You play as a space sweeper, a debris cleaner orbiting Earth, when a Kessler Syndrome event tears the sky apart and cuts humanity off from space entirely. To find out why, you have to travel outward.

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About This Game

Aurora Sol is a zero-gravity puzzle game that takes you from Earth to the edge of our Solar System. You are a Space Salvager, blamed for a Kessler syndrome event that devastated low Earth orbit, and now on a mission to clear your name. Clear the wreckage, ice, and exotic compounds that drift between worlds, and uncover the secrets of Sol along the way.

Every stage is set against real NASA imagery of our Solar System. Witness the churning storms of Jupiter, the icy plumes erupting from the cryovolcanoes of Enceladus, and the vast rings of Saturn, all against the backdrop of the Milky Way and an original soundtrack by Konstellation G.

The AURA Initiative

Salvagers collect what space leaves behind and feed it into massive Augmented Reconstruction Atomizer spheres, called AURA spheres, which use thermal plasma pyrolysis to break it down into resources humanity can use. It's thankless work, but someone has to do it.

Understand the Gravity of the Situation

In most puzzle games, gravity pulls every piece down. In Aurora Sol, nothing falls. Tap a direction and your block bundle drifts that way until you change course. Guide it into place and it stays there, suspended. But drift too far and touch the edge of the sphere, and your run is over.

Build It, Then Keep Building It

Line up four blocks of the same color in a square and an activation ignites, starting a countdown. While the clock runs, add more same-color squares to grow the cluster and buy more time. When the countdown ends, the whole salvage cluster clears at once. Play fast and land activations back-to-back to build chains, and mix colors for an even bigger payoff.

Choose Your Way In

Most puzzle games decide where your next piece comes from. In Aurora Sol, you do. Every bundle can enter the sphere from any of four corners, with two directions to choose from at each. Change corners before you enter with a board rotation(Switcheroo), and a well-played Switcheroo pays off with a score multiplier.

Salvage Battles

Challenge a friend to a local Salvage Battle. Two Salvagers share one sphere, each working their own corners, racing to clear the target number of blocks before their opponent.

Aurora Sol in VR

Fully immerse yourself in our Solar System with optional VR support. Seeing the rings of Saturn in VR hits differently. In VR, you don't just play as a Space Salvager. You become one.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1050 ti or equivalent
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • VR Support: VR not recommended on minimum specs
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 11
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-12700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    • Memory: 16 MB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or equivalent
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • VR Support: SteamVR. Meta Quest and Valve Index
    Minimum:
    • Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core M
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    Recommended:
    • Processor: Apple M5
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Arch Linux
    • Processor: AMD Zen 4
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVMe SSD
    Recommended:
    • OS: Arch Linux
    • Processor: AMD Zen 4
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVMe SSD
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