JRPG throwback Sea of Stars will get "mysterious and wacky" DLC connecting to Metroidvania predecessor The Messenger

Sea of Stars' developer Sabotage Studio has said its forthcoming DLC will be "mysterious and wacky."

Back last year, after Sea of Stars had launched to rave reviews and millions of players, we knew Sabotage Studio had DLC for the RPG in the pipeline. Now, we know the DLC for Sea of Stars is finally in active production at the studio, and according to the tweet below, it'll be "mysterious and wacky."

Back in November the team gathered for Sabobo Summit where the DLC for Sea of Stars was pitched, along with the vision for "Game 3"👀Work is going well with the mysterious and wacky DLC which has officially graduated from pre-production!Malevolent spectacle awaits... pic.twitter.com/chsFMFOq43January 12, 2024

There aren't any other details for the DLC right now, but it's still interesting to know the development timeline for the DLC. A lot of people might have assumed work on the post-launch stuff would start before Sea of Stars even shipped, but this isn't the case - Sabotage instead put all development for the DLC off until after launch.

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We also don't know what the DLC might entail, aside from the teaser. We do know, however, that the DLC will link up to The Messenger, which Sea of Stars is quietly a prequel to. If you haven't already played Sabotage's Metroidvania-like side-scrolling game, we'd highly recommend picking it up while you wait for the new DLC to eventually roll around.

Sea of Stars obviously already links up to The Messenger by itself. We won't spoil any story details here, but there are characters in the RPG that go on to be big players in the Metroidvania game, and change over the course of the newer game. Perhaps we'll be seeing some of these characters again in the new DLC, to flesh out their backstories even more.

Chrono Trigger's creators recently showered Sea of Stars with praise, which had to be great news for the indie RPG's developers. Sabotage's game is a very clear homage to the RPGs of old, and ground-breaking developers like Yuji Horii and Hironobu Sakaguchi said the team of indie devs had done a "great job" in nailing the pixelated visuals.

For a look at some of the games that might well be here before the new DLC arrives, you can head over to our new games 2024 guide.

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.