!!STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED!!

The Earth Defence Alliance campaign to dominate Sanctuary has been unlocked. The next Kickstarter stretch goal is Commander Upgrades. Support the Kickstarter and lets make the next generation of real-time strategy games happen.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enhearten-media/sanctuary-shattered-sun

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enhearten-media/sanctuary-shattered-sun

I've been following Sanctuary's Shattered Sun for years, since like 2022, so I'm glad to see the Kickstarter's finally come out!!! The Early Access Preorder is a reasonable price of $43. But then the beta access is $124. That's crazy! I can't afford that. That's a lot of money for beta access.

USD to GBP Conversion for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun Kickstarter Timeline, as the chart on Kickstarter site is shown in USD only

(Rounded up or down where needed)

So far I've done all the tutorials, the campaign mission, and beat a survival map on Hard.

The tutorials were surprisingly fleshed out and non-trivial to complete. For something labelled "tutorial" they were a surprising amount of fun, and they were a solid introduction to the streaming economy and its wrinkles - the power stall tutorial in particular was just a great concept.

I really wasn't expecting to be seeing, let alone killing, a Titan in the very first mission. Maybe that's the influence of the devs knowing the mission would be their Kickstarter showcase. It was a fun mission though, and I appreciated it was both objective-based and gave you a decent amount of latitude in how you reached the final victory condition. More design like that, please!

The survival mode could use some signposting for where the enemies come from - there's not really much point in not making it explicit, seeing that once you've played it once you know exactly what you're dealing with. Also, at least on White Sands, the mass extractors nearest to the enemy spawns were a bit frustrating - to keep control of them, you need to establish defenses far enough forward you'll need to fight and kill enemy arty and T4s while they're still slightly off-map, which is awkward, a bit unsatisfying, and makes reclaiming even harder to pull off. For all my picking of nits, though, the mode was fun, challenging, and definitely the part of the demo I'll be revisiting the most. I desperately hope the mode will support multiplayer in the full release!

Enjoying the demo and looking forward to what comes next.

P.S. for context, I'm a Supreme Commander veteran (my buddy and I are replaying the FA campaign co-op through FAF right now, in fact), but haven't played BAR or any other SupCom-adjacent titles.

Thank you to everyone who has backed the Kickstarter! The response has been overwhelming. Sanctuary Shattered Sun is fully funded in under two hours.

The next generation of real-time strategy games!

Commanders! The moment has come. The Sanctuary Shattered Sun Demo is now LIVE on Steam. Prepare for battle!

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

When you're bloodied and victorious check out the Kickstarter. We have some incredible backer rewards and stretch goals. The next generation of real-time strategy is here...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enhearten-media/sanctuary-shattered-sun

We're back on track — Kickstarter & Demo launch Tuesday 21st July

After the Steam review delay, we've got a confirmed date: Kickstarter and the free Demo both go live Tuesday 21st July. Check the image for your timezone.

New at launch:

• Two new T5 Titan units
• New trailer
• New playable mission
• Fresh Shatter footage

Earlybird pledges get discounts, including on the multiplayer-access tier, so it's worth grabbing early if that's the one you want.

We're also running a launch event on our Discord, starting 1 hour after the Kickstarter goes live. Come hang out with the devs, ask questions, or jump into multiplayer with us, we'll be playing games together that day, so be there if you want in.

Discord: discord.com/invite/sanctuaryshatteredsun

We're rescheduling the Kickstarter launch. Our Steam demo build is currently with Valve for review, and that's not something we can speed up on our end.

We expect the delay to be around one week, with two weeks as the absolute maximum. We'll confirm the new date the moment the demo is approved.

Thanks for your patience! We know this is frustrating after all the buildup, but everything else is ready: the demo itself, a new trailer, all the reward tiers, fresh Shatter footage, voice acting, and videos from creators who've been playing early. We're ready to go the second Steam gives us the green light.

