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Ballad of Solar cover art

Ballad of Solar

Alawar · ESDigital Games · 2014-05-22

Steam

AdventureCasualStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 04, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2014 (Mac)

In a land of enchantment, torn by evil, a hero arrives to save the day! Guide Solar and his band of helpers as they set out to stop the dark sorcerer Grogan from achieving eternal life and to rescue the fair Lumina.

Ballad of Solar is an Adventure, Casual and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 213 reviews).

1
playing now
87%
positive of 213 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.3k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 213 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.45 at GamersGate (2019-08-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 18 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320142026Week of 2014-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.95$0.002015-01-012026-08-032015-01-01 — best price $1.742015-12-01 — best price $6.992016-05-10 — best price $6.992016-09-12 — best price $1.392017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-06-22 — best price $0.692017-10-09 — best price $1.392018-01-31 — best price $3.992018-05-07 — best price $6.992018-08-26 — best price $0.002018-12-14 — best price $6.992019-03-30 — best price $6.992019-07-23 — best price $6.992019-11-25 — best price $0.452020-02-13 — best price $0.752020-06-08 — best price $0.752020-09-11 — best price $3.992021-01-03 — best price $6.992021-03-26 — best price $6.992021-08-23 — best price $0.692021-11-15 — best price $6.992022-02-18 — best price $6.992022-07-04 — best price $6.992023-01-06 — best price $6.992023-05-08 — best price $6.992023-09-18 — best price $1.302024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-05-06 — best price $1.742024-09-23 — best price $1.312025-02-24 — best price $1.312025-06-23 — best price $1.312025-09-15 — best price $1.312025-12-18 — best price $1.742026-04-20 — best price $1.752026-08-03 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Player tags

IndieCasualStrategyAdventureAtmosphericTime ManagementResource Management

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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