Crying Suns

Released Sep 2019

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.

85% positive · 4,559 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Evaluation

Crying Suns launched on September 18, 2019 and received several rounds of post-launch content. The "Advanced Tactics" free update shipped on June 15, 2020, adding new weapons, squadrons, officers, and battlefield systems. Then on May 17, 2023, the studio delivered the "Last Orders" update, adding two new playable factions (the Prag Mah and the Phalanx), new battleships, officers, items, and events. When announcing Last Orders on May 11, 2023, Alt Shift explicitly called it "the final free extension for Crying Suns," and the release post reiterated: "We sincerely hope you will enjoy this very last major update to the game." This is a clear developer statement that content development for Crying Suns is complete. Since then, Alt Shift has shifted full focus to their new game, Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, which launched on May 11, 2026. A February 2026 post confirmed that Humble Games is no longer the publisher for Crying Suns, with Alt Shift resuming self-publishing — a housekeeping change with no new content announced. As of July 2026, the studio posted about a maintenance update adding Polish localization and a Unity engine upgrade, but explicitly described this as bug fixes and upkeep rather than new content. Both DLC items (the Original Soundtrack and Digital Artbook) are released. There is no unshipped content announced for Crying Suns.

Evidence

Last Orders update shipped; release post states 'this very last major update to the game'

news post · May 17, 2023 source development ending

high

Developer announced 'Last Orders' as 'the final free extension for Crying Suns'

news post · May 11, 2023 source development ending

high

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Released

Crying Suns - Digital Artbook

Mar 2020

Released

Crying Suns - Original Soundtrack

Sep 2019

Media

Details

Developer

Alt Shift

Publisher

Alt Shift

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Strategy Space Pixel Graphics Indie Roguelite Sci-fi Roguelike Tactical Real-Time with Pause Post-apocalyptic Story Rich 2D Procedural Generation Perma Death RTS

About this game

When FTL meets Foundation... and Dune

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.

Main Features

- Space exploration in a procedurally-generated universe
- Tactical fights between battleships and their squadron fleets
- More than 300 possible story events
- A deep and dramatic storyline structured in 6 chapters
- A dark and disturbing atmosphere inspired by our favorite S-F universes (Foundation, Dune, Battlestar Galactica)

The story: The epic journey of a clone

After 700 years of peace and prosperity, the Galactic Empire has suddenly been shattered into pieces. The OMNIs, god-like machines which did everything for their human masters, have mysteriously shut down. And humankind, having long since lost the ability to survive on its own, is dangerously close to extinction. But somewhere in a far corner of the Galaxy is Gehenna, a planet of ice and rock and a top-secret facility that is the pinnacle of Imperial Tech and also humanity’s last chance.

You are a clone of Admiral Ellys Idaho, a weapon fashioned from flesh, the best Imperial Admiral ever to battle in the stars and you have just been awoken on this planet by its strange and darkly-humorous Guardian, Kaliban, the last functional OMNI to exist.

Your mission: skillfully command a battleship through the Empire's now chaotic, violent clusters ––where one wrong move could be your last–– as you try to reactivate the OMNIs and save the future of all humankind. But you must leave Gehenna now.... for time has almost run out.