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Games like Solstice

If Solstice is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deathwish Bloom, Reanimation Scheme and Keepers of Astraela — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and melancholic. 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 Solstice: Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.

2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby MoaCube
Solstice — Steam game cover
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Dual protagonists reveal secrets from each otherDystopian mystery with steampunk fantasy settingFour distinct endings unlock through careful choicesAtmosphericContemplativeMelancholic

Players who liked Solstice also play

Steam players who put hours into Solstice 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. Deathwish Bloom

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Solstice.

    In this hand-drawn romance-mystery visual novel set in a quake post-apocalypse, play as Sky, an impostor scientist racing to recreate a cure only she knows existed. Weave or snap ever-shifting bonds with characters whose harboured obsessions can end your pursuit, just as you can theirs. Unless...

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Reanimation Scheme

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Solstice.

    An otome game and romance visual novel. Step into the shoes of the necromancer, Raenelle. Meet a colorful cast of characters, fail to summon the spirits of the dead, unravel mysteries, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  3. Keepers of Astraela

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Solstice.

    Third-strongest match for Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Solstice.

    A dark fantasy otome visual novel that follows a writer whose characters come to life. Join Eva as she fights against forces of Darkness, flirts with a fiery man, and wrestles with her inner darkness.

    2024IndieCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Sigh of the Abyss

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Solstice.

    Ranked #4 for Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Solstice.

    Embrace the monster within in this dark fantasy visual novel with inclusive romances. Befriend charming allies, defy bitter rivals, fall in love. Your choices will save or condemn mortals, shaping the fate of a city as beautiful as it is cruel.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG13.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Camp Palut

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Solstice.

    Camp Palut is an otome-style mystery that can be completed in 2-4 hours. Play as Jess, a high school senior attending summer camp for the first time. Luckily there are cuties ready to get to know you! Choose between the four unique love interests or play them all to piece together the whole story.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Demonheart: The Ice Demon

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Solstice.

    Ranked #6 for Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Solstice.

    Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?

    2022AdventureSimulationRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Cinders

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Solstice.

    Ranked #7 for Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Solstice.

    A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.

    2014IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Server

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Solstice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Solstice.

    A FULLY ENGLISH-VOICED otome mystery visual novel set in a fog-shrouded coastal town. Work as a waitress at an exclusive supper club, romance four men hiding dangerous secrets, and uncover the truth buried beneath. Every choice you make shapes your path and where it ends.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Solstice.

    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 Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solstice.

    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 Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Solstice.

    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 Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solstice.

    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 Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Solstice.

    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 Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solstice.

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

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solstice.

    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 Solstice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Solstice.

    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. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Solstice.

    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 Solstice.

    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 Solstice.

    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 Solstice.

    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 Solstice.

    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 Solstice.

    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. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from MoaCube

Other recommendable Steam games by MoaCube, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Cinders

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative, multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Solstice.

    Another title from MoaCube, the studio behind Solstice. Shares Indie and Adventure with Solstice.

    A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.

    2014IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Magi

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Solstice.

    Another title from MoaCube, the studio behind Solstice. Shares Indie with Solstice.

    Magi is a challenging game of wizard duels, mixing strategy and RPG elements with the dynamism and immediacy of fighting games.

    2017StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bonfire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Solstice.

    Another title from MoaCube, the studio behind Solstice. Shares Indie with Solstice.

    Bonfire is a delightfully gloomy tactical RPG about journey and failure, with a rapid turn-based battle system and heroes who care a little too much.

    2020StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Solstice

Does Solstice run on Steam Deck?
Solstice 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 Solstice cost?
Solstice is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Solstice?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Solstice are Deathwish Bloom, Reanimation Scheme, Keepers of Astraela.
Who developed Solstice?
Solstice was developed by MoaCube.

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 Solstice.

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