- 68/100
- Players21 ratings
- 64/100
- Critics6 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic27 critic reviews
- 68/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 66/100
- GameFAQsJust Right-Tough
- 3.42/5
- Player reviews
- 79% positive2,475 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$19.99
Where to get it
2016 · Hourences · Adventure · Indie
The Solus Project
Timed Xbox exclusive
A single player exploration and survival experience, played in first person and developed in Unreal Engine 4. Set on a mysterious and uninhabited alien planet.
- Released
- 18 February 2016
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4PlayStation VRSteamVRWindowsXbox One
- Genres
- AdventureIndieScienceSimulationSurvival horror
- Developers
- HourencesGrip Games
- Publishers
- Teotl Studios
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- First personVirtual Reality
- Themes
- ActionScience fictionSurvival
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Country
- Czech RepublicSweden
- Age ratings
- PEGI 7ESRB T
- Languages
- Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish (Spain), Swedish
- Time to beat
- 14hmain story33hcompletionist
About
The Solus Project is a first-person single-player survival video game developed by Teotl Studios and Grip Games. An early access version of the game was released on Steam, Xbox One and GOG in February 2016, and the full version of the game was released on June 7, 2016 on PC and July 15, 2016 for Xbox One . The game is a spiritual successor to previous Teotl title, The Ball.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The Solus Project is an environmental survival-adventure game, in which the player controls an astronaut on a mission to save mankind. Their spacecraft crashes on an uncharted, alien planet, Gliese-6143-C. They have to survive on the planet and faces factors such as hunger level, thirst, body temperature or weather conditions. The player explores the planet full of temples and other places.
Your character is the lone survivor of a crew looking for a colony, as mankind is on the verge of extinction. Plants grow and rot, weather changes from scorching heat to chilling storms, and the wind and humidity are unforgiving.
Reception
The Solus Project has a score of 68, a "Mixed or Average" rating on Metacritic, based upon 27 reviews.
The Solus Project has 3 nominations for Czech Game of the Year Awards. It is nominated in categories Best audio, Best story and Best visuals.
Awards
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Collections5 collections
Platform libraries
Years
- Games released in 2016List › April–June
- Games released in 2017List › July–September
Regions
- Games developed in the Czech RepublicGames developed in the Czech Republic
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