Summary
- Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker DLC launches May 20.
- The DLC's release date was announced alongside a new gameplay trailer and screenshots.
- Like all prior Sea of Stars updates, Throes of the Watchmaker will be released free of charge.
Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker will hit the market on May 20, Sabotage Studio has announced. The DLC's release date was shared alongside a new gameplay trailer and a fresh batch of screenshots showcasing the upcoming Sea of Stars expansion.
Sabotage's fantasy RPG was originally released for PC and consoles in August 2023. Sea of Stars was met with near-universal acclaim, as highlighted by its "Mighty" rating on OpenCritic, based on an average score of 89 and a 97% reviewer recommendation rate—making it one of the top 25 highest-rated games of 2023. The game has received multiple free updates since its release, with the latest of them being revealed in the form of Throes of the Watchmaker, a carnival-themed DLC that Sabotage previously said was targeting a spring 2025 release.
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The Quebec-based studio has now committed to a concrete release date for the upcoming expansion, revealing that Sea of Stars' Throes of the Watchmaker DLC will launch on May 20. The announcement was accompanied by a new trailer offering a mixture of cinematic and gameplay footage from Throes of the Watchmaker. The video serves as a reminder of the DLC's premise, which will reunite protagonists Zale and Valere for another adventure.
New Sea of Stars DLC Revisits Enigmatic Watchmaker
As its title suggests, the upcoming DLC will revisit one of the most important characters in the Sea of Stars lore—the enigmatic Watchmaker, creator of the Clockwork Castle. Over the course of the DLC story, players will get a chance to explore Horloge, a miniature clockwork realm threatened by a cursed carnival. Horloge is another of the Watchmaker's inventions, and its carnival threat is presumably the source of the DLC's title, with “throes” being a Middle English term for intense struggle or pain.
Throes of the Watchmaker will feature a standalone story that's said to be largely unrelated to Sea of Stars' retro main quest. Its '90s JRPG inspirations will still be front and center here, with the DLC introducing two new classes, turning Zale into a juggler, and Valere into an acrobat. The expansion will also feature a new playable character called Artificer.
Sabotage estimates that Throes of the Watchmaker will take around eight hours to beat. The upcoming package will feature new, fully voiced cinematics and a soundtrack from Sea of Stars composer Eric W. Brown, including tracks co-composed with Yasunori Mitsuda of Chrono Trigger and Xenogears fame. Like all prior Sea of Stars content updates, Throes of the Watchmaker will be released as a free add-on.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 89 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- August 29, 2023
- ESRB
- E10+ For Everyone 10+ Due To Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, Mild Language
- Developer(s)
- Sabotage
- Publisher(s)
- Sabotage
- Engine
- Unity
- Multiplayer
- Local Co-Op
- Number of Players
- 1-3
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- RPG
