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What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I don’t usually write reviews, but Solar 2 deserves one. This game is honestly incredible in a way that’s hard to explain until you actually play it. You start as a tiny drifting rock… and somehow end up becoming an entire solar system, a star, and eventually something even…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“I picked up Solar 2 expecting a simple diversion and ended up losing hours building absurd multi-star ring systems I had no intention of leaving. The progression from a tiny asteroid through planet, star, and eventually black hole gives each phase its own distinct feel — one…”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“It's good. Educational and hard to master. But based on science.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:50 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Solar 2 v1.25
-Fixed a bug on the new missions screen where yellow missions couldn't be green completed
Major Quality of Life Update v1.23
Major quality of life update, mostly backend stuff but some new game things. v1.23 Platforms: - Windows 64 bit version has been added (32 bit version still available for 32 bit systems) - Mac 64 bit v
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Space · Indie · Casual · Sandbox · Relaxing · Simulation · Singleplayer · 2D · Open World · Physics · Top-Down · Comedy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://murudai.com/solar/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS: Windows XP SP2 or greater Processor: Dual Core 1.8 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 280 MB OpenGL 2.0 compatible graphics card, Pixelshader 2.0 Additional: Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller support