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Crying Suns

Alt Shift · 2019-09-18

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IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 27, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 18, 2019 (Mac), Sep 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 25, 2020 (iOS), Jun 25, 2020 (Android)

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.

Crying Suns is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 4549 reviews).

19
playing now
86%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Crying Suns is a 2019 roguelike strategy video game developed by Montpellier-based developer Alt Shift and published by Humble Bundle. The protagonist, space admiral Ellys Idaho, awakes in a cloning facility decades after the interstellar empire he fought for has collapsed, and travels the empire's galaxy in a battleship in search of answers why. The game is split into six chapters, with three sectors each; Idaho and his crew travel through each sector and its star systems to reach the sector exits while staying ahead of a pursuing threat. During the course of their travels, players battle other battleships in pausable real-time.

Trailer

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Crying Suns - Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 112 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (388 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 114k–273k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,549 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$5.30-79%
GOG$6.25-75%
GamersGate$6.25-75%
GOG$6.25-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-05-12) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 87 of 131 observed days · $0.31 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32732720192026Week of 2019-09-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2942026-09-15 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 21 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 20 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 27 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
59011Sep 2019Aug 2026Sep 2019 — avg 590 · peak 1,479Dec 2019 — avg 93 · peak 291Mar 2020 — avg 30 · peak 64Jun 2020 — avg 99 · peak 371Sep 2020 — avg 37 · peak 93Dec 2020 — avg 117 · peak 290Mar 2021 — avg 34 · peak 71Jun 2021 — avg 41 · peak 136Sep 2021 — avg 23 · peak 52Dec 2021 — avg 38 · peak 91Mar 2022 — avg 63 · peak 235Jun 2022 — avg 34 · peak 81Sep 2022 — avg 19 · peak 47Dec 2022 — avg 24 · peak 60Mar 2023 — avg 20 · peak 49Jun 2023 — avg 42 · peak 93Sep 2023 — avg 26 · peak 60Dec 2023 — avg 25 · peak 59Mar 2024 — avg 23 · peak 61Jun 2024 — avg 17 · peak 44Sep 2024 — avg 40 · peak 278Dec 2024 — avg 19 · peak 63Mar 2025 — avg 22 · peak 43Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 38Sep 2025 — avg 15 · peak 31Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 39Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 29Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.002019-09-192026-10-142019-09-19 — best price $24.992020-01-24 — best price $18.692020-06-09 — best price $20.202020-08-12 — best price $24.992020-09-19 — best price $24.992020-10-22 — best price $22.392021-01-07 — best price $0.002021-04-30 — best price $12.492021-08-13 — best price $9.892021-10-21 — best price $9.692021-12-09 — best price $9.992022-02-02 — best price $24.992022-05-03 — best price $21.512022-06-24 — best price $8.742022-08-10 — best price $21.242022-10-29 — best price $6.392022-12-19 — best price $8.742023-02-10 — best price $8.742023-04-14 — best price $24.992023-06-16 — best price $24.992023-08-18 — best price $7.492023-11-07 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-02-25 — best price $24.992024-05-01 — best price $24.992024-06-18 — best price $24.992024-08-26 — best price $24.992024-12-07 — best price $24.992025-02-12 — best price $7.492025-07-12 — best price $24.992025-11-05 — best price $24.992026-01-23 — best price $7.492026-05-13 — best price $19.672026-07-21 — best price $7.492026-08-29 — best price $24.992026-09-18 — best price $5.302026-10-08 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $6.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2852026-05-29 — 22 pageviews2026-06-02 — 19 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 23 pageviews2026-06-30 — 20 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 17 pageviews2026-07-12 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 15 pageviews2026-08-01 — 13 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 20 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 18 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-25 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 17 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 12 pageviews2026-09-18 — 13 pageviews2026-09-22 — 11 pageviews2026-09-26 — 28 pageviews2026-09-30 — 17 pageviews2026-10-04 — 23 pageviews2026-10-07 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
77.7%
earned "The Shutdown"
15.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-09-19, latest 2020-03-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,6190%79
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategyTacticalRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichPerma Death

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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