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Solar Showdown

BYU Animation - Class of 2023 · BYU Center for Animation · 2023-06-14

Steam

CasualFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to Solar Showdown - the ultimate 2-player couch competitive game where you harvest solar power, build defenses, and produce minions to attack your opponent's towers. Generate enough power to activate your base's ultimate weapon and blow up your rival! Grow, build, defend, and dominate!

Solar Showdown is a free-to-play Casual, Free To Play and Indie game released in 2023, with a Mixed sentiment based on 58% of 12 reviews.

58%
positive of 12 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Top 93% of 19,594 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320232025Week of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

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