It can´t be an easy task to take on the FPS genre as an indie dev. considering the fact that the FPS market is totally dominated by big AAA studios. But then again, the FPS mod scene has been strong for year (Brutal Doom anyone?).

Sure, that works just fine. But it´s a whole nother story to make a full length FPS game on your own as an indie dev.

And that´s exactly the case with Appsolutely Studios FPS game “Battle for the sun” (which is set for an early release sometime this year).

At first sight, “Battle for the sun” (PC, MAC, Linux, iOS and Android) made me think about a combo of old school Half-Life and “X-Com goes FPS”.

So it´s going to be really interesting to see how well (or bad) the game will do on it´s upcoming Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight campaign (which will launch any day now).

But until  then, feel free to checkout the trailer for “Battle for the sun”!

About Battle for the Sun:
Battle for the Sun is an action loaded first person shooter/combat game. The World is being invaded by aliens and most cities are under military quarantine. Join forces with the military’s special ops forces to save mankind as we know it. This is the Battle for the Sun.

Robin “V-Act” Ek
The Gaming Ground

More by Robin Ek:

• New Old Pixels is to bring the original ‘Toki’ arcade game, to original retro hardware
• The 2D pixel art PvPvE extraction shooter, ‘Project S.U.N.D.I.A.L.’, is coming to Steam on April 27th
• The 1-4 player egg cracking adventure, ‘CRACK’, is coming to Steam on October 26th
• The unique horror game ‘Hoarder’ is coming to Steam in 2027
• The cozy first-person warehouse sim ‘BOB LOGISTICS’ is coming to Steam in Q4 2026

Tags: Appsolutely Studios, Battle for the Sun, FPS, Indie games, Kickstarter, Steam