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SolarGun
Discover SolarGun, a first-person puzzle game set in a aseptic factory. Use energy orbs, dodge lasers, and activate mechanisms to escape. With over 20 puzzles, hidden minigames, and a speedrun mode, every decision counts on your path to freedom.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“As others have said (and as you can see for yourself) this is a first person puzzle platformer in the same vein as Portal and The Talos Principle. Visually, this is a good looking game and the environment reminds me of portal. It's mostly a futuristic industrial setting with…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Thanks to the developer and publisher at Mechanical Boss for a really solid puzzle game for me to escape and enjoy. Eighty-nine cents. Eighty-nine cents is what i paid for this entertainment and I feel like i stole the game. Yes, to be fair, it's simply a Portal, Chromagun,…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“It's short (2 hours-ish) and it costs one dollar (or less)! Yeah, there are better and more acclaimed puzzle games like Portal, Quern, Talos Principle, etc. No one will ever be impressed to hear you beat SolarGun. But Mechanical Boss honestly wouldn't care. My impression is that…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
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🔥Steam Summer SALE!🔥
The Steam Summer Sale is ON!🔥 And Solar Gun is 80% OFF so don't miss your chance to try it ! Thank you for your support! ❤️
🔥Solar Gun on SALE!🔥
Due to our recent eWorlds release, we want to celebrate with you with this BIG SALE !🔥 Solar Gun is now 80% OFF don't miss your chance to try it !! https://store.steampowered.com/app/553340/SolarGun/
SolarGun Year Edition now on Steam
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29772472/4b0ebc0d7fbc4f416cda6b3969fbfa0042b457fe.jpg Today is SolarGun anniversary and the best gift for us is to create new content
Good News!
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29772472/22ff7205a32a71e3e6e2152354c80ffd8c70aab7.jpg Hey all! Today we would like to thank you we reached more than 30,000 players o
Patch 1.1
http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29772472/6fa9a94795ae535dc1111582300dfda50512c588.jpg Now users can modify the controls of the game from the options menu. Now wh
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Casual · Puzzle-Platformer · Sci-fi · Short · First-Person · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Portugal, French, German |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://studios.ggtech.gg/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bits Processor: Intel Celeron G1820 / AMD Athlon II X3 455 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430/ AMD Radeon R5 240 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 1 GB available space