Crying Suns
Fair · Roguelike · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $24.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 14.8h
- Value
- $1.69/hr
- Reviews
- 86% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Dedicated GPU, 1 GB VRAM/ AMD HD5750 or equivalent, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $7.49. That was May 2023. 45 discounts in the 7 years on record. They run about 70 percent off, roughly 7 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 33 percent on value. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 65 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Heat Signature ($14.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Tower Tactics: Liberation ($12.99, scores 57).
The press gave it 75; the people who bought it give it 86 percent. An 11-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 601 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 200 reviews written there were positive, against 86 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 14.8 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 45, 3.0 times as much.
The drop-off
78% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
8 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 10:59 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Great game. story is nice mix of ideas inspired by classic sci-fi books such as Dune, Foundation, Hyperion Cantos, Enders Game and etc. while ship variety is not as great as in FTL or Void War, its still variety that significantly change up how you battle other ships. Boss battles are challenging but not to insane degree as aforementioned Void War or FTL. People often compare this game to FTL, but while in FTL you...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Crying Suns scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/873940/crying-sunsReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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