60 Fun Facts About Sea of Stars

Which indie developer made and published Sea of Stars?

It was only the studio's second game, after a ninja platformer that won Best Debut Indie Game at The Game Awards 2018.

The studio behind Sea of Stars is based in which Canadian provincial capital?

Its second game was made by a team that grew from seven developers to twenty-five during production, in the provincial capital rather than Montreal.

What is the name of the power that only the Solstice Warriors can wield in Sea of Stars?

It combines solar and lunar power, and outside battle it can shift the time of day to solve puzzles.

Which celestial body is Valere's elemental affinity in Sea of Stars?

Zale takes the Sun; using the right element breaks the 'locks' on an enemy's charging attack.

What are the otherworldly monsters that Valere and Zale set out to destroy called?

The pair start the game hunting the last known one, the Dweller of Woe.

What is the Fleshmancer, the villain of Sea of Stars?

He and his former associate made themselves immortal together, then fell out when he turned misanthropic and began breeding monsters.

What is the profession of Garl, the heroes' childhood friend in Sea of Stars?

He is the one party member with no magic at all, and most players' favourite character anyway.

What is Seraï's occupation when she joins the party in Sea of Stars?

She turns out to have crossed between worlds to recruit Solstice Warriors to free her home planet.

Which alchemist, discovered on Mesa Island, turns out to be the villain's rival and former associate?

He trained the first Solstice Warriors and cannot fight the villain's creations directly, so he only advises the party.

What did the two alchemists in Sea of Stars create together that granted them immortality?

Their falling-out spawned a war fought across countless parallel universes.

Which ancient spirit, given a new body by the alchemist, fights alongside the party on Seraï's home planet?

In the true ending it also stands in for Garl during his final moments to avoid a time paradox.

What name does the Solstice Warrior Erlina take once she is transformed into a demonic being?

She is fought at the villain's lair after he appoints her his lieutenant.

Which fellow Solstice Warrior betrays the party alongside Erlina after their first great victory?

The two summon a cult that uses the fallen monster's remains to revive the Dweller of Strife.

What is the title of Moraine, the senior Solstice Warrior who trained the heroes?

He fights beside them against the Dweller of Woe but is not among the traitors.

If the villain's monsters grow unchecked in a universe, what apocalyptic beings do they become?

The alternative outcome is that the Solstice Warriors ascend to godhood instead.

What do Valere and Zale become at the end of Sea of Stars?

They leave their friends behind to protect the universe from an approaching World Eater.

In the true ending of Sea of Stars, how often do Valere and Zale return to visit Garl?

That ending is only unlocked by finishing specific side quests and using a device built by the alchemist ally to change the past.

What is the Sea of Stars, in the story of the game named after it?

Garl spends the last of his borrowed time helping the party secure passage through it before he dies.

What kind of place is Seraï's homeland, which the party reaches after crossing the Sea of Stars?

She had left it to recruit Solstice Warriors capable of liberating her people.

In which month and year did Sabotage launch the Kickstarter campaign for Sea of Stars?

The press reveal at the Game Developers Conference went ahead even after COVID-19 turned the event virtual two weeks before.

Roughly how many backers did the Sea of Stars Kickstarter finish with?

They pledged more than 1.6 million dollars, and the studio later took outside investment so it could self-publish without cutting content.

Which Chrono Trigger composer agreed to write tracks for Sea of Stars mid-Kickstarter?

Producer Phillip Barclay said the announcement gave the campaign a real boost.

How many tracks did the guest composer from Chrono Trigger contribute to Sea of Stars?

That was the top of the range Sabotage had asked for, and included battle, boss and town themes plus Seraï's theme.

Who composed the majority of the Sea of Stars soundtrack?

He also scored the studio's first game and performs chiptune under the name Rainbowdragoneyes.

How did Sea of Stars' composer describe its sound palette, built on Chrono Trigger's sounds?

He gave each island a signature instrument, such as pan flutes or chimes, to create a distinct atmosphere.

On what date was Sea of Stars released?

It launched on Switch, PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S all at once.

Sea of Stars was the first title to launch simultaneously on which two subscription services?

Being on both services helped it reach five million players within seven months.

How many copies did Sea of Stars sell in its first week?

It had already passed 100,000 in the first 24 hours.

By November 2024, how many people had played Sea of Stars?

The figure counts subscription-service players as well as buyers.

Which award did Sea of Stars take home from Geoff Keighley's December 2023 ceremony?

At The Game Awards it was also nominated for Best Role Playing Game, losing to Baldur's Gate 3.

At the 2023 Golden Joysticks, Sea of Stars won the indie prize and was also nominated in which top category?

