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A Deep Discount on Crying Suns and Its Various Bundles2026-05-21The Supporter Pack is currently available at a 70% discount for one week. It includes the game, the original soundtrack composed by Aymeric Schwartz, and the digital artbook: All items are 70% off, so if you already own one, don't hesitate to expand your collection.In addition, you can also get your hands on the bundle combining Crying Suns and Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes with an additional 10% discount (on top of the 70% discount): Our community is growing every day, so feel free to join our Discord server here to chat with the team!
Crying Suns in a New Bundle with Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes2026-05-12To celebrate the release of our new game, we've just launched a new bundle that allows you to purchase Crying Suns and Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes at a 10% discount.If you already own one of these games, simply select this bundle to get the game you don't have yet and take advantage of this discount.If you enjoyed Crying Suns, you will find some common DNA in Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, as it's a narrative and tactical roguelite. To be honest, Battlestar Galactica was the key inspiration behind Crying Suns; we’re all huge fans of this franchise, which is arguably one of the best science fiction series ever made. In fact,
Our New Game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes - Available Now!2026-05-11Big news today for the Alt Shift team! After 3 years of development, we are so happy and excited to finally release our new game, Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes. Scattered Hopes is a narrative and tactical roguelite where you take command of a gunstar and its fleet, escaping Cylons after their attack on Caprica. Your goal is to rejoin humanity’s last hope, the fleet led by the Battlestar Galactica. The game's design was built around three key elements: replayability, asymmetrical tactical combat, and tough choices.Replayability: Scattered Hopes is a roguelite, in order to progress, you will play several runs, always different, thanks t
Our New Game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes will be launched on MAY 11!2026-04-27Last summer, we revealed the first images of our brand new project Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes. Today, we are proud to announce the release date: May 11, 2026(5PM CET / 8AM PT)Here is a short trailer to give you a glimpse of it: With this game, you’ll be able to discover—or rediscover, if you’re already familiar with the series—the world of Battlestar Galactica through a fresh and innovative approach: our indie studio’s take on this incredible franchise.In short, Scattered Hopes is a narrative and tactical roguelite based on the fundamental elements that make this franchise so great: the deep and dark storyline, the complex characte
The Demo of our New Game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes is Live Now!2026-02-16Back in August 2025, we revealed the first images of our new project Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes. With the release date quickly approaching (spring 2026), it's time to publish the demo and let you try it out for a first glimpse of the game!As many of you already know, our previous game Crying Suns was inspired by, among other references, the universe of Battlestar Galactica, one of our favorite science fiction series. So, thanks to our publisher Dotemu, this new project is like a dream come true for us as an independent studio and big fans of the Battlestar Galactica license!Sign up today to take control as a Gunstar Captain, and le
Alt Shift returns to self-publishing for Crying Suns (Updated bundles!)2026-02-12Humble Games has supported Crying Suns, but is no longer the publisher for the title. We appreciate the time we worked together. We wish them all the best in the future.This is a new chapter in the life of Alt Shift studio, as we now have complete control over the future of Crying Suns, our first tactical roguelite. To celebrate, we've just updated the bundles available for the game and added discounts to each of them (this was not the case before): Game + Soundtrack bundle: -10%Game + Soundtrack + Digital Artbook bundle, now titled "Supporter Pack": -20%As a reminder, Crying Suns is also available on iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch.As you m
Our Next Game “Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes” Revealed!2025-08-19Alt Shift, the studio behind Crying Suns, is proud (and tremendously excited) to announce Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes. After nearly three years of development, we can finally talk about it and share our excitement around working on this legendary sci-fi franchise!A Narrative And Tactical RogueliteBattlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes shares some common DNA with Crying Suns. At first glance, you might notice a visual connection between the two—a mix of 2D and 3D graphics, along with color palettes we’re particularly fond of.The main similarity is that both games are space-themed tactical and narrative roguelites.The setup: You comman
Crying Suns Celebrates its Five Year Anniversary!2024-09-20Hello, Space Fleet Commanders! After five stellar years and nearly two million brave explorers journeying across the cosmos, we are thrilled with the success of Crying Suns. Our CEO and Art Director Frédéric Lopez thanks the fans by saying "We have been amazed to see how passionate the community was during the whole process from launching the Kickstarter back in 2018 to the Last Orders update. As a big thank you to all of the members and to mark the special occasion, we have some exciting surprises to share with you!” https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/33009682/c6df8f24127e6b330bfaa2122ab9619f8c789671.png Five Year Anniversary Steam S
Last Orders update is live! Unlock now the 2 new factions & their playable fleet2023-05-17That’s it! The version has just been updated with the “Last Orders” extension. As a reminder, this update includes 2 new character factions mentioned in the story and the downloadable Artbook but not previously included in the game itself, the Prag Mah (a caste of relentless imperial judges and executioners) and the Phalanx (an order of deadly mercenary warriors), as well as much more new content to discover or unlock in your next run. Here is a short teaser showing a glimpse of the update: And here is a more detailed overview of what’s included in this free extension: 2 New playable Battleships with a totally new playstyle for each faction 4
