner Mode and three new difficulty presets. There are also new Relics to play with while existing ones have been improved. For example, the parrot Relic will help track collectibles and challenges better.

Sea of Stars is available for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch. It’s amassed over five million players, but this isn’t the end of support, as the Throes of the Watchmaker DLC arrives in Spring 2025.

Throes of the Watchmaker will take players to Horloge, which is described as “a magical miniature clockwork world where a plethora of oddities and wonders await”. Players will be tasked with rescuing a cursed carnival that threatens the lives of trapped civilians, with Valere and Zale also being able to use new abilities and mechanics. A new playable character will also be introduced, and you can, of course, expect new locations to explore, new dungeons to tackle, and more. Check out the trailer below for more details. 

Sea of Stars – Throes of the Watchmaker is set to launch for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC at some point in Spring 2025. It will be free for all players.

Both updates arrived on Twitter in response to fans, with Sabotage Studio confirming that the DLC remains in production, having entered full production earlier this year, and that work is continuing on the co-op mode as well. Further details on both will be revealed later in the year, according to the developer, though it remains to be seen how much longer we’ll have to wait. Could an announcement be lined up for Gamescom?

Sea of Stars is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Sabotage Studio announced earlier in the year that the RPG had crossed 5 million players across all platforms. 

As simple as it looks, players will be untethered and can collect items or explore as they please (or at least as far as the screen’s limits allow). Single Player+ also adds a new Co-op Timed Hits mechanic, which could mean a system that directly caters to each party member nailing their attack timing.

While there’s no release date for the mode, the developer will reveal more “soon,” so stay tuned for further details and updates.

Sea of Stars is available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC and Nintendo Switch. It’s crossed five million players since launch, up from over four million players in December 2023. Sabotage is also currently working on DLC, though it doesn’t have a release window.

Recently, in fact, it hit another major milestone, with Sabotage Studio taking to Twitter to announce that Sea of Stars has now been played by over 5 million players to date across all platforms. Back in December, the developer announced that the game’s player base had surpassed 4 million players, so that number has continued to grow at a pretty consistent pace.

Earlier this year, Sabotage confirmed that Sea of Stars DLC had entered full production, and that the vision for the studio’s next project had also been internally pitched- though details on the latter remain scant, understandably enough.

Sea of Stars is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

It’s official, Sea of Stars has been played by over 5 MILLION people!!!

This milestone is surely deserving of a celebratory dance, or perhaps even, a Dance of Five Million Suns? ☀️ pic.twitter.com/pkG7UUYWY3

— Sea of Stars (@seaofstarsgame) March 13, 2024

It’s been known for a while that Sea of Stars DLC is part of developer’s plans, and work on it is continuing to make progress. In a recently published tweet, Sabotage revealed that an internal summit held in November saw Sea of Stars DLC being pitched, and that it has now moved out of pre-production and entered full development.

“Work is going well with the mysterious and wacky DLC, which has officially graduated from pre-production,” the developer wrote.

Interestingly, Sabotage mentions that the vision for its next game was also pitched at its aforementioned November summit, but did not go into further detail. It’s safe to assume, however, that it’s going to be a while before we hear about the studio’s third project.

Sea of Stars is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Last month, Sabotage Studio announced that it had surpassed 4 million players across all platforms.

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