Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
An indie graphic adventure / visual novel game in the style of PC-98 titles. Players take on the role of a ship's security officer in deep space near Jupiter as a deadly mystery threatens the entire crew.
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is an adventure developed by Space Colony Studios, released 19 February 2025 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Linux.
What Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is an adventure game developed by Space Colony Studios and released in 2025. It was published by Astrolabe Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on renpy.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog takes place in a vintage anime and sci-fi inspired retro future. Players take control of a security officer transferred to the Jovian warship 'The Gun-Dog' as it heads into deep space to investigate reports of mysterious signals. As things begin to unravel on the Gun-Dog the player has to navigate the slow breakdown of the crew and do their best to uncover the mystery of the threat from deep space before it is too late.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are drama, mystery, romance and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog launched on 19 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Split Fiction and Monster Hunter Wilds. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds.
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