Can I Run Crying Suns?
Released in 2019, Crying Suns is an indie strategy game built by Alt Shift. It offers a single player campaign. Being 7 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Completionists have 79 achievements to work through. 7 languages are covered by the store listing. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Metacritic places it at 75. It is not Windows only, with macOS covered too. Its Steam review count passes 3 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Dual-core 2.5 GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | Dedicated GPU, 1 GB VRAM/ AMD HD5750 or equivalent |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Core i3 2,5 GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | Dedicated GPU, 2 GB VRAM / GTX 750ti or equivalent |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in space and the vessels that cross it. Play is structured around runs that rebuild the layout each attempt. The view is in two dimensions. There are 16 official screenshots to judge the look from. Layouts generated at run time move the load onto the processor at the moment each new area is built.
Why Crying Suns is demanding
Crying Suns is undemanding on the graphics side. Its Dedicated GPU target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Crying Suns. Crying Suns needs only 2 GB of video memory. At 4 GB, system memory is undemanding. Crying Suns needs 64 bit Windows. Disk footprint is light, near 2 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Crying Suns?
Crying Suns targets a mainstream modern PC: Dedicated GPU, 1 GB VRAM/ AMD HD5750 or equivalent and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Dedicated GPU, 2 GB VRAM / GTX 750ti or equivalent for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 5.31x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.99x |
| 4K | Runs well | 1.33x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Crying Suns's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Crying Suns?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Dual-core 2.5 GHz or equivalent; GPU: Dedicated GPU, 1 GB VRAM/ AMD HD5750 or equivalent; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Crying Suns need?
Crying Suns needs about 2 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Crying Suns?
The RTX 3060 runs Crying Suns comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Crying Suns?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Crying Suns is the GPU.