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Games like S.O.L Search of Light

If S.O.L Search of Light is your kind of game, the closest matches are Guardians of the Sanctree, The Riftbreaker and Rebirth evolution — picked from the ranked list below. 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 S.O.L Search of Light: Dive into the darkness and discover the light in the narrative adventure of S.O.L SEARCH OF LIGHT! Explore a steampunk and dark fantasy world as you face hordes of enemies, manage resources and fortify your robotic village to survive in a dark, hostile reality.

2024StrategyIndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDWindowsby Trigger the Monster
S.O.L Search of Light — Steam game cover

Players who liked S.O.L Search of Light also play

Steam players who put hours into S.O.L Search of Light 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. Guardians of the Sanctree

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for S.O.L Search of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Riftbreaker

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for S.O.L Search of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Rebirth evolution

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for S.O.L Search of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom Two Crowns

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for S.O.L Search of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. SimPocalypse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for S.O.L Search of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Cliff Empire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for S.O.L Search of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Rail Route

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for S.O.L Search of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    In Rail Route, you will design, construct, upgrade, and automate your railway network in one of the many maps based on real-life cities worldwide. Dispatch the trains to make the traffic flow and the network grow!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Techtonica

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for S.O.L Search of Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below S.O.L Search of Light at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under S.O.L Search of Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with S.O.L Search of Light.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under S.O.L Search of Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with S.O.L Search of Light.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under S.O.L Search of Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with S.O.L Search of Light.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under S.O.L Search of Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with S.O.L Search of Light.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under S.O.L Search of Light on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with S.O.L Search of Light.

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

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under S.O.L Search of Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under S.O.L Search of Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    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 ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under S.O.L Search of Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with S.O.L Search of Light.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with S.O.L Search of Light.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with S.O.L Search of Light.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with S.O.L Search of Light.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with S.O.L Search of Light.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with S.O.L Search of Light.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with S.O.L Search of Light.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with S.O.L Search of Light.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about S.O.L Search of Light

How much does S.O.L Search of Light cost?
S.O.L Search of Light is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to S.O.L Search of Light?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside S.O.L Search of Light are Guardians of the Sanctree, The Riftbreaker, Rebirth evolution.
Who developed S.O.L Search of Light?
S.O.L Search of Light was developed by Trigger the Monster and published by Firenut Games.

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 S.O.L Search of Light.

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