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Games like Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog

If Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is your kind of game, the closest matches are ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos, Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines and 彗星战团 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog: Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

2025IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 80Windows · Linuxby Space Colony Studios
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog — Steam game cover
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Characters feel morally complex and flawedChiptune soundtrack is comforting and immersivePlayer choices subtly alter narrative toneAtmosphericContemplativeImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog 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. ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Top pick for Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    A sci-fi adventure full of robot battles, pop music, and emotion. Featuring one of the largest branching storylines ever in a VR game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, Altdeus will place you in the shoes of Chloe, a pilot in humanity's forces fighting massive hostile organisms known as the Meteora.

    2021Adventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Second-strongest match for Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    "Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.

    2023IndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 彗星战团

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Third-strongest match for Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    在黑暗的时代,乘上独一无二的机动装甲,反抗统治太阳系的军工巨企。《彗星战团》是一款以科幻战争为主题的国产机战视觉小说,致力于营造独特的影视化观感。——你将成为点燃整个时代的星火!

    2023IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Roadwarden

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching dialogue and an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Ranked #4 for Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Ranked #5 for Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Thanks to the rising popularity of the PhoneDroid—a device which features augmented reality (A.R.)—the age of advanced technology has finally reached Tanegashima. On that island, Central Tanegashima High's "Robot Research Club" is about to have their club disbanded.

    2020Adventure10.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Ranked #6 for Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

    2022IndieSimulationRPG12.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. VIDEOVERSE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Ranked #7 for Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Ranked #8 for Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    This is a modern adventure of young adults seeking love and meaning. Return to 2011's Castor Yard, tap on your keyboard, and make those letters dance: Use your online persona to make meaningful decisions for your clients and yourself.

    2025IndieSimulation9.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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 ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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 ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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. Shares Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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 and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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 and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    "Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.

    2023IndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

    2022IndieSimulationRPG12.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. VIDEOVERSE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog.

    Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog

Is Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog cost?
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog are ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos, Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines, 彗星战团.
Who developed Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog?
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog was developed by Space Colony Studios and published by Astrolabe Games, Meridiem Games.

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