Solar Wind overview

Overview

Solar Wind comes from JimJams Games and is published by JimJams Games. It arrived on Steam on Apr 17, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Solar Wind's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 9 September 2026 - 05:29:15 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 88% positive across 8 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Solar Wind is available in 1 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Solar Wind has sold up to 300 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $464. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Solar Wind overview details

Solar Wind combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

JimJams games are a small, indie development team with a love for the retro games of the '80's and 90's. We only develop games that embrace that era, aiming to provide true classicly styled gaming, with a massive retro feel, maybe with a slight hint of what these games would have been with a little more processing power. We don't aim to develop AAA games, but simply to bring our passion for a time gone by to those who love truly classic themed and inspired games. If this is a genre and era that you love, then our games are for you. Solar Wind is our take on the classic sidescrolling shoot 'em ups of the past. Fight your way through deep space, penetrate asteriod belts, swoop low across alien moons, and weave through narrow caverns, and alien complexes as you take the fight to an unknown enemy. Solar Wind encompasses many elements of the classic side scrolling, shoot 'em ups. Blast asteroids, take on alien ships, upgrade your ship with numerous add-ons, and navigate the unknown in the retro-themed blaster. We've taken our love of such games as Scramble, R-Type, Gradius, Vanguard, and a load more and combined our favourite features of each.... And we haven't stopped yet! 20 challenging, themed, retro blasting stages. A new big boss at the end of every stage. Over 90 different aliens, enemy weapons and defences.. Destroy radar stations and ground bases to interrupt the alien responses. Fight challenging and varied mid-stage boss ships. Upgrade your ship with over 80 weapons, equipment, armour and add-ons. , Battle to the thundering, original, Astro rock soundtrack.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Solar Wind is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 9 September 2026 - 05:29:15 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 88% positive reviews.

Overview tags

IndieActionShoot 'Em UpArcadeSide ScrollerRetroClassicSpaceShooter

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