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False Skies
Create a party, layer on new classes, and uncover the mystery behind the seeming reappearance of a long-gone city in this classicly-styled RPG.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“This is a great game. There is a lot of contents and the game can be quite long (prob about 2x-3x length of the typical final fantasy game). Dungeons are also very well made, they feature optional bosses, optional areas filled with lore, high end items, and stuff they you need…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“Came for the story and the gameplay. Stayed for the extensive Job (and subsequent character creation system). I enjoyed that the story began with your party as a group of archaeologists investigating ruins, only to be ambushed and having to fight monsters on their way out, then…”
— a player, Steam review · 64 hrs played“Wow. I like to think I keep my finger on the pulse when it comes to gaming but I somehow missed this one at release - definition of a hidden gem. Highly recommend.”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
8/11/2025 bugfix
Turns out there was a bug in the new engine version that was causing a crash upon exiting certain menus . That should be fixed.
8/8/2025 patch notes
-Fixed a bug where Bell's NPC and PC field sprites weren't the same. -Fixed a bug where a PC could be shown in both the main and reserve lists in the after-battle screen. The version of the OHR this i
Fixes/Changes through 3/5/24
Been a bit since I've done one of these. -Doubled the rate at which the Tiny Golin encounter appears. -Fixed Arcanist's abbreviation being AR instead of AC. -Fixed a bug where you could leave the clas
Fixes/changes through 3/30/2023
-Fixed the battle text when using SPD Wave. -Fixed Sage having an unranked proficiency for one type of armor. -Fixed some walkability issues in the Binding Mines. -Fixed one half of the exit to the Lu
Fixes through 3/3/23
-Changed around the foemap in the Cephi Palace so that doing the puzzle in its first half should be a lot more manageable. -Gave Shred a sound effect. -Fixed an issue with Drain ω where the second par
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | RPG |
| Player tags | JRPG · Character Customization · Old School · Party-Based RPG · RPG · Turn-Based Combat · Sci-fi · Dungeon Crawler · Exploration · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Linear (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 46 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 Storage: 128 MB available space Additional Notes: If you bought a computer in the past decade or two you should probably be fine