For those of you who haven't tried this game yet, I've been playing it on and off for a couple of months when I don't feel like battling my way through an RPG, and I highly recommend it.

It's an odd little game, not sure exactly how you'd classify it, a top-down 2D world with RPG and strategy elements, the premise being that you are a ship's captain in a world where London and the sea around it has sunk into the dark. You have to make money to support your ship and crew by exploring the sunless sea, only it isn't a safe place...in fact, it's a very dangerous place, where pirates roam and sunlight is a rare commodity to be desired, sold and sometimes feared. You can choose to play stealth or combat style, or a mixture of both.

The graphics are pretty basic, just a little ship pootling around the map, and the gameplay is just a simple mixture of point and click and lots of reading -- lots and lots of reading -- but somehow it's surprisingly compelling, and the sound track is very good.

Thanks for the info and for the recommendation - it sounds interesting.

I see that GOG has the game as well.

Thanks, Hagatha, sometimes those games just hit the spot

Yes, I saw that too. I should always remember to check GOG first, before buying from Steam. I have nothing against Steam -- it's a good service that I've had no trouble with at all - but GOG has that "buy it, own it" policy, which I heartily endorse.

Anyhoo, if you do decide to try Sunless Sea, bear in mind that your first few captains are expected to die in strange ways until you understand the Sea and how to support your little enterprise.

Poor captains

This is a great game. You may also want to check out the 'Fallen London' game at the developer's website. Fallen London is the predecessor to Sunless Sea. It's a browser based game which is free to play. It is largely text based (over 1.5 million words) so it may not appeal to everyone, but it still has a lot of the unique stories similar to Sunless Sea.

http://www.failbettergames.com/fallen-london/

Thanks, Ewil.....those were my first computer game types. "You are facing north."