Crying Suns
Space roguelite about commanding a fleet through a fallen empire
Alt Shift · Released Sep 18, 2019
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 4,551
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 10 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 7
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 3 years ago
- May 17, 2023
Free demo available, 2 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 75/100 (critic reviews)
What is Crying Suns?
A single-player tactical roguelite set in a procedurally generated galaxy after the empire's machines shut down. As a cloned fleet commander, you guide a battleship between systems, resolve story events, and direct squadrons in real-time battles you can pause. Successful runs reveal more of the chapter-based story as you try to restart the machines.
For you if...
- +you enjoy pausing to plan tactical space battles
- +you like stories that unfold across multiple runs
- +you appreciate pixel art and a dark sci-fi setting
Not for you if...
- −you want a campaign without restarting after losses
- −you prefer brief dialogue and little emphasis on story
What players say
86% of 4,551 reviews are positive · 100% of 10 in the last 30 days
Players praise the writing, pixel art, and tactical combat. Their most common complaint is that events repeat and the gameplay loop grows tedious; some also find the dialogue slow.
Screenshots and trailer
Crying Suns system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7+ (32/64 bits)
- Processor
- Dual-core 2.5 GHz or equivalent
- Graphics
- Dedicated GPU, 1 GB VRAM/ AMD HD5750 or equivalent
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
- Notes
- Minimal resolution: 1280*720
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Core i3 2,5 GHz or equivalent
- Graphics
- Dedicated GPU, 2 GB VRAM / GTX 750ti or equivalent
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Recommended resolution: 1920x1080 (Can go up to 5K@60FPS with high end gpu)
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 79
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Age rating
- 13+
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese.
Tags
- Strategy
- Space
- Pixel Graphics
- Indie
- Roguelite
- Sci-fi
- Roguelike
- Real-Time with Pause
- Tactical
- Post-apocalyptic
- Story Rich
- 2D
- Singleplayer
- Procedural Generation
- Perma Death
- RTS
Recent updates
- May 17, 2023 · Last Orders update is live! Unlock now the 2 new factions & their playable fleet
- May 11, 2023 · "Last Orders" update will be released on May 17, 2023
- Jun 15, 2020 · Crying Suns' major update "Advanced Tactics" is live!
- Feb 20, 2020 · Update: additional screen ratios, bugfixes, optimizations and other news
- Dec 17, 2019 · Update: Redesign of special officers availability, new contents and other things
2 DLC available.
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