Solarix

 PC
Metascore
47

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. Riot Pixels
    Aug 17, 2015
    25
    The makers of Solarix wanted to follow in the footsteps of System Shock 2 and Dead Space, but the result is just awful.
  2. CD-Action
    Jul 4, 2015
    45
    Pathetic AI and loads of bugs and flaws drag down what was a promising game. [07/2015, p.63]
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  3. Games.cz
    Jun 4, 2015
    40
    Solarix could bow to the old sci-fi gaming with dignity, but due to the botched artificial intelligence, confusing level design and half-baked ideas it turned into its caricature.
  5. Everyeye.it
    May 18, 2015
    65
    There were enough elements to believe this could have been a great sci/fi-horror game, but in the end the gameplay doesn't deliver.
  6. GameWatcher
    May 12, 2015
    50
    The developer’s heart is in the right place, but Solarix just isn’t very good.
  7. Hooked Gamers
    May 7, 2015
    55
    The core concept, while unoriginal, is at least interesting, and it's backed up by a broadly well-realized world. Sadly, the whole thing is scuppered by the absolutely comical AI, which single-handedly removes all tension from the game and transforms it from moody sci-fi horror into disappointing nonsense, frustrating and unintentionally hilarious in equal measures.
  8. Vandal
    May 6, 2015
    60
    Yet another game with great ideas and a not-so-great execution. If you’re looking for a stealth-based horror experience it’s an option, but definitely not the best one out there.
  9. IncGamers
    May 4, 2015
    60
    Solarix’s admirable goal to marry the mechanics of Thief to the setting and plot of System Shock 2 proves to be beyond the game’s capabilities. The intentions are exemplary, but the execution is marred by eccentric AI, bugs, and an unfortunate attachment to checkpoints.

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User Score
4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 11 out of 17
  1. rkpetersen
    Jul 16, 2015
    2
    Ugh. Just awful. If you only look at Steam, you might get the idea that this game is the second coming of System Shock 2; nothing could beUgh. Just awful. If you only look at Steam, you might get the idea that this game is the second coming of System Shock 2; nothing could be further from the truth. Abysmal AI, horrible level design, lots of bugs (at least one of which stops the game dead in its tracks), goofy monologues from characters that make no sense half the time, and generally primitive gameplay which pretty much ignores all the great features other developers have come up with over the last decade or more (this game plays like it was made in the 90s, and not in a good way.)… Full Review »
  2. SanctumRevel
    May 3, 2015
    3
    horror theme games had a tough spot this year, this one is no exeption the whole game feels like it's tryining to imitate other games andhorror theme games had a tough spot this year, this one is no exeption the whole game feels like it's tryining to imitate other games and fails to do so and the scares and voises are pathetic, to say the least… Full Review »
  3. ave
    Feb 4, 2018
    3
    Solaris is an interesting exemple of good intentions that falls short on execution.
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