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SOLAS 128 cover art

SOLAS 128

Amicable Animal · Armor Games Studios · 2021-01-25

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 25, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 25, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Explore SOLAS 128, a game of interconnected puzzles where you redirect and reconfigure rhythmic pulses of light to breathe life back into an ancient machine. BAFTA Scotland Game Winner.

94%
positive of 217 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.74
steam price (US)

Restore an intricate arcane machine under attack from a strange external force. By deflecting, colliding, splitting, and merging pulses that palpitate like clockwork to the beat of SOLAS 128's bespoke synth-wave soundtrack, players will be able to repair the damaged machine and uncover secrets yet unknown.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 14,507 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–9.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 217 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Humble Store (2024-11-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 15 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820212026Week of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$3.742021-01-252026-09-072021-01-25 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $9.892021-08-24 — best price $7.492021-10-22 — best price $13.392021-11-21 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $11.012021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-01-28 — best price $11.012022-05-19 — best price $7.492022-08-19 — best price $7.492022-11-01 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-06 — best price $14.992023-05-05 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-08-18 — best price $5.992023-09-25 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $5.992024-02-05 — best price $14.992024-05-23 — best price $4.492024-08-15 — best price $4.492024-12-02 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-06-05 — best price $14.992025-08-14 — best price $3.742025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-15 — best price $14.992026-01-29 — best price $3.742026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-04-30 — best price $3.742026-06-25 — best price $3.742026-08-03 — best price $14.992026-09-07 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
97.5%
earned "□"
29.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

29 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4767%19
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleSci-fiHackingStrategyDifficultController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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