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Sea of Stars Developer: Sabotage StudioPublisher: Sabotage StudioPlatform: Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Reviewed)Release Date: August 29th, 2023Price:  $34.99USD/$50.95 AUD – Available Here Overview Sea of Stars is a retro-style fantasy RPG that pays tribute to iconic games like Chrono Trigger and earlier Final Fantasy titles. The game is a successor to Sabotage Studio’s The Messenger, and takes place in the same universe, but long before the events in the aforementioned 2018 title. With magnetic visuals and lots of catering toward nostalgia, the gam...

Quebec City-based Sabotage's Thierry Boulanger unpacks the touching story behind Sea of Stars' biggest secret, the Flimsy Hammers.

Sea of Stars is a great RPG with a fantastic battle system, incredible pixel art, stunning music, and a story that takes way too long to get going.

Image: Sabotage Studio Sea of Stars is basically a modern-day SNES RPG. I had a sense that would be the case going in: it has pixel art clearly inspired by 16-bit classics, pits a ragtag group of adventurers against evil forces, uses a clever turn-based battle system, and is filled with stunning music (including a few tracks from Chrono Trigger composer Yasunori Mitsuda). But I was glad my hunch was right. I devoured Sea of Stars in a little over a week, and each time I booted it up, I felt like I was playing the type of old-school RPG I would have spent afternoons with as a kid. A lot of that...

Although he's not one of your two starting characters, Garl is secretly the true protagonist of Sea of Stars.