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Released Sep 18, 2019 $24.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Crying Suns

By Alt Shift

StrategySpacePixel GraphicsIndieRogueliteSci-fiRoguelikeReal-Time with PauseTacticalPost-apocalypticStory RichSingleplayer
Track this game Steam page
Followers —
Reviews 3,162 Very Positive
Players yesterday 12 at the busiest moment
Owners 200K–500K estimated

About Crying Suns

Crying Suns is a game tagged Strategy, Space and Pixel Graphics by Alt Shift, released Sep 18, 2019. It has 3,162 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Sixty Jumps to Ceres, Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes and FTL: Faster Than Light.

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.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Crying Suns · record updated 1 day ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID873940
Release dateSep 18, 2019
Last change number40134923
Last record update1 day ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Alt Shift
Publisher
Alt Shift
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Technologies
Unity detected
Metacritic
75
Website
cryingsuns.com

Platforms

Windows macOS
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

5
Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Patches

Builds

3
BuildBranchUpdated
11466075publicJun 15, 2023
10347155last_orders_closed_betaJan 18, 2023
3908191localJun 11, 2019

Packages & DLC

DLCs

1
IDNamePrice (US)
1271330 Not on the store yet —

Depots

Depots

3
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
873945 — Windows 1.05 GB 400.8 MB 4558558984636725319
873946 — Windows 1.03 GB 397.5 MB 6289632621503088174
873947 — macOS 1.08 GB 407.4 MB 6609761517066381446

Branches

3
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 11466075 Jun 15, 2023 Open
last_orders_closed_beta Last Orders Closed Beta 10347155 Jan 18, 2023 Open
local Local Content Server 3908191 Jun 11, 2019 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Crying Suns

Launch options

3
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
cs.exe Windows · 64-bit
cs.app/Contents/MacOS/cs macOS
cs.app/Contents/MacOS/cs -force-opengl macOS Crying Suns (Intel iGPU - OpenGL)

Cloud saves

Space per player9.5 MB
Filesup to 15
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataLocalLowAlt Shift/Crying Suns/saves/save0*.*All

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