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Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog

Space Colony Studios · Astrolabe Games · 2025-02-19

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AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Feb 20, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Feb 20, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 19, 2025 (Linux), Feb 19, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 20, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2025, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 959 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 960 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.81★
PlayStation Store rating (460 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is a 2025 retro visual novel developed by British indie game developer Space Colony Studios and published by Meridiem Games, PM Studios, and Astrolabe Games. It was released for the PlayStation, Windows PCs, and the Nintendo Switch in February 2025. Astrolabe Games and Meridiem Games had localized and published the game internationally. The game was heavily inspired by Japanese PC-9800 adventure games.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (346 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 960 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.49 at Steam (2026-05-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32332320252026Week of 2025-02-19: 323 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-12: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$10.492025-02-192026-08-072025-02-19 — best price $13.492025-02-26 — best price $14.992025-03-28 — best price $13.492025-04-01 — best price $14.992025-05-01 — best price $13.492025-05-08 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-07-22 — best price $11.992025-08-05 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-23 — best price $11.992025-10-28 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $11.692026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-07 — best price $11.242026-02-21 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $11.242026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-31 — best price $10.492026-06-14 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $10.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-24 — best price $10.492026-08-07 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2742026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 14 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-14 — 18 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 25 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 14 pageviews2026-07-08 — 18 pageviews2026-07-12 — 27 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 11 pageviews2026-09-06 — 14 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 12 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 8 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 14 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews2026-10-12 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
86.6%
earned "Setting Sail"
37.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-02-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)40512%30
PS5 (PlayStation)13136%31
Switch (Nintendo)120%0
PS4 (PlayStation)1173%31
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

RPGAnimeMechsRetroSci-fiStylizedAdventureStory RichFirst-PersonVisual Novel

Census log

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

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