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2016 PCPlayStationXbox 18.99 € 👍 80 % Very positive, 2,593 reviews on Steam

You are stranded on an alien planet and must endure harsh weather, hunger and dangers while exploring caves and ruins in first person. The goal is to uncover the world's secrets and send a signal back to Earth.

What defines The Solus Project:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots to discover
  • Open world
  • Lavish presentation

The closest matches for The Solus Project are Obduction, Rivage and Adr1ft. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Solus Project special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Obduction

94 %

2016 PCPlayStationXbox 30.49 € 👍 80 % Very positive, 3,857 reviews on Steam

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots to discover
  • Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle adventure from the makers of Myst: you are whisked to an alien world and solve intricate environmental puzzles across surreal, interlinked landscapes to uncover the mystery behind it.

Rivage

Puzzles and brain teasers

Rivage is a sci-fi puzzle adventure where you wake as Miranda aboard a space station caught in a strange cosmic phenomenon. You explore the station, solve intricate puzzles and uncover what happened to your missing crew.

Adr1ft

Sci-fi setting

Adr1ft puts you in zero gravity as the lone survivor drifting through the wreckage of a destroyed space station while your oxygen runs low. It is a quiet, atmospheric first-person experience built around exploration, spatial navigation and a fragmentary story.

The Talos Principle II

Puzzles and brain teasers

A philosophical first-person puzzle game set in a post-human world, where you solve clever logic puzzles in striking environments while pondering consciousness and humanity. The story and conversations with fellow robots matter as much as the puzzles.

Deliver Us Mars

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven sci-fi adventure on Mars where you play astronaut Kathy, using climbing, drone-assisted puzzles and exploration to uncover a family mystery and the fate of stolen colony ships. The focus is on atmosphere and narrative rather than combat.

Ambrosia Sky

Sci-fi setting

As disaster specialist Dalia, you clean alien fungus from facilities around Saturn's rings, lay victims to rest and uncover the contamination's origins. It blends calm cleanup gameplay with survival and exploration.

Desolus

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person puzzle game set in a Gothic-styled city caught between past and future. Exploration and puzzle solving are the core of the experience.

Lone Echo

Sci-fi setting

A VR adventure where you play the android Jack, floating weightlessly through a space station among Saturn's rings while uncovering a mystery with Captain Rhodes. Its zero-gravity movement and natural interaction with the environment stand out.

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