Fit check
Is Crying Suns worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want science-fiction fleet command
- Rogue-lite players who want procedurally generated exploration and tactical battles
- Players who prefer chapter-based stories with more than 300 possible events
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fixed campaign rather than a rogue-lite structure with individual runs
- Players who want small-squad combat instead of battleships and squadron fleets
- Players looking for a puzzle game or a prison-escape RPG
Our take on Crying Suns
Rather than using a fixed campaign structure, Crying Suns combines rogue-lite runs with a six-chapter narrative and more than 300 possible events. Tactical battles, space exploration, and story discovery occur within the same fleet-command framework.
What is Crying Suns?
Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite in which a space fleet commander explores a mysteriously fallen empire.
Each run combines exploration in a procedurally generated universe with tactical battles between battleships and their squadron fleets. The story follows a clone of Admiral Ellys Idaho, awakened on Gehenna and tasked with reactivating the OMNIs, machines that once served humanity. The narrative is structured in 6 chapters and includes more than 300 possible story events. The Last Orders update adds 2 character factions, 2 playable battleships, 4 special officers, 12 battlefield items, 30 related events, new achievements, and other improvements. The game is available on PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.
How Crying Suns plays
- 01Procedural Space Exploration
- Each run takes place in a procedurally generated universe as the commander explores the fallen Empire.
- 02Fleet-Based Tactical Combat
- Battles involve battleships and their squadron fleets.
- 03Six-Chapter Story
- The narrative follows a clone of Admiral Ellys Idaho through 6 chapters.
- 04Expanded Faction Content
- The Last Orders update adds the Prag Mah and Phalanx factions, along with 2 playable battleships and 4 special officers.
- 05Story Event Variety
- The game includes more than 300 possible story events, including 30 related to the added factions.
Crying Suns compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on a World War II setting, large-scale strategy, and direct, hands-on combat, while Crying Suns uses space exploration, battleship engagements, and story events. Xenonauts follows a multinational military organization defending Earth from alien invasion with small squads of persistent soldiers in turn-based combat; Crying Suns instead centers on a clone commanding a space fleet.
Crying Suns: platforms & release
Is Crying Suns worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want science-fiction fleet command. Skip it if: players seeking a fixed campaign rather than a rogue-lite structure with individual runs.
Where can I download Crying Suns?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Crying Suns's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Crying Suns on?
Windows and macOS.
