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Cygnus Enterprises

Cygnus Enterprises

Action RPG Shooter with Base Management elements, featuring AI NPCs. Take charge of an abandoned outpost, explore a lush alien planet, battle fierce creatures, gather resources, and upgrade your base as you develop your character and bring dozens of distinct weapons to bear.

Released Dec 19, 2023 Developer Team Miaozi Platforms Windows Third-Person ShooterShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterBullet Hell
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

68.4%positive320 reviews
Recommended · 117 found this helpful

“Cygnus is not what it looks like on the trailer, but something new. It's not like Riftbreaker but more like Diablo or The Ascent where you loot weapons and stuff for your player character but also gain resources to build and craft things in your base. The game is not open world,…”

— a player, Steam review · 139 hrs played
Recommended · 33 found this helpful

“The first thing you'll notice is how absolutely smooth the menus are. Incredibly smooth and polished. The gameplay is amazing - varied, fast paced, highly customizable. Some of the monsters are so cute that you'll feel bad about shooting them. The base-building element is highly…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Not recommended · 46 found this helpful

“Sum-Up In-depth analysis further down. If you’re looking for some screenshots click here to view all the ones I took for this game. 🟩 Pros 🟥 Cons • Very good variety of unique weapons, equipment and skills, that open up to diverse builds. • Enjoyable combat system that feels…”

— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

112achievements
21.8%median completion
0.4%rarest: Curator
93.6% of players 89.2% of players 88.1% of players 87.8% of players 86.6% of players 84.3% of players 83.0% of players 80.4% of players 79.2% of players 77.9% of players 77.3% of players 76.6% of players 75.6% of players 73.9% of players 73.8% of players 72.6% of players 72.4% of players 71.9% of players 71.4% of players 71.4% of players 70.5% of players 67.5% of players 66.9% of players 66.5% of players 62.6% of players 62.1% of players 58.7% of players 56.8% of players 56.8% of players 56.6% of players 51.2% of players 47.0% of players 46.6% of players 46.3% of players 46.3% of players 46.2% of players 45.7% of players 45.1% of players 44.7% of players 43.3% of players 42.1% of players 40.7% of players 38.1% of players 36.7% of players 36.3% of players 33.9% of players 33.1% of players 30.6% of players 28.7% of players 28.7% of players 28.3% of players 24.8% of players 23.3% of players 23.0% of players 23.0% of players 22.0% of players 21.8% of players 19.6% of players 19.6% of players 19.0% of players 93.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.6%Home Sweet Home — Discovered the Base Camp
89.2%Ding! — Reach Player Level 2
88.1%Lock & Load — Equip a Secondary Weapon
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Curator — Complete every Museum Collection
0.6%Ichthyologist — Complete the Fish Collection in the Museum
0.6%Geologist — Complete the Mineral Collection in the Museum

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 07, 2024
Announcement

Dear Contractors, After our operation cease, the game you purchased will remain in your library, and you could keep downloading and playing Cygnus Enterprises as you want. Thanks again for your suppor

May 06, 2024
Announcement

Dear Contractors, We want to express our heartfelt gratitude for the incredible support you've shown for our game, Cygnus Enterprises. It's with a heavy heart that we share this important news about t

Dec 19, 2023
Cygnus Enterprises is Out Now: Get Moving, Contractor!

It's been a heady year of Early Access, from substantial campaign expansions and new flora, fauna, and firearms, to our pioneering AI-Powered NPCs feature launched over summer. But here we are, finall

Dec 17, 2023
Cygnus Enterprises Early Access is Over!

It's been a long time coming, but we're finally there - tomorrow will mark the full launch of Cygnus Enterprises, after a long and productive year of Early Access. We'll also be launching with a signi

Sep 26, 2023
Cygnus Joins Steam SHMUP Fest 2023!

Dear Contractors, It’s our pleasure to be taking part in Steam SHMUP Fest 2023 starting today (and running until October 3rd), and offering a discount of 35% ! Cygnus contains the DNA of many genres,

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Player tagsThird-Person Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Top-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Bullet Hell · Sandbox · City Builder · Shooter · Artificial Intelligence · Action RPG · Action-Adventure · Base-Building (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese, German, Hungarian, Polish *
Achievements112
Official sitehttps://www.cygnusgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core i3-8100 / AMD FX-8350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / AMD Radeon RX 470 DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space