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Solar Flux

Travel across the universe and save dying suns from extinction in this unique and challenging puzzle strategy game. You are the last hope to bring salvation to a perishing universe as you collect and deliver…

0 28 July 2013

Solar Flux is an indie developed by Firebrand Games, released 28 July 2013 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Linux.

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What Solar Flux is

Solar Flux is an indie game developed by Firebrand Games and released in 2013. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Travel across the universe and save dying suns from extinction in this unique and challenging puzzle strategy game. You are the last hope to bring salvation to a perishing universe as you collect and deliver fragments of plasma using your omni-directional ship. Stellar flares, asteroids, supernovae and force fields are just some of the challenges you will face as you pilot your ship through the intense heat of imploding stars. Key Features: over 80 progressively challenging missions 18 themed sectors with a variety of obstacles to overcome 4 unique galaxies with distinctive visuals and an acclaimed ambient soundtrack Intuitive 3-star rating system with varying level objectives Distinctive…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Solar Flux holds a critic score of 0 out of 100. That places it above 0% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 70 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Solar Flux launched on 28 July 2013, within three weeks of Dota 2, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please and Europa Universalis IV. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Dota 2, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Europa Universalis IV.

Official trailer

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When did Solar Flux come out?
Solar Flux was released on 28 July 2013 for Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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