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Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
91% positive · 951 Steam reviews · released Feb 19, 2025 · by Space Colony Studios
RetroSci-fiMultiple EndingsVisual NovelStory RichAdventureChoices MatterMechs
What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose
Lifetime units: ~31,383
(P10–P90: 12,553 – 69,043)
Gross revenue: ~$385,754
($154,299 – $848,663)
Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate
Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Story & writing89% positive · 207 mentions
“A cute little game that I thoroughly enjoyed my time with, although it isn’t perfect. My main gripe would be that the “multiple endings” tag is a little… generous? The actual ending is pretty much the same just with different epilogue text…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 9 h played
Visuals & audio93% positive · 167 mentions
“A cute little game that I thoroughly enjoyed my time with, although it isn’t perfect. My main gripe would be that the “multiple endings” tag is a little… generous? The actual ending is pretty much the same just with different epilogue text…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 9 h played
Gameplay & mechanics77% positive · 26 mentions
“A cute little game that I thoroughly enjoyed my time with, although it isn’t perfect. My main gripe would be that the “multiple endings” tag is a little… generous? The actual ending is pretty much the same just with different epilogue text…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 9 h played
Content & longevity83% positive · 24 mentions
“I loved a lot about this game but there's definitely a lot of frustrating aspects to the actual story. The overall aesthetic, music and direction for the game is fantastic. It goes back to the old PC-98 style visual novels that I find to…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2025 · 5 h played
Price & value73% positive · 22 mentions
“A visual novel adventure game in the vein of Snatcher and other PC-88/98 games. Don't expect anything terribly adventurous for the genre, like Scarlet Hollow or 1000xResist, but it does a very solid job of being the kind of homage it wants…”Recommended · Steam review · Nov 2025 · 14 h played
Controls & UI92% positive · 12 mentions
“A cute short VN for Mecha fans A single playthrough is about 8-10 hours (Might be shorter since I took a break for dinner). The only problem I had was a bit of moon-logic near the end involving a datapad. In place of just checking the…”Recommended · Steam review · Jan 2026 · 11 h played
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Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference
Perspective
First-person
Art style
StylizedAnimePixel art
Setting
Sci-fiSpace
Structure
Branching choices
Mood & themes
Atmospheric
How you play together
Single-player
Platform features
AchievementsTrading cardsPartial controller supportSteam Cloud
Business model
Buy to play
Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.