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The Solarium

2031. The ozone layer is gone. Survivors ration sunband charge in military shelters while the powerful seal themselves inside walled solariums. You're a soldier stranded in the Wilds — and the woman beside you doesn't need protection from the light that would kill you both.

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The World

The ozone layer is gone.

It's October 2031. The ozone layer collapsed without warning — and with it, any illusion that the world could be saved. Unfiltered UV radiation burns through everything. The wealthy retreat into solar-powered solariums: walled compounds with every comfort and a plasma barrier to keep the rest out. Soldiers and stragglers make do with military forts on the edge of the Wilds.

You are a new recruit, stranded after a training mission goes wrong. The woman you find in the forest has jeweled scars, no sunband, and no fear of the light that is slowly killing everything else. She calls herself Su'til. She's not from here — not from anywhere near here. And the Solarium wants you both.

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The fort under a harsh sky
The Setting

A world that wants you dead.

From the frost-cracked Siberian tundra where Su'til first battled a lesion-covered bear, to the canyon flats of the Midwest where you first survive — every location in The Solarium is a place where the wrong move is your last. The Wilds are full of starving, infected wildlife. Stragglers wander the forest perimeter. And the Solarium compound looms on the edge of everything, its plasma security barrier humming with something worse than electricity.

The fort is shelter. It is not safety. Nothing out here is.

The forest
The canyon
The fort at night
The Cast

Those who shape your fate.

Su'til

Sunborne Warrior

Su'til

Born on the e'mul — a star station beyond Earth — she arrived on a trial mission and survived what would kill anyone else. Her jeweled scars mark both her origins and her doubts about what her people are really doing here.

Kigi

The Messenger

Kigi

Su'til's Messenger and handler. Silver-blonde, scarred, and impossibly composed. She has guided the sunborne for millennia toward a single purpose. Her arrival on Earth means the mission has entered its final phase.

Zeff

Private · Fort Soldier

Zeff

The first soldier you meet outside the fort. He watched his father become a straggler. He saw Su'til melt a pistol with her bare hands. He's still here — which tells you something about what it takes to survive out here.

Williams

Lieutenant · Fort Commander

Williams

She runs the fort with unsparing clarity. When she locked Su'til in a closet overnight to test her limits, she wasn't wrong to — and she wasn't wrong to let her out. Williams knows when to push and when to trust. The fort survives because of it.

A pivotal moment
Branching Narrative

Every word.
Every silence.
Every choice.

Do you help the straggler outside the Solarium — or leave him to die by morning? Do you trust Su'til enough to let her handle Zeff, or do you step between them? When Kigi offers you a choice above a field of quarantine cages, what does your answer say about you?

The Solarium doesn't let you off easy. The people you trust, the alliances you build, and the things you're willing to do all shape a story that is entirely your own.

  • Multiple endings driven by who you trust and what you sacrifice
  • Split-second, timed decisions with permanent consequences
  • Exploration, dice-based combat, and puzzle sequences
  • Original score and full atmospheric sound design
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Scenes & Moments

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Opening cinematic
The Wilds
Fort at Night
The Factory
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The horrors of the past drive us toward
the hope of the future.

— Su'til, The Solarium

Screenshots

The world in stills.

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The Solarium is a free-to-play visual novel available on PC. Every playthrough shapes a different story — who you save, who you lose, and what the world looks like when it's over. Every ending is earned.

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Solarium — opening scene
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