Solar Ash
Skip · Action · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$39.99Skip
On its price record
$27.94Fair
- Length
- 5.8h
- Value
- $6.89/hr
- Reviews
- 90% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 65% ($13.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 75% ($9.99)
- Last discount ended
- 26 days ago
Watch it for a saleSources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti, 1 GB or AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
From the creators of the award-winning Hyper Light Drifter comes the high-speed and gravity-bending world of Solar Ash.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $9.99. That was May 2026. 31 discounts in the 4 years on record. They run about 60 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
On value it sits in the top 21 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. On the same math Blue Fire ($19.99, scores 49) and Jusant ($24.99, scores 59) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
This site sampled 430 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 9 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written December 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 129 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
93% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Astoundingly beautiful game, with a wonderfully told story, extremely good writing, a movement system that never gets in the way and feels AMAZING, and some really good gauntlets with the Remnants. Fantastic game, 10/10.
Solar Ash is a fast-paced 3D platformer with a dash of puzzle-solving. The art direction is compelling, and the music is excellent. You can forget about the story or side quests. The game is clearly designed for speedruns, but a casual playthrough is still very enjoyable.
Decent game with a good and fun movement system. Could have used an extra mechanic for all of the excess plasma (currency) you collect and a reward for completing the side quests. Something very small like increase range or damage of primary attack or increase sprint/boost speed. Anything more than that and I think it detract from the game. Other than that minor critic, it is a good game that you can complete within...
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Cite this score
Solar Ash scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1867530/solar-ashReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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