Solar Flux similar games & best alternatives

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Solar Flux

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2013

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Challenging and rewarding puzzle gameplay
  • Beautiful visuals and relaxing ambient music
  • Precise physics-based controls
  • Good replayability with scoring and achievements
  • Varied level design with increasing difficulty

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty curve causing frustration
  • Repetitive gameplay mechanics
  • Lack of narrative depth
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some technical and control frustrations reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Will Glow the Wisp

  • Grapple

  • Waveform

  • Bejeweled Twist

  • Neon Space

  • Intake

More violent

Games that feels like Solar Flux but with more combat and destruction

  • Nova Drift

  • SHOOPER NOVA

  • Voids Vigil

  • REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR

  • Waves 2: Notorious

  • Galactic Glitch

Less competitive

Games that feels like Solar Flux but with less competition against others

  • Eufloria HD

  • Defy Gravity Extended

  • Drifter Star: Evolution

  • Far Fishing

  • Teslagrad Remastered

  • Eventide Matter

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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Solar Flux. These titles are not in What to play next.

Solar Flux: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Violence, Fellowship.

Last update: 21/08/2026