SOL: Exodus
Bit Planet Games, LLC · 2012 · Indie, Simulation, Action, Space, Space Sim
PC
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About SOL: Exodus
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You command an elite fighter pilot defending humanity's last hope as the UCS Atlas searches for a new home beyond our dying solar system, battling mysterious enemies across eight action-packed missions from Pluto to Titan. This Unreal-powered space shooter combines cinematic dogfights, massive capital ship takedowns, and fully voice-acted storytelling with deep progression systems and leaderboard competition.
By the year 2500, Earth had become toxic and unsafe for human life. Pollution and overpopulation had ravaged the planet, forcing humanity to the stars. Colonies and settlements soon sprung up across the solar system, but man had not left its thirst for war behind. Then, they learned their sun was dying, and everything changed. Only when faced with threat greater than each other did the nations of man finally come together. The United Colonies of SOL (UCS) was born, its first and only mission: to locate a new home for mankind, safely beyond the doomed borders of our solar system.
Suit up and take on the role of the Lieutenant Commander, ace fighter pilot and 2nd in command of the UCS Atlas, as you search for a new home, battle a mysterious enemy, and rescue humanity from a fiery end.
Suit up and take on the role of the Lieutenant Commander, ace fighter pilot and 2nd in command of the UCS Atlas, as you search for a new home, battle a mysterious enemy, and rescue humanity from a fiery end.
Key features:
- Experience an action space shooter like no other with Unreal™-powered visuals.
- Eight epic missions take you across breathtaking landmarks of our solar system, including Pluto, Neptune, Triton, Uranus, Saturn, and Titan.
- Utilize the advanced weaponry of your UCS HADES space fighter, including dual gatling guns, tracking missiles and MAG cannon.
- Engage a variety of enemy fighters, bombers, drones and more as you protect civilian transports and defend installations from attack.
- Take down massive capital ships by hacking into them and revealing their weak points or turning their weapons on one another.
- Learn the origins of your shadowy foes as the plot unfolds through full voice-acted dialogue
- Replay missions to earn higher ranks and perform heroic actions to earn upgrade points which can be used to improve your fighter.
- Top your friends on Steam leaderboards and compare your medals with dozens of achievements to unlock!
- Fully remappable controls support USB gamepads, joysticks, and mouse/keyboard control schemes.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Players praise Sol Exodus for its stunning visual presentation of planets and space environments, which appeals to astronomy enthusiasts, and its accessible mouse-driven combat system. However, common complaints include poor controls, simplistic gameplay mechanics, a very short story that can be completed in around 4 hours, and physics that feel arcade-like rather than realistic, making it feel more like a mobile game than a deep space simulator.
Any space geek or astronomy lover is going to heavily enjoy this game. Story can be finished in not more than 4 hours. The game takes place in or around the orbits or atmosphere of mostly visited planets and heavenly bodies by public like UCS-1, Pluto, Triton, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Titan. While you will be busy saving the Solar system from an evil, don't forget to enjoy the breathtaking view of globes of all these planets, Especially the artistic impression of Neptune and Saturn just left my mouth gaped in awe. Man, for a moment, I got lost of my sense that I am actually controlling my ship on earth. I would definitely love to make a visit to Pluto, Saturn, Uranus and Titan someday. Not neptune, because its atmosphere is bit messy. I especially loved the combat system, you can use mouse - wheel to throttle and accelerate your ship up , down. The first person view of ship will put you on the boots of the commander and the thrust and sound that it produce might give your body an inertial Jerk as if you are really piloting the Ship. Just buy and you will not regret and feel the flaps of your UCS atlas wings. The best space themed game I know in existence.9 found this helpful
Very fun little indie pilot game1 found this helpful
Bad controls
havent played in 10 years but i think i remember it being ok. but i was 11 so i dont beleive me
Its OK. It suffers from Plane in space physics.
Sol Exodus is a slightly basic, story driven flight simulator in the same vein as X-Wing or Wing Commander, but with a lot less nuance. Don't expect detailed control, such as shield levels or gun loadouts, but just simple, mouse driven combat. Each level has you battling various waves of enemies, trying to ensure you don't afterburn too much, shoot your guns for too long (the cooldown period is outrageously long) or squander your missiles. If you do well, you'll unlock two points for the upgrade trees (incremental boosts in Guns, Health, Afterburner) - again, nothing complex. The overall effect is that of a mobile game, where you are encouraged to retry levels to achieve the best score, and thus get 2 points. However, the game is so easy that i only missed the maximum level on 1 occasion. Graphically the game is surprisingly beautiful, particularly so since it dates from 2012. It's clear that some of that is down to wonderfully detailed textures, not model work, but still, it's impressive even in 2022. Audio design is rather disappointing however: weapons sounds are reasonable, and feedback is okay, but nothing that really stands out. The story of humanity having found…
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