#foreign sun

Foreign Sun has officially launched on Linux PC, Steam Deck, and Windows, bringing an intense 2D choice-driven action RPG game. All credit goes to the creative team at Final Scene. Which is now live on Steam with a discount. I didn’t expect Foreign Sun to launch like this. One minute I’m checking out a trailer, the next I’m already imagining choices I haven’t made yet and consequences I probably won’t like. It's a 2D choice-driven action RPG that has pull. The kind that makes you lean forward without realizing it.

This didn’t start as what it became

So here’s the wild part. Foreign Sun wasn’t even supposed to exist like this. It began as a Nintendo Switch port of Biomass from 2020. Simple idea, right? But somewhere along the way, the devs at Final Scene looked at what they had and decided to go bigger. Way bigger. They rebuilt it into a full standalone game. New art. New design. A deeper world. More choices. More consequences. It still carries the DNA of Biomass, but now it feels like something that finally found its true form. If you played the original, there’s a familiarity here. If you didn’t, you’re not missing anything. This world stands on its own.

Foreign Sun combat that actually asks something from you

Let’s talk combat, since this is where I got hooked. This isn’t button mashing. You’re working with posture mechanics, while timing your strikes, and breaking enemies down piece by piece. It feels deliberate. You also unlock hidden techniques over time, and once that clicks, fights start to feel like controlled chaos in the best way. Then there’s the twist. You gain powers from something… not entirely trustworthy. It helps you. It changes you. And yes, it comes with a cost. So that tension never really leaves.

A world that reacts to you

What makes Foreign Sun stand out is how much your choices matter. You’re moving through this sinking city, meeting factions that all want something different. No one is fully right. No one is fully safe. You decide who to trust, who to betray, and when to switch sides if it benefits you. And the game remembers. You start noticing small changes first. Then bigger ones. Entire outcomes shift depending on what you did earlier. It’s the kind of design that makes you think twice before every decision, even when you’re just trying to survive the next fight.

Foreign Sun - Official Launch Trailer

Not everyone you meet wants you alive

You’ll make a few allies. Maybe. But most of what you’ll face is trying to end you. The variety of enemies is solid. Different weapons keep things fresh. Some fights feel almost unfair until you figure them out, and when you do, it’s satisfying in that old-school way. It respects your time, but it doesn’t go easy on you.

Power always comes with a price in Foreign Sun

As you push toward the Eternal Lighthouse, things get stranger. You unlock abilities that let you alter your form and move through the world in ways that didn’t seem possible at the start. It opens paths, secrets, and shortcuts. But the game keeps reminding you that nothing comes free. That quiet sense of risk sits under everything you do.

Linux and Steam Deck players get their moment