"Last Orders" update will be released on May 17, 20232023-05-11After a temporary pause on Crying Suns to focus our work force on a new pre-production (stay tuned, we will talk about that in the near future!), our team was able to dive back into the project and finalize this long-awaited update including 2 new factions: the Prag Mah and the Phalanx, and more! This update titled “Last Orders” will be the final free extension for Crying Suns. As previously said, it will include not only 2 new character factions with their playable Battleships, the Prag Mah (a caste of relentless imperial judges and executioners) and the Phalanx (an order of deadly mercenary warriors), but also new content, including weapons
Crying Suns is now available on iOs and Android!2020-06-25That’s it! The mobile version of Crying Suns is Now Available! You can find it here on the Apple App Store. Or here on the Google Play Store. Main Features: Space exploration in a procedurally-generated universe, Tactical fights between battleships and their squadron fleets, More than 300 story events, A deep and dramatic storyline structured in 6 chapters, New: A revamped interface and intuitive touchscreen interactions. Supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Simplified Chinese & Japanese The “Advanced Tactics” extension is not included yet but will be added as a free update within the next few weeks. Price: $8.99 /
Crying Suns' major update "Advanced Tactics" is live!2020-06-15WHAT’S NEW? The “Advanced Tactics” update is a free extension that includes a wide series of new battle features and other support abilities: New weapons, new squadrons, new auxiliary systems for battleships and brand new officers abilities. Unlockable battleships are now equipped with a unique and specific technological modifier, requiring players to adapt their strategies depending on battleships’ strengths and weaknesses. Players will also find additional neutral units on the battlefield that each opponent can “capture” to gain territorial advantage. New AI enemy behaviors have been added, requiring players to carefully adapt and vary thei
"Advanced Tactics" will be released on June 15, 20202020-06-09Our "Advanced Tactics" free update will be officially available on June 15, 2020! If you already own Crying Suns, it should update the new content automatically. To know more about this future massive update, here is a reminder. Stay tuned!
Crying Suns arrives on mobile!2020-06-04Hello fellow space explorers! Big news! We will release a mobile version of our game Crying Suns on June 25! During the last few months, we carefully redesigned the whole experience for iPads, iPhones and high-end Android devices, including a revamped interface and intuitive touchscreen interactions. This version will include English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Simplified Chinese & Japanese languages, and, of course, all the future updates and DLC. To make sure you don’t miss the release, don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter here. Discover the short announcement trailer here! Platforms: iOs (iPhones & iPads), Android Price: $8.9
[BETA] Join the "Advanced Tactics" Beta!2020-05-19Hello Crying Suns fans, We have just opened the beta version of "Advanced Tactics" update! You can now activate it via your Steam client: -> Go to your Steam library, right click on Crying Suns -> Properties -> betas tab -> select "Advanced_Tactics_beta" branch. What's New: Here are the main changes that you will be able to test: Each Battleship will have a specific technological modifier (that you can't sell) that will greatly impact the strategies and builds Reworked all enemy battleship setups to use a larger array of weapons/officers/squadrons/auxiliary system and offer more variety and challenges Player battleships have been reworked Som
[DLC] Crying Suns Digital Artbook is now available!2020-03-30Greetings Crying Suns fans, Crying Suns digital artbook is finally available here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271330/Crying_Suns__Digital_Artbook/ In this PDF file, you will find 100+ pages of lore and art showing our work on Crying Suns' universe, including exclusive key art, pixel art, but also extensive commentary from our writers about the background story, underlying power games, characters factions, and many other details behind this dystopian universe inspired by Dune and Foundation. If you prefer something that you can proudly display in your bookcase, you can also pre-order the physical version on our backerkit boutique here
Update: additional screen ratios, bugfixes, optimizations and other news2020-02-20Some of you may have already noticed that we updated the game a few minutes ago. The main change is the addition of new screen ratios, including widescreens, but not only. Here is the complete changelog for this version: Interface, Graphics and Sounds Added support for widescreen and a greater variety of aspect ratio (4/3, 21/9, 32/9, 16/10) Improved the run customization screen to display patched squadrons properly in the list Story, events and texts Various small corrections and rewrites BugFix Minor Fixed an issue where the dialogue bubble was not placed properly on Sister Kalypso Changed the planet displayed during run customization as it
Update: Redesign of special officers availability, new contents and other things2019-12-17Greetings fellow space explorers! The Alt Shift team has been working on several important improvements for Crying Suns. Following your valuable feedback about special officers, we decided to deeply rethink their availability/selection system to make it much more interesting, understandable and, above all, predictable. Besides, we worked on several new contents such as auxiliary systems and officers abilities to keep on bringing diversity and depth to the gameplay. In your journey, you will also encounter brand new space objects, planets, stations, and 8 new events including 2 new quests. At the end of this post, as usual, you will find the w
Steam Awards 2019 - Vote now for Crying Suns!2019-11-26Hi Crying Suns fans, Steam Awards 2019 votes started today. It's a wonderful opportunity for indie games to stand out! You can now support the team by voting for Crying Suns in the "Outstanding Visual Style" category. Of course, you are free to choose another category although we truly think we have good chances in this specific one this year! Thanks in advance and don't hesitate to spread the word! The DevTeam
A small update before big ones2019-11-15Greetings Crying Suns fans! Alt Shift team is currently working on some big changes and improvements for Crying Suns. Before going further into the details of what’s coming, here is a quick list of changes we pushed a few minutes ago: 11/15/2019 Update: Story, events and texts - We improved again the events procedural distribution. The average distance between two events repetition has been increased. We also fixed some remaining statistically rare situations where the minimum distance between two similar events could have been still too low. Gameplay: - It's now impossible to have two cryopod events during an expedition Interface, Graphics a