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Crying Suns

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App ID 873940
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Humble Games
Franchise Humble Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Unity Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 28979783
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 11:47:39 UTC ()
Release Date 19 September 2019 – 03:59:00 UTC ()
😎 82.94%
4k reviews
19
In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer Alt Shift
metacritic_name Crying Suns
metacritic_score 75
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/crying-suns?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Humble Games
Store Release Date 19 September 2019 – 03:59:33 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/cryingsuns/
https://x.com/CryingSuns
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-dax5eEKPLP3I5yXgcGUwg/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 19 September 2019 – 03:59:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 1 August 2023 – 15:00:56 UTC () (1690902056)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK, Wwise SDK, XAudio2 SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 8 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 6619870
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First seen on SteamDB 28 May 2018 – 13:34:17 UTC (), in changelist #4494257

Supported Languages

7 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🌠 Space 🌱 Indie 👻 Roguelite 👾 Pixel Graphics 🚀 Sci-fi ☢️ Post-apocalyptic ⏯ Real-Time with Pause 🤔 Tactical 👻 Roguelike 📚 Story Rich 🏽 2D 👤 Singleplayer 🔀 Procedural Generation ☠️ Perma Death 🌐 RTS 🛑 Hex Grid ▶️ Real Time Tactics 📊 Resource Management 😨 Dark

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Assets

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timestamp2 October 2024 – 08:24:01 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

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  • 19 players right now
  • 38 24-hour peak
  • 1,479 all-time peak 22 September 2019
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Store data

  • 28,821 followers
  • 3,672 positive reviews
  • 606 negative reviews
  • 85.83% positive reviews

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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 9,274 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 82.94% SteamDB Rating
  • 3,672 85.8% positive reviews
  • 606 14.2% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
19 September 2019 – 03:59 Steam Release -
6 November 2020 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: November 2020 Humble Choice (#12) -
18 March 2022 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Stand With Ukraine Bundle -

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How many players are playing Crying Suns right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 19 players live playing Crying Suns on Steam.

Crying Suns had an all-time peak of 1479 concurrent players on 22 September 2019.

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