Close to the Sun
Close to the Sun is a story-driven horror game that takes place at the turn of the 20th century on a mysterious ship complex created by Nikola Tesla for the sake of knowledge. In this alternative version of…
Close to the Sun is an adventure developed by Storm in a Teacup, released 2 May 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 4.7 hrs to finish.
What Close to the Sun is
Close to the Sun is an adventure game developed by Storm in a Teacup and released in 2019. It was published by Wired Productions. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It’s 1897. Deep in international waters, the Helios stands still. Dark clouds loom overhead as unforgiving waves crash against the hull. Colossal effigies of gold, decorated with magnificent finery, stretch as far as the eye can see. Born of Nikola Tesla’s vision, the Helios serves as a haven for the greatest scientific minds. An unbound utopia for research, independent from state and isolated from the gaze of society. Free to push the boundaries of matter and time. Journalist Rose Archer steps aboard the Helios in search of her sister Ada. She quickly discovers not all is as it seems. Grand halls stand empty. The stench of rotting flesh lingers in the air. Silence. A single word is painted…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 27 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Close to the Sun holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 64, across 58 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4.7 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $3.99, that works out to about $0.85 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core i5 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz, 8 GB RAM GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 or AMD Radeon™ R7 260x with 3GB Video RAM. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.99 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Close to the Sun launched on 2 May 2019, within three weeks of Days Gone, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Anno 1800 and Katana Zero. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Days Gone, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Anno 1800, Katana Zero.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Close to the Sun yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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