Sea of Stars’ free Throes of Watchmaker DLC releases May 20

Developer and publisher Sabotage Studio announced the release date for Sea of Stars’ free Throes of Watchmaker DLC, which brings a new quest that reunites protagonists Zale and Valere for an exciting new challenge. The free Sea of Stars DLC will release on May 20, 2025, for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.

The post-game bonus adventure DLC features a self-contained progression loop that introduces new classes, skills, and combos for players to master. In this adventure, Zale trades his signature sword to become a skillful juggler, while Valere sets aside her trusty staff to dazzle as an acrobat. Throughout the Throes of the Watchmaker, they are joined by a new playable party member, the Artificer—a mechanized sharpshooter who wields lasers.

Throes of the Watchmaker features new areas, puzzles, and enemies throughout a compelling storyline unique from Sea of Stars’ core adventure. The cinematic budget matches that of the main game, enabling Sabotage to effectively realize key narrative moments and present an engaging new storyline featuring eight hours of additional content.

Here is the list of the Key Features in the Sea of Stars free DLC:

Over 8 hours of completely new Areas, Music, Dungeons, Mini-Games, Enemies, Bosses, and Puzzles.

• Journey into a magical miniature clockwork world where a plethora of oddities and wonders await. The world of Horloge is filled with unique environments, NPCs, enemies and dungeons. And of course, Sabotage’s composer Eric W. Brown returns alongside guest composer Yasunori Mitsuda to bring a completely fresh set of tracks!

New Playable Classes for Valere and Zale.

• The world of Horloge plays by different rules, and for their magic to manifest, the Solstice Warriors will need to adapt. Zale will tap into his agility to become a Juggler, while Valere will harness her balance to dazzle as an Acrobat. Playing to the circus-themed curse, they will unlock a completely new set of attacks, damage types, skills and combos.

New Playable Character: Arty. 

• Artificer joins the party! The friendly engineer robot will finally unlock the laser-shooting capabilities of his construct, and join Valere and Zale in the fight to save Horloge.

Local Co-Op With Up To 3 Players.

• The couch co-op mode is also available for Throes of the Watchmaker. It allows up to three players to engage in traversal and combat with a “Co-Op timed hits” mechanic! Disclaimer: this mode is also available for Sea of Stars’ complete main adventure.

In our review for Sea of Stars, we scored it a 9 out of 10, considering it one of the best indie releases of 2023.