Games like Search for Sol
If Search for Sol is your kind of game, the closest matches are Celestial Fragments, Sectron and Ash Run '84 — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Search for Sol: The children of long-extinct humanity desperately search for the legendary artifact system of Sol. Search for Sol is a sci-fi 4X in the tradition of Reach for the Stars, Master of Orion, and Star Traders. Control Sol for 50 years to ascend to flesh once again.
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Steam players who put hours into Search for Sol 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.
Celestial Fragments
WHY THIS
Top pick for Search for Sol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Command your robot army in this turn-based tactics game as you battle across the solar system. Conquer asteroids, construct bases, and upgrade your forces as you become a critical element of an interplanetary power struggle.
StrategySteam ↗Sectron
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Search for Sol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Sci-fi turn-based strategy on procedurally generated planetoids. Expand your base, deploy and upgrade units, negotiate alliances, and conquer each unique world. Simple rules, deep tactics. Easy to learn, hard to master.
Ash Run '84
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Search for Sol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Every unit matters in this fast-paced turn-based strategy game. Keep your veterans alive as they grow stronger, capture strategic objectives, unlock campaign upgrades, and outmaneuver the enemy across a vibrant synth-wave battlefield.
Kepler Protocol
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Search for Sol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Kepler-186e, Humanity's first colony — on a world that is not theirs. Lead the Kaiserreich in turn-based hex strategy against the Ordo Arachnis, a swarm intelligence with no commander. Research, build, supply, fight. Survive.
Banana Kingdom
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Search for Sol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
An addictive retro strategy simulation! Simple rules with deep strategy. A powerful, highly flexible map editor. Built by a developer who has sunk countless hours into strategy games, with one concept in mind: the perfect companion for an immortal life.
Starwing Tactics
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Search for Sol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Command a mercenary starfighter squadron in turn-based tactical battles. Between missions, manage your squadron's finances, refit and customize your starfighters, hunt for new contracts and care for your pilots. Come for the cinematic dogfights and tight tactical puzzles, stay for the permadeath.
StrategySteam ↗Xenonauts 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Search for Sol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Songs of Silence
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Ranked #8 for Search for Sol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
Lily's Well
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
PlanetSide 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Dota Underlords
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
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More from Cryptomnesic
Other recommendable Steam games by Cryptomnesic, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Stella Pastoris
WHY THIS
Another title from Cryptomnesic, the studio behind Search for Sol. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Shepherd the last remnants of the Malthusian monks marooned on Proxima Centauri B. As a mechanical saint, will you delve into forbidden means to save your people or allow them to go quietly into the night? Set up production chains to spend limited resources to save as many as you can.
Xenocide
WHY THIS
Another title from Cryptomnesic, the studio behind Search for Sol. Shares Strategy with Search for Sol.
Preserve the hierarchy of humanity's distant mechanical children by cleansing the galaxy in this transhumanist turn-based tactical tale. Capture factories from unworthy machines and claim the holy words to access the tomb of the Man the All-Maker.
Degrowth
WHY THIS
Another title from Cryptomnesic, the studio behind Search for Sol.
Unbuild various cities in order to convince citizens of the benefits of cloud based living! Perform demolition using our simple one-click interface, but be careful not to delete the homes of citizens who are still employed! Your work is complete when everyone's brain is uploaded to the cloud!
Gulf Strike
WHY THIS
Another title from Cryptomnesic, the studio behind Search for Sol.
Gulf Strike is a top-down helicopter shooter from 1991. A rogue nation is threatening the oil industry in the middle east! Complete the 6 sandbox campaigns by destroying enemy units while searching for supplies. It's time for another strike in the desert!
Frequently asked about Search for Sol
- What games are most similar to Search for Sol?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Search for Sol are Celestial Fragments, Sectron, Ash Run '84.
- Who developed Search for Sol?
- Search for Sol was developed by Cryptomnesic.
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 Search for Sol.
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