It also picked up an honourable mention for Game of the Year at the 2024 Game Developers Choice Awards.

What was the name of the free Sea of Stars update released on November 12, 2024?

It added couch co-op, reworked combat and a revised prologue.

Up to how many players can play through the whole Sea of Stars story together after the 2024 update?

Each player controls one of the active party members and they share a co-op button-timing mechanic.

What did the November 2024 update call the system in which players discover how to break each enemy's spells?

Combo Points also began carrying over after battles, so players could test damage types or open fights with a special move.

The difficulty options added to Sea of Stars in 2024 are presets built from which in-game items?

A new Speedrun Mode item was added at the same time for players chasing personal bests.

What is the name of the free Sea of Stars expansion released on May 20, 2025?

It sends the heroes into a miniature clockwork world for a circus-themed side adventure of eight-plus hours.

What is the name of the miniature clockwork world visited in the 2025 expansion?

The name is simply the French word for clock; a cursed carnival is terrorising its people.

In the 2025 circus-themed expansion, Zale must cast his sword aside and become what?

Valere, meanwhile, has to perform a balancing act for her lunar magic to work.

What circus role does Valere take on in the 2025 expansion so that her lunar magic can manifest?

Each hero gets a completely new set of attacks, damage types, skills and combos in the new form.

What is the name of the Artificer robot who rounds out the party in the 2025 clockwork expansion?

After a few upgrades the construct finally unlocks its laser-shooting capabilities.

Who is the antagonist the heroes confront in the cursed carnival of the 2025 expansion?

The expansion was released free on Steam, Switch, PlayStation and Xbox.

What is the name of the 'infamous' tabletop game players can sit down to in the taverns of Sea of Stars?

It sits alongside sailing, cooking and fishing as the game's main side activities.

What is the Sea of Stars combat mechanic where pressing the button in sync with an animation boosts or reduces damage?

The idea was borrowed from a 1996 Nintendo RPG the creative director cited as an inspiration.

Which SNES game's timed inputs did Sea of Stars director Thierry Boulanger cite for its interactive combat?

Chrono Trigger inspired the way battles sit inside the world, and Illusion of Gaia the sense that the world had a history.

Sea of Stars is a distant prequel to which earlier game by the same studio?

Its creative director had been building the shared universe of the two games since childhood.

Which company published Sabotage's first game, a 2018 ninja platformer, before Sea of Stars?

That platformer sold over 50,000 copies in a week and its hero shifts between 8-bit and 16-bit eras.

The Sabotage team spent the first half-year of Sea of Stars development building what?

Solar and lunar magic was central to the story, so they wanted light to behave believably on 2D sprites.

Which video-game investment fund backed Sea of Stars in 2021, letting Sabotage self-publish with every feature intact?

The studio said the money was needed to avoid cutting content from the design.

Whose concept art fills the official Sea of Stars artbook published by 3dtotal in May 2024?

A physical edition of the game itself arrived the same month.

Which YouTuber, known as The Completionist, had a cameo character removed from Sea of Stars in December 2023?

His NPC was called 'Jirard the Constructionist'; the removal followed charity-fraud allegations against his Open Hand Foundation.

What total score did the four Famitsu critics give Sea of Stars?

On Metacritic the Switch version reached 'universal acclaim' while the other platforms sat at 'generally favorable'.

How many party members can the player recruit in total in Sea of Stars?

Only a trio fights at once, but reserves can be swapped in mid-battle without losing a turn.

What object do players interact with to save their game in Sea of Stars?

Campfires are for resting and cooking the ingredients you pick along the way.

What can characters do with the ingredients they pick while exploring Sea of Stars?

Fishing spots supply more ingredients, and food heals or revives in battle.

On what date did Sea of Stars receive a physical edition for Switch, PlayStation and Xbox Series X/S?

The physical release came about eight months after the digital launch.

What was the name of the final Sea of Stars update, released in June 2026 alongside the Switch 2 version?

It bundled a bonus cinematic prologue and gameshare support.

In what year was the studio behind Sea of Stars founded?

Its founders judged an RPG too complex for a first project, so the RPG waited until their platformer had proved itself.

What is the visual style of Sea of Stars, modelled on SNES-era RPGs such as Chrono Trigger?

Characters can nonetheless swim, climb and vault freely rather than moving on a grid.

How do enemies in Sea of Stars signal when they will next act?

Battles are turn-based with no time limit, so the studio wanted thought over reflexes.

What is 'live mana' in Sea of Stars combat?

Absorbing it lets a plain physical hit carry lunar or solar damage, which matters for breaking locks.