The best way to stay up to date while we wait on this is our Discord, we'll post the new date there first: https://discord.gg/sanctuaryshatteredsun

Kickstarter email promted me to open the game's website just to find blatant AI slop on the front page...

How much of the game is AI generated? How was AI used?

Such sloppy approach towards the front page presentation really builds up doubt in genuine game craftsmanship.

Sanctuary: Shattered Sun's Kickstarter goes live on 14 July at 1600 EDT, and we're celebrating by playing multiplayer games with the community on launch day itself.

Want to play with us? You'll need to be in the Discord, that's where the event's happening: https://discord.com/invite/sanctuaryshatteredsun

Free demo also drops the same day, with the campaign mission "Sons & Sisters", survival mode, and mini missions.

The Kickstarter is one week away. Are you ready, Commanders?

Here's a sneak-peak from the epic new trailer which will accompany the Kickstarter and the free public demo. We will see you on the battlefield.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enhearten-media/sanctuary-shattered-sun

Commanders, prepare for deployment.

The Kickstarter campaign and public demo are cleared for launch on July 14 2026 at 1600hrs EDT.

Your orders are clear: Report in on Day 1 to secure early bird discounts of up to 20%, claim Kickstarter-exclusive rewards, and help unlock every stretch goal on the campaign map.

Stay alert for mission updates. Subscribe for launch notifications here:

https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/37b88887-7add-479a-a91f-47ecebdf9e5e/landing

I cant wait to buy it and i have NO idea what the price for this game could be.... cant figure out if it will have that indie price (10-30€) or like a big project ( 60€ hopefully not )

oh man i just bought my first pc and im broke for these games

Are the rumours right? I'm hearing multiplayer goes live straight after that too?

Hi, I’m new to this project and I love the ideas and watching the gameplay feels like supcom but I was wondering how the weather will work. Will each faction have a specific weather they could use for buffs to go along with the rising tide and ice is it a structure that you will have to build. Or is it a centralized structure that each faction will have to fight over to reclaim it

Also sorry if u already went over this

when will this peak be released or is there a demo? i love supreme commander 2 i hope it was an inspiration for the devs...

I'm pleased to announce that next weekend we'll be holding our second ever AMA/MP livestream & you're all invited.

We'll have nine2 answering questions, & the dev team playing multiplayer matches. Get your questions ready, & I'll see you there!

Discord link in the sidebar ---------------------------->

This is footage from our first multiplayer session for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun. February 2026, pre-alpha build. This was exclusive to our Patreon members as a thank you for their continued support.

We had developers playing across three continents - Australia, the US, and Europe - testing cross-continental multiplayer while answering community questions live. This session includes the first public reveal of the EDA Tier 4 railgun sniper experimental unit.

The session covers faction design philosophy, intel and reconnaissance systems, multiplayer technical infrastructure, post-launch plans including the Warfront mode concept, our Kickstarter timeline, anti-cheat approach, and the challenges of making realistic military hardware look as visually impressive as plasma weapons and solar-themed explosions.

This is pre-alpha footage. The game is still in active development.

Last month we teased the latest unit to grace the battlefields of Sanctuary. We asked you to guess what it might be and, as expected from this community, a lot of you got it right.

This is the first T4 in the EDA arsenal. Where other factions go for energy weapons and spectacle, EDA sticks to raw firepower, and this thing delivers it through a massive rail gun.

The primary weapon is a single-shot rail cannon designed for high-value target elimination. Think of it as a T4 sniper. The current design direction has it doing concentrated area damage, positioning it as a counter to other experimentals, with the potential for it to be able to pierce through the first target to hit units behind. There's also secondary anti-air on top, because leaving a T4 defenceless against air harassment is just asking for problems.

The details of how the unit works in game are still to be determined, but we're exploring toggle modes for the main gun: High DPS focused fire versus area effect, or potentially a machine gun mode that trades single devastating shots for sustained fire. Nothing's locked in yet and we'd love your feedback on where to take this.