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Survival city-builder · In development

Sunstruck: Horizon

The sun won. Keep the town alive anyway.

Build a scrap town around the Rig, an old diesel giant that pumps the water and lights the streets. Work through the night, shelter from a 60 °C noon, and keep every named citizen alive in the ruins of a world that reached too far.

Coming soon on Steam

PC · Release date to be announced

60 °C at noon
The day belongs to the sun
One Rig
Water, light and power from one machine
Every citizen named
And remembered when they're gone
No combat
The heat and the weather are the threat

The game

A town that lives by one machine.

01

The Rig keeps everyone alive.

A dead giant from the old world, patched up and run on diesel. It pumps the water, lights the streets and powers the town. Keep it fueled, crewed and repaired: when it goes dark, the town has hours, not days.

The Rig at golden hour, ringed by street lamps and cables

02

Work by night. Shelter by day.

At noon the desert reaches 60 °C, so the shift runs from dusk to dawn. Plan every day around the heat, the water and the walk home before sunrise.

A street of scrap houses at dusk, lit by lamps and work lights

03

Everyone has a name.

Workers, drivers and children all have names, and they earn epithets along the way. They talk on the job and bring you petitions. When someone dies, their name goes in the Memorial book.

Townspeople and a truck on the cracked square beneath the Rig

04

The weather is the enemy.

Sandstorms, heatwaves and solar flares are what's left of the old world's failure. A storm swallows the town, slows the trucks and tests everything you built.

The whole town seen from above, half lost in a sandstorm

05

Send the trucks out.

Named drivers haul scrap from wrecks and ruins. Scouts chart the frontier on motorbikes, and trade deals keep caravans rolling in from the wasteland.

Open desert and rock spires beyond the edge of town
The Rig at golden hour, ringed by street lamps and cables A street of scrap houses at dusk, lit by lamps and work lights Townspeople and a truck on the cracked square beneath the Rig The whole town seen from above, half lost in a sandstorm Open desert and rock spires beyond the edge of town

A day in town

Same town. Six skies.

Light changes the whole game: noon is the danger, night is the work, and a storm can roll in at any hour. Pick a time of day. These six are straight from the current build.

The town at noon, bleached by the sun The town at golden hour, long shadows across the cracked ground The town at dusk as the street lamps come on The town at midnight, lit by lamps around the Rig The town in a daytime sandstorm The town in a sandstorm at night, only the lamps showing

Noon. The hottest hour, when nobody should be outside.

The world

Struck down by the sun it tried to master.

Long ago, a civilization far more advanced than ours tried to engineer the climate and harness the sun. It overreached. The sky broke, and the planet baked into a desert.

Its descendants live among the ruins. The grids, networks and factories are dead, and what's left runs on diesel, scrap and stubbornness.

  • Dead neon

    Collapsed towers, buried arcologies and dark holo-billboards line the horizon. Nobody alive can run what they find.

  • Diesel and scrap

    Trucks, motorbikes and the Rig are built from salvage. High tech is dug up, not understood.

  • Quiet hope

    It's a hard place, not a hopeless one: a small town slowly rebuilding in the shadow of giants.

FAQ

Common questions

What kind of game is it?
A survival city-builder. You grow a town around the Rig, manage water, fuel, food and scrap, pass laws and decide who works where. The pressure comes from the heat, the weather and the people, not from fighting.
Is there combat?
No. There are no armies to command. The threats are the sun, the storms, a Rig that breaks down, and a town that runs out of patience with you.
Can I lose?
Yes. If the town loses faith in you, people walk out into the desert and the run ends. As long as the town holds, the game keeps going.
Which platforms?
PC, on Steam. The store page isn't live yet. The button on this page will point to it once it is.
When does it come out?
There's no date yet. The game is in active development. The key art on this page shows where it's headed, painted over in-game scenes. The six skies under "A day in town" are straight from the current build.
Who's making it?
Sunstruck: Horizon is made by Tolga Yavuz. Questions and press: 0@tolga.app.

Keep the lights on.

The sun owns the day. The night is yours.

Coming soon on Steam