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.
- Price:$24.99
- Release Date:9/18/2019
- Developer:Alt Shift
- Publisher:Humble Games
- Last Updated:1/6/2025
- Steam App Id:873940
Crying Suns
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Crying Suns has 15 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 94% lower than its previous all-time peak of 265 players achieved on 9/22/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Crying Suns. It has received a total of 4,177 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 83 (Very Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Crying Suns. Right now, it costs $24.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Crying Suns and its growth over time. It currently has 28,836 followers on its community page.
About Crying Suns
Crying Suns is an Indie, and Strategy game developed by Alt Shift. On 9/18/2019, it was released on the Steam Store by Humble Games.
Players have rated Crying Suns as "Very Positive" out of 4,177 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 3,593 positive reviews and 584 negative reviews — an overall 86% positive review rating. Additionally, Crying Suns has earned a metascore of 75 on Metacritic.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $24.99. It can also be purchased through Humble Games Tactical Bundle, Crying Suns - Deluxe Edition, and Crying Suns - Game & Soundtrack which give a discount off its base price. The game also includes a single DLC add-on, Crying Suns - Digital Artbook available for purchase and download through Steam.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Crying Suns on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 7 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Chinese (Simplified), and Russian. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Crying Suns supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Crying Suns has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Roguelike
- Procedural Generation
- Dark
- Roguelite
- Story Rich
- Tactical
- Pixel Graphics
- Real Time Tactics
- RTS
- Perma Death
- Real-Time with Pause
- Resource Management
- Sci-fi
- Post-apocalyptic
- Strategy
- Indie
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Space
- Hex Grid
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Crying Suns and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Crying Suns is referenced by 2 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Crying Suns - Original Soundtrack | Music | 9/18/2019 | View |
 | Crying Suns - Digital Artbook | DLC | 3/30/2020 | View |
Related Bundles
Crying Suns is included in 3 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Humble Games Tactical Bundle | 3 | 3 | $62.97 | View |
 | Crying Suns - Deluxe Edition | 3 | 3 | $34.97 | View |
 | Crying Suns - Game & Soundtrack | 2 | 2 | $29.98 | View |
Related Packages
Crying Suns is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Crying Suns | $7.49 | View |
Supported Languages
Crying Suns is available in 7 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Crying Suns data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 6). Crying Suns on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/873940
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 6). Crying Suns. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/873940
- Metacritic. (2025, January 6). Crying Suns for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/crying-suns
- Alt Shift. (2023, July 8). Crying Suns. Crying Suns. http://www.cryingsuns.com