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SolarGun cover art

SolarGun

Mechanical Boss · GGtech Studios · 2017-07-28

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 28, 2017 (Linux), Jul 28, 2017 (Mac)

Discover SolarGun, a first-person puzzle game set in a aseptic factory. Use energy orbs, dodge lasers, and activate mechanisms to escape. With over 20 puzzles, hidden minigames, and a speedrun mode, every decision counts on your path to freedom.

SolarGun is a 2017 Casual, Indie game priced at $7.99, estimated to have 20,000 to 50,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 207 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 207 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (23 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 207 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220172026Week of 2017-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 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 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.492017-07-292019-01-212017-07-29 — best price $0.992017-09-25 — best price $0.892017-10-02 — best price $0.992017-10-26 — best price $0.892017-11-01 — best price $0.992017-11-22 — best price $0.792017-11-28 — best price $0.992017-12-21 — best price $0.742018-01-04 — best price $0.992018-01-15 — best price $0.642018-01-22 — best price $0.992018-02-15 — best price $0.792018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-04-23 — best price $0.492018-04-30 — best price $0.992018-06-21 — best price $0.492018-07-05 — best price $0.992018-09-10 — best price $0.592018-09-17 — best price $0.992018-10-29 — best price $0.492018-11-01 — best price $0.992018-11-21 — best price $0.492018-11-27 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-01-14 — best price $0.492019-01-21 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
14.6%
earned "Courage"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Portugal, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)42034%8

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieShortCasualPuzzleSci-fiFirst-PersonPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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