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Games like SOLAS 128

If SOLAS 128 is your kind of game, the closest matches are GRID_HACKER, SYSCALL: RING ZERO and Chained — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hypnotic soundtrack enhances immersion, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About SOLAS 128: 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.

2021StrategyIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Amicable Animal
SOLAS 128 — Steam game cover
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Players who liked SOLAS 128 also play

Steam players who put hours into SOLAS 128 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. GRID_HACKER

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for SOLAS 128 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with SOLAS 128.

    Guide your signal to the target while hacking into the grid puzzle network. Craft your own challenges in the level editor to share with friends.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. SYSCALL: RING ZERO

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for SOLAS 128 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Reverse-engineer a private 1990s BBS. Read disassembly, patch broken checks, optimize a nine-core rack, and write assembly firmware that locks onto live scope traces. With 200+ puzzles, full controller support and offline play, you can refine your assembly skills on all your devices!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation12.74 USDSteam ↗
  3. Chained

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for SOLAS 128 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Help Cole take revenge on the AI program named "Scout" and the company that put him out of a job. Solve puzzles, hack accounts, and stop the field of cybersecurity from being taken over by an evolving AI system.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. TOK HARDCORE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for SOLAS 128 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with SOLAS 128.

    TOK HARDCORE is a logical puzzle in which you need to connect all points with lines.

    2019IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. PromptCrafter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for SOLAS 128 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Command line crafting game with procedurally generated crafting trees and programming-like automation.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. RUNLENGTH

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for SOLAS 128 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with SOLAS 128.

    You are PID_0x7F, a rogue process fighting to survive inside a dying computer. Outrun the system's daemons, solve living data-structure puzzles, and reconstruct the truth your creator tried to delete — before the machine wipes you for good.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  7. Number Machine: Math Factory

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for SOLAS 128 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Number Machine is an open-ended factory and automation game with math mechanics. Design, build, and optimize factories that automatically assemble and deliver complex numerical structures. Inspired by Opus Magnum and Infinifactory.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  8. CODING ROBO

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for SOLAS 128 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Learn programming in a fun way! An educational game that teaches the basics of programming and algorithmic logic. No prior knowledge of programming is required to play.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to SOLAS 128

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with SOLAS 128.

    Reviewers of SOLAS 128 cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Witness

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with SOLAS 128.

    Reviewers of SOLAS 128 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with SOLAS 128.

    You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

    2016IndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Portal

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with SOLAS 128.

    Reviewers of SOLAS 128 cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Filament

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with SOLAS 128.

    Reviewers of SOLAS 128 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).

    2020StrategyIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with SOLAS 128.

    Reviewers of SOLAS 128 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with SOLAS 128.

    The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is here! Inside you will find all seven Zachtronics solitaire games, updated with new 4K graphics, plus one brand new Tarot-themed solitaire variant only available here.

    2022IndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below SOLAS 128 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under SOLAS 128 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with SOLAS 128.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under SOLAS 128 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with SOLAS 128.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under SOLAS 128 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with SOLAS 128.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under SOLAS 128 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with SOLAS 128.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under SOLAS 128 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with SOLAS 128.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under SOLAS 128 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under SOLAS 128 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with SOLAS 128.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under SOLAS 128 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with SOLAS 128.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with SOLAS 128.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with SOLAS 128.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SOLAS 128.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about SOLAS 128

Does SOLAS 128 run on Steam Deck?
SOLAS 128 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does SOLAS 128 cost?
SOLAS 128 is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to SOLAS 128?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SOLAS 128 are GRID_HACKER, SYSCALL: RING ZERO, Chained.
Who developed SOLAS 128?
SOLAS 128 was developed by Amicable Animal and published by Armor Games Studios.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on SOLAS 128.

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