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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'.

0
playing now
47%
positive of 115 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
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)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 67% of 10,830 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.9k copies

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

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-80%
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 67 of 68 observed days · $9.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.392015-09-112026-08-292015-09-11 — 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 $4.992026-08-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

IndieActionBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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