Crying Suns

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Crying Suns is a strategy, space and rogue-lite game developed by Alt Shift and published by Humble Games.
Released on September 18th 2019 is available on Windows and MacOS in 7 languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish - Spain and Japanese.

It has received 4,156 reviews of which 3,575 were positive and 581 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 6.29€ on Steam and has a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Crying Suns into these genres:

Strategy Space Rogue-lite Indie Pixel Graphics Sci-fi Post-apocalyptic Real-Time with Pause Rogue-like Tactical Story Rich 2D Singleplayer Procedural Generation Perma Death RTS Hex Grid Real Time Tactics Resource Management Dark

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7+ (32/64 bits)
Processor: Dual-core 2.5 GHz or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Dedicated GPU, 1 GB VRAM/ AMD HD5750 or equivalent
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes: Minimal resolution: 1280*720

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.11 El Capitan
Processor: Dual-core 2.5 GHz or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Dedicated GPU, 512 Mo VRAM / AMD HD5750 or equivalent
Storage: 2 GB available space
Additional Notes: Mac with Intel Graphics (HD or Iris) should run the game in OpenGL mode to avoid potential issues. Minimal resolution: 1280x720.

Reviews

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Sept. 2024

The gameplay is unique, a tricky real-time strategy puzzle that feels easy, up until it forces you to adapt. But I rarely felt like there was no chance, like I was completely outmatched. That said, sometimes your opponent won't have a chance to win, but they will take a long-ass time to die, and they might be annoying the whole time. I didn't find the story all that impressive, but that was largely mitigated by the stellar art. Try the game out, if it's not for you, it's not for you. I don't regret buying it, and I look forward to putting more time in.

Sept. 2024

If you're a fan of strategy games and golden age sci-fi, give this game a playthrough. It's no Asimov, but the writing is surprisingly captivating and the ending unexpectedly introspective (well, at least as much as the medium allows). I completed the game on hard, and I'll say that hampered my enjoyment somewhat. The combat is fun but there are some sections at the start and towards the middle that are absolutely brutal without good RNG. After 3 or 4 runs you will start to notice the same events happening as well. I would honestly recommend just bumping the difficulty down to easy and enjoying the ride for the most fun experience.

June 2024

Seems really good but every time I play it I just find myself longing for FTL. I didn't find the combat to be too stimulating, either. I'd recommend this maybe if you're tired of FTL, but I've been playing that one for over a decade and I'm still not tired of it so....

May 2024

Can't believe I never reviewed this. Great little game, some of the best scifi writing in gaming. And they did a big update in 2023, four years after release, which is great.

Jan. 2024

This. Is. It. I've spent 5+ hours looking for the game to play during the holidays and I found it! * Amazing pixel art with superb animations. * Great story with smart characters, interesting wold building and solid writing. (Edit: just finished the game and the ending is great as well.) * Very fun gameplay that's not too hard. (I'm playing on normal.) (Edit: ok it gets kind of hard after the first two chapters. I had to switch to easy, which is unfortunately a bit too easy. But at least I got to see all the story.) * I'm usually not a fan of tactical combat, but I really enjoy it in this game. * Perfect immersion. 11/10!

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-70% 20.99€ 6.29€

8.3

3,575

581

Online players

Developer

Alt Shift

Publisher

Humble Games

Release 18 Sep 2019

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