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Command vast armies across the surface of a star-encompassing Dyson Sphere in this next-gen RTS. Shatter the map itself with superweapons, freeze oceans to create new invasion routes, and control hundreds of units in your quest to dominate humanity's greatest megastructure.

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The Rise of Tier 5 and the New Training Simulator

16 Oct, 2025

Hey everyone,

Time for an update on Sanctuary Shattered Sun!

Last week on SteelSpeak’s YouTube channel, Producer nine2 showed off the awesome new content for Sanctuary Shattered Sun.

A new training simulator has been added to the pre-alpha version of the game which is exclusively available to Patreon[www.patreon.com] supporters. It provides short standalone missions which are not part of the final campaign, but intended to introduce you to how Sanctuary plays. There’s one mission where you start without the option to build combat units, and another where your energy infrastructure has been destroyed and you need to restore your shields before you’re attacked.

Difficulty will scale, from easy to hard and it’s a way to give content to people with different tastes: puzzles, survival, etc.

The amazing Chosen Tier 5 Experimental was announced. This ‘game ender’ destroys everything in it’s path and is ultra-hard to kill. Each faction will have its very own unique T5. One of the missions in the training simulator, Kiss of Death, let’s you control this Apex Predator in a mission to wipe out all opposition.

We have made significant progress with multiplayer which should excite competitive players. Base building, hosting, joining, pathfinding. We have tested large unit count battles (1000 vs 1000) and hope to give you a look at the multiplayer soon.

The UI is in the process of being reworked to match the artificial world vibe of the game, and a new expenses bar has been added to the UI to show you what percentage of your resources are going to different uses. The plan is to reduce interface overload, streamline the UI, and reduce the number of clicks needed to understand your economic situation.

We have made some improvements to VFX with shield visuals (more volumetric, impact effects, and visual cues for when a shield is about to go pop), and factory build effects (laser beams, fog and smoke effects). Experimentals now have ambient visual effects and there are animations/VFX for commander units. The environment has been updated with light wells (holes that beam light upward), space lungs (mega infrastructure pieces), exposed metal plates, and cryofluid pipes underground.

The demo and Kickstarter are planned for March-July 2026 where everyone will get a chance to play the demo and support the final development of the project. When you see the demo you will want to join the Kickstarter!

If you have not already, wishlist Sanctuary Shattered Sun and join 140,000 other people desperately waiting for the next generation in large-scale RTS gaming!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1699050/Sanctuary_Shattered_Sun/Patreon[www.patreon.com] | Discord[discord.gg]

Thanks everyone, and we’ll see you next time.

Enhearten Media Team

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Unimpressed with the graphics

Its good that they are prioritizing performance but Im worried that means units will looks simplistic and uninteresting. Thats the vibe Im getting looking at the trailer with the up close of most of the units shown. They look like cobbled together basic shapes. They just look very simplistic. Will model detail and graphics be improved for the final release?...

Vakula

27 Dec, 2025 @ 11:15am

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Free demo for Sanctuary - coming mid 2026

29 Nov, 2024

Update Oct 2025: Devs have confirmed demo will be released mid 2026.

Hey everyone,

Some very exciting news!

Sanctuary will have a demo, for free! This demo will launch early next year, at the same time as our Kickstarter campaign.

However, you can wishlist the demo right now on Steam! This will get you on the list for playtests and notify you when it is released. So please do that as it helps us get noticed on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2375120

We have also recently patched the pre-alpha build, currently available to our wonderful patreon supporters who help make all this happen, and are releasing a developer Q&A on our youtube channel where we answer your questions.

Thank you for all of your love and support,
The dev team at Enhearten Media

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Development Update - October 2024

24 Oct, 2024

Hey everyone,

There have been lots of exciting developments in the past few months, and we are very excited to share our progress with you.

Let’s start with the big news in case you haven't heard it already: We've reached a big milestone earlier this year with a pre-alpha demo of the game! It is currently available for closed testing through our Patreon channel. The feedback we've received so far has been fantastic and we are so happy you seem to be enjoying the game! Since then we have been working hard on it and updated it with new maps, units, UI upgrades and more.

There is still a lot of work to do, and we are maintaining our "when its done" attitude for the game, so no hard release dates just yet!

In the meantime, here is some more stuff we have in the pipeline at the moment - we are doing a lot of work behind the scenes, so here are some screenshots from the game for you to look at:

We start with one of our recent visual updates for the tier 4 resource generator for the Guard faction. We always try to put a lot of effort into making these high tier structures feel appropriately impressive, which can be a challenge.

We've also been looking at our aircraft - adding vapour trails and engine exhausts. It's these details that help bring the units to life and add a bit of extra polish to the game.

We have also been adding units into the game - here are some of them that are being worked on - try guessing what they do!

There is too much to include in this post, so head on over to our discord server[discord.gg] for all the latest news and info.

Looking ahead, our team is putting in a lot of resources towards optimisation and core systems. While this means fewer visible changes in the near future, this is very important groundwork that will make sure that the game runs smoothly, reliably, and can support all of our planned features. We have already made some great progress on many systems, but there is still a lot of work left to do - after all for an RTS like this it’s essential to get all the technology right, not just the shiny explosions.

Thanks for your continued support and patience as we work toward making this game the best it can be. We'll have more updates to share as development progresses.

The very best regards,
The dev team at Enhearten Media

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The unit design and animations looks so bad , and average

The unit design and animations looks so bad , and average compare to Supreme Commander ,and Total annihilations , and even BAR.Something is off with this game , and I dont like it.The only good think I see is explosions that looks awesome.The maps are very small , like playing Supreme commander 2 or starcraft.I really dont like the unit design , and animations. I play Supreme commander and Bar , and total annihilations all the time , because the unit design is awesome to look at , and the animations are s...

gimlikos84

29 Jan @ 6:35am

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What ever happened to this game?

Is it actually being worked on? back in 2022 it was 'coming soon, 3 years later, nothing.

Screamingiraffe

13 Jan @ 6:45am

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Did I miss it?

I don't see anywhere to download the demo

malcontent333

6 Nov, 2025 @ 10:25pm

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GOG Release

Hi and good day to you Sanctuary Shattered Sun Team! May I ask if it is possible to have also a GOG Release other than Steam? I think “Owning” a product is really important for us gamers and it would be also appreciated if you add some MOD support or Map Editor that can also work even in offline....

D353RT_H4WK

15 Jan @ 9:44am

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