Solar Flux
Skip · Strategy · 2013
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 33, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 2.9h 12.1h to 100%
- Value
- $3.44/hr
- Reviews
- 74% of 307 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 207 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Nvidia 8000 series or better, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
26 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 15 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 30 weeks ago.
On value it sits in the top 41 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre. Tin Can ($19.99, scores 51) outscores it, and so does Waveform ($1.99, scores 66). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Solar Flux
2.9 hours to finish it, 12 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 4.2 times the campaign.
The drop-off
34% 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
Easy to learn, hard to master. It starts out with easy missions but they get more complex and difficult as you go. It's a pretty fun game though; it's a nice break from the shoot-'em-up games. It requires a lot of patience, but I find it very fun! Love this game! :)
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Relaxing but frustrating puzzle game. Each level is a puzzle you have to figure out, then you have to use mouse clicking skills to actually complete the puzzle. I like the puzzle solving aspect, but I find the skill side a bit frustrating because your timing and clicking often has to be perfect, or you have to do it again, and again, and again... This can get a little tiresome if you're stuck on a particular level...
A beautiful but frusturatingly difficult iOS port. What looks to be a calm and relaxing game instead causes groans and hatred. Pick it up if you are interested in the artwork but I cannot recommend this game to anybody but sadists.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Solar Flux scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/251910/solar-fluxReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.