Sea of Remnants adds Xbox Series version, launches in early 2027

Closed beta test set for December.

Free-to-play oceanic adventure RPG Sea of Remnants will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store, iOS, and Android in early 2027, publisher NetEase Games and developer Joker Studio announced. The Xbox Series version is newly announced. A closed beta test will be held in December.

Here is an overview of the game, via NetEase Games:

About
Sea of Remnants is an ocean-fantasy RPG featuring ever-changing turn-based combat, where every voyage is a new adventure.
Players awaken as a memoryless puppetfolk sailor and set sail across a vast ocean filled with mysterious islands, dangerous encounters and forgotten stories. Along the way, they must recover the people, memories and truths swallowed by the sea—and discover who is waiting for them back home.
The game transforms its open world into a highly replayable roguelike stage. Each voyage follows a compelling Set Sail / Explore / Collect / Return loop, with changing enemies, bosses, potential crewmates, equipment, skills and enhancements making every run play differently. Players must build their crew and combat strategy along the way, adapting to the opportunities and dangers they encounter at sea.

Between voyages, players return to the city of Orbtopia. Resources recovered from the ocean can be used to permanently strengthen characters and prepare the crew for more distant and dangerous waters. This combination of unpredictable expeditions and meaningful long-term progression ensures that every voyage contributes to the journey—even when it does not go according to plan.
More than a game about what you bring back home from the ocean, Sea of Remnants is a game about who you go back for.

Key Features
Every Voyage Is a New Adventure
In Sea of Remnants, the entire open world becomes the stage for a roguelike adventure. Rather than treating exploration and roguelike challenges as separate experiences, the game brings them together across a vast ocean filled with islands, dynamic events, formidable bosses, and changing conditions.
Every voyage presents a different combination of encounters and opportunities. Players must chart their course carefully, make strategic choices and adapt their approach as each expedition unfolds. This structure keeps the world rewarding to revisit while allowing every journey across it to tell a different story.
An Ever-Changing Turn-Based Adventure
Every voyage reshapes the challenges ahead. Enemy groups, bosses, potential crewmates, weapons and other combat options can change from one run to the next, encouraging players to develop a new strategy each time they set sail.
Combat is turn-based and built around thoughtful crew composition, complementary abilities and flexible character builds. Randomized equipment, skills, buffs, dice effects and other voyage-specific enhancements create new tactical possibilities, rewarding players who can turn an unpredictable set of tools into a powerful fighting force.
Meaningful Persistent Progression
Although each voyage brings new risks and randomized possibilities, progression made outside combat is permanent. Treasures and resources recovered at sea can be brought back to Orbtopia to improve the crew’s core attributes and talents.
A Narrative-Led Voyage and Stylized Characters
Set sail to find your crew and recover what the ocean has taken. Exploration is guided by a journey of memory retrieval, leading players across uncharted waters to find important characters, reclaim lost memories and piece together the truth at the heart of the adventure.
The game’s distinctive puppetfolk cast brings together boldly stylized characters, each with their own personality, history and hidden motivations. Through exploration and interaction, players gradually uncover the stories concealed beneath their puppet-like exteriors and learn how each character is connected to the wider mystery.
Upgrade Your Ship and Sail Further
The player’s ship is both a mobile base and a lifeline on the open sea. Strengthening and customizing it opens routes to more distant waters, unfamiliar biomes and increasingly formidable enemies.
As the ship grows more capable, players can chart new courses through the ocean’s changing weather and push deeper into the unknown. Every upgrade expands the possibilities of the next voyage.
Orbtopia, Your Anchor in the Abyss
Orbtopia is the emotional and functional heart of the journey: a city-state whose inhabitants live on the edge of forgetfulness. It provides a safe harbor where players can strengthen their characters, reconfigure their crew and prepare for the next voyage.
Every person recovered and every memory restored gives new meaning to the world players return to. As the anchor of the Set Sail—Return loop, Orbtopia serves as a reminder that the voyage is not only about exploring the unknown—it is also about finding a way home.