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Sea of Remnants is a free-to-play ocean fantasy RPG from Joker Studio and NetEase Games, planned for a 2027 launch, in which a puppetfolk sailor with no memories sails out from the pirate city of Orbtopia to recover what the sea has swallowed.
Ships in Sea of Remnants are built from custom parts and cannons, and six named fleets divide the sea between them, including the player's own Drift Bottle and the wandering Fireworks Wanderer.
Sea of Remnants is planned for a 2027 free-to-play launch across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, mobile, handheld and cloud, after an earlier 2026 target and a February 2026 closed alpha.
Combat in Sea of Remnants splits between tactical turn-based encounters ashore, fought with a trained crew, and naval battles waged from a fully armed warship against rival fleets and sea monsters.
Exploration in Sea of Remnants covers named seas, a growing list of islands from sun-scorched shores to rain-soaked jungle, and ruins built around the magenta memory currents that link the world together.
Sea of Remnants runs on a Set Sail, Explore, Extract, Return loop with roguelike elements, in which captains rebuild their crew and ship between voyages and every choice reshapes Orbtopia and the fleets around it.
Crewmates are the companions you recruit across Sea of Remnants, drawn from rival fleets and trained into a team; ten have been published so far against a planned roster of more than 400 companions.
Orbtopia is the pirate city at the centre of the world in Sea of Remnants: the hub every voyage leaves from and washes back to, and a city that changes shape in response to the captain's choices.
Joker Studio is the NetEase Games development branch behind Sea of Remnants, a team known for distinct art styles and narrative-driven design, working out of Hangzhou.
A larger Closed Beta Test for Sea of Remnants is scheduled to begin in December 2026 across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, iOS and Android, following the PC-only Wanderer Test closed alpha in February 2026.
Sea monsters in Sea of Remnants range from cave-dwelling giant bats and cannon-wielding gorillas to treasure-laden crabs and the leviathans that descend through storms, all of them guarding riches worth taking.
Sea of Remnants follows a puppetfolk sailor with no memory across an ocean built on themes of oblivion and reconstruction, toward a legendary sea beyond the moon where every question is answered.
Minigames are a headline feature of Sea of Remnants, with mahjong, fishing, cooking, music, alchemy, duels and more filling the downtime between voyages in Orbtopia.
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