Sea of Stars

Sea of Stars is a pixel role-playing game from the Canadian indie studio Sabotage Studio, made in the spirit of classic 16-bit era JRPGs: Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, Secret of Mana. Two heroes, Valere (the Lunar Warrior) and Zale (the Solar Warrior), set out on a journey to stand against the Alchemist and his Flesh Horrors.

The combat system combines classic turn-based battles with the Timed Hits mechanic and the Breaking system, which destroys enemy spells with attacks of specific types. There are no random battles: all enemies are visible on the map. Puzzles, parkour across the environment, and a rich open world made Sea of Stars one of the most highly rated games of 2023 (Metacritic PC: 88, PS5/Switch: 91).

The music was written by Eric W. Brown, and the iconic Yasunori Mitsuda (composer of the Chrono Trigger soundtrack) personally took part in creating tracks. After release, the studio put out two large free expansions: Dawn of Equinox (November 2024) with co-op for 3 players, and Throes of the Watchmaker (May 20, 2025), 8 hours of new story with a new character.

Winner of Best Independent Game at The Game Awards 2023. More than 6 million players worldwide. Fully localized into Russian (text and interface).

Pixel JRPG from the creators of The Messenger. Turn-based combat, a world without random encounters, live music by Yasunori Mitsuda. Winner at The Game Awards 2023.