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Solar Shifter EX cover art

Solar Shifter EX

Elder Games · Headup · 2015-09-11

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 26, 2016 (Xbox One), Sep 11, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 11, 2015 (Mac), Sep 11, 2015 (Linux)

Warp into action with Solar Shifter EX. Man your ship and dive into fierce combat situations in space and over beautiful and distant planet surfaces. Solar Shifter EX is a sci-fi shoot 'em up with the unique ability to 'shift'.

Solar Shifter EX is an Action and Indie game priced at $0.99, released in 2015, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (47% of 115 reviews).

0
playing now
47%
positive of 115 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
27/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
30/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 115 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2023-09-04) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 56 of 63 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.392015-09-112026-10-102015-09-11 — best price $7.642016-01-01 — best price $8.992016-06-03 — best price $2.242016-09-22 — best price $8.992017-01-23 — best price $8.992017-06-13 — best price $8.992017-11-20 — best price $2.242018-04-09 — best price $2.692018-08-02 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-03-22 — best price $2.692019-07-17 — best price $1.252019-11-27 — best price $1.742020-02-16 — best price $5.402020-06-01 — best price $4.492020-09-07 — best price $0.992021-01-01 — best price $0.892021-02-25 — best price $4.142021-04-12 — best price $4.992021-05-27 — best price $4.992021-08-23 — best price $4.992021-11-29 — best price $0.752022-03-07 — best price $0.992022-11-23 — best price $0.992023-05-02 — best price $4.992023-09-22 — best price $0.492024-01-11 — best price $4.992024-04-23 — best price $0.502024-08-27 — best price $4.992025-01-18 — best price $4.992025-06-03 — best price $4.992025-11-21 — best price $0.692026-04-23 — best price $4.992026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
9.8%
earned "Welcome to Bullet Hell!"
1.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-09-11 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieActionBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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