Games like The Solus Project
If The Solus Project is your kind of game, the closest matches are P·O·L·L·E·N, ADR1FT and Elite Dangerous — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful and dangerous world, enigmatic story and terrifying moments. 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.
Get personalized picks →The Solus Project is an indie survival adventure set on a mysterious alien planet. Players navigate a challenging environment where survival mechanics including temperature management, dynamic weather systems, and a day-night cycle create a demanding experience. The first-person exploration adventure takes approximately 30-40 hours to complete. Reviewers highlight the world as both beautiful and dangerous, with an enigmatic story unfolding through discovery. Players describe the atmosphere as immersive and peaceful between moments of tension. The game supports VR and runs at a playable state on Steam Deck. Priced at $19.99, it holds a 78% positive rating from over 1,500 Steam reviews.
About The Solus Project: The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
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P·O·L·L·E·N
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Top pick for The Solus Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
P·O·L·L·E·N is an atmospheric, suspenseful and highly interactive first person sci-fi exploration game set on Saturn’s moon Titan. Delve into the richly detailed Station M, and try everything you can get your hands on to uncover the mysteries that lie beneath the moon’s crust.
ADR1FT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Second-strongest match for The Solus Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
ADR1FT is the story of an astronaut who wakes up floating silently in space amongst the debris of destroyed space station…the only survivor of a catastrophic event, left with no memory, a critically damaged EVA suit leaking oxygen and no way home.
Elite Dangerous
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Third-strongest match for The Solus Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Solus Project.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Narcosis
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Ranked #4 for The Solus Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Ranked #5 for The Solus Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
House of the Dying Sun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Ranked #6 for The Solus Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Solus Project.
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Ranked #7 for The Solus Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Solus Project.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Ranked #8 for The Solus Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
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The Ball
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Reviewers of The Solus Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
As a swashbuckling archaeologist, unlock the mystery of the ancient ruins that have been hidden for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball.
Obduction
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Reviewers of The Solus Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Myst
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Reviewers of The Solus Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Penumbra Overture
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Reviewers of The Solus Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
ADR1FT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Reviewers of The Solus Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
ADR1FT is the story of an astronaut who wakes up floating silently in space amongst the debris of destroyed space station…the only survivor of a catastrophic event, left with no memory, a critically damaged EVA suit leaking oxygen and no way home.
Gravity
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Solus Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Solus Project.
Welcome to the world of Gravity! 100 levels of physics and logic await you. Solve puzzles, place blocks, and enjoy completing each level!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Solus Project at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Solus Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Solus Project.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Solus Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Solus Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Solus Project.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Solus Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Solus Project.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Solus Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Solus Project.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Solus Project.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Solus Project.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Simulation with The Solus Project.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 The Solus Project.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Solus Project.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Solus Project.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
House of the Dying Sun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Solus Project.
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Solus Project.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Solus Project.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Solus Project.
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
Frequently asked about The Solus Project
- Does The Solus Project run on Steam Deck?
- The Solus Project 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 The Solus Project cost?
- The Solus Project is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Solus Project?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Solus Project are P·O·L·L·E·N, ADR1FT, Elite Dangerous.
- Who developed The Solus Project?
- The Solus Project was developed by Hourences, Grip Games and published by Teotl 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 The Solus Project.
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