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Travel across the universe and save dying suns from extinction in this unique and challenging puzzle strategy game. You are the last hope to bring salvation to a perishing universe as you collect and deliver fragments of plasma using your omni-directional ship.

Release DateOct 24, 2013
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)78.1% (mostly positive) / 74.4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)70.4% / 70%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)73  / 308  Top 25%
Curators17 reviews
Median Play Time3.1 hours
Play Time per Dollar19 minutes  Bottom 35%
Followers449 
Owners± 182.1K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 8.8K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 26.6K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Solar Flux steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Solar Flux's Steam rating and reviews between October 2013 and September 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 86.1% (January 2014) to 74.2% (August 2023).

With its 308 reviews Top 25%, Solar Flux could be considered a decent success for an indie game. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened. Most of the peaks took place in March.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Solar Flux and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Solar Flux's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (46%), followed by Russian (20%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 20 different languages represented. The game is translated in 7 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Solar Flux percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Solar Flux depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is acceptable, with 7 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A low negative review time (median : 105 minutes) can mean that the game crashes on some systems or that the type of gameplay was not completely clear to the players (Is the game unmistakably explained on the Steam Store ?). It is also possible that players were otherwise displeased by Solar Flux and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Nice audio
  • Nice atmosphere
  • Nice graphics
  • Smooth gameplay
  • Well designed soundscapes
  • Decent amount of variety
  • Great concept for a puzzle game
  • Challenging but enjoyable gameplay
  • Plenty of levels
  • Well explained tutorial
  • Too frustrating to be enjoyable
  • Level restarts have the same splash screen every time
  • Not enough content for the price
  • Movement system can be clunky and not fun
  • Gamplay is disappointingly simple
  • No compelling reason to buy the game
  • Launcher bugs
  • Not a puzzle game as described
  • No evolving levels
  • Music wasn't as atmospheric as expected

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 78.1% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Solar Flux's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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