Sea of Stars is the 14th highest rated recreation this yr & has offered 250,000 copies – WGB, Dwelling of AWESOME Evaluations

Sea of Stars would possibly simply be a little bit indie recreation from Sabotage Studios nevertheless it’s making huge waves. It launched on August twenty ninth and has been buoyed by huge vital acclaim and powerful gross sales.

On overview aggregator web site Opencritic, Sea of Stars is presently sitting because the 14th highest rated recreation of the yr with a ranking of 89. That spectacular rating ties it with one other indie gem, Dave the Diver, in addition to the Lifeless Area remake.

Jon Bailes of Gamesradar wrote a glowing overview for Sea of Stars, awarding it 4.5 stars out of 5: “It’s a pleasure and a reduction to grasp that Sabotage hasn’t merely mimicked traditional ’90s JRPG, however dedicated to understanding what makes them tick. Its nostalgia is neither gratuitous nor cynical, as an alternative working disparate references along with unique concepts right into a coherent entire.”

Lyle Carr of God is a Geek additionally praised the sport, sending it on its with with a whopping 10/10 rating: “Sea of Stars is definitely the most effective RPGs that I’ve ever performed, taking notes from people who got here earlier than it and refining each side of the style. The fight is participating from begin to end, the characters are delightfully charming and the sport seems to be and sounds unimaginable. It’s a busy time for video video games, however there’s merely no excuse for you to not play this landmark RPG as quickly as potential.”

Sea of Stars launched on each GamePass and Ps Plus Additional which naturally did elevate questions on how effectively it might promote. These issues turned out to be quite unfounded, nonetheless, as only a day after the sport launched Sabotage Studios introduced it had already offered 100,000 copies. Sabotage Tweeted out how grateful they had been.

However the excellent news retains on coming as a result of at this time Sabotage Studio revealed that Sea of Stars has offered 250,000 copies. In keeping with Sabotage, that’s greater than their gross sales initiatives for your entire remainder of the yr.

We had projections for the primary yr, nevertheless it solely took you all a single week.

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Congrats, Sabotage, you guys certainly deserve all of the success you’re getting. And this simply serves as proof that if a recreation is sweet individuals will purchase it.