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Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!

Close To The Sun is a adventure, indie and steampunk game developed by Storm in a Teacup and published by Wired Productions.
Released on May 05th 2020 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Hungarian.

It has received 1,161 reviews of which 858 were positive and 303 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Close To The Sun into these genres:

Adventure Indie Steampunk Walking Simulator Female Protagonist Gore Horror First-Person Violent Singleplayer Atmospheric Sci-fi

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Windows

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Core i5 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz
Memory: 8 GB RAM GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 or AMD Radeon™ R7 260x with 3GB Video RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 50 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

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Nov. 2025

The game looks amazing, the story is really good. The only pain point of this game are the occasionally bad level design (levers that all look the same, spending time trying to open doors that are locked, etc...) and those chase scenes. Those chase scenes were just painful because you have to wait for the death animation to finish... SPOILERS: ||Anyways, the story was amazing and the universe really impressive. I probably missed some things because there's holes in the story on my side, like how Tesla survived and why Edison was spying and sabotaged the boat?|| Otherwise, strong game, would recommend!

Nov. 2025

This is a very, very soft recommendation - please read at least the short wrap-up in the last paragraphs before you buy. A review for Close To The Sun can be shortened quite simple: Close To The Sun is a walking simulator and those basically consist of two components: World and Story. One of those this game does fantastically well, the other... not so much. For Gameplay there isn't much to be said because, as mentioned: Walking Simulator. You walk. And while you walk you look at the pretty surroundings and follow the story the game provides. That's it. There is the odd "chase sequence" thrown in, but these basically boil down to "press space bar to jump over this obstacle". Plus they are so rare and inbetween that they feel kinda tacked on. Let's see what the story provides then: And... Oh boy! Yep, it's not good. The basic ghist is close to what many of the earlier graphically impressive walking sims (think The Vanishing of Ethan Carter) did: you are in this curious but pretty location that for some reason is completely abandoned and have to find out what happened. And sadly this game doesn't do that very well. Tha basic setup is clear: You are Ada and got invited aboard the "Helios", a gigantic ship housing the greatest scientists known to man to do... science. But everyone is dead. Of course, especially with the visuals this reminds a lot of Bioshock, but just rather badly concluded. You basically just wander from one section of the ship to the next, reading journals, having short conversations with your sister via magical steampunk smartphone without really getting any closer to the solution of the mystery. Until the last ten minutes of the game that is, where suddenly everything is unraveled. Badly. I don't want to spoil anything but... You know when horror movies just randomly drop a "It was aliens all along" in the last ten minutes even though none of the movie had anything even remotely to do with aliens? Yep, that's it. Not helped is the fact that our main character(s) are as bland as they come - and despite the calendar saying it's 1897 they for some reason are talking like modern college girls. I know voice acting is hard, but when I hear "Holy shit, I can't fucking believe it, like what the fuck is going on", I'm not really thinking of the Gilded Age. Let's go over towards world and visuals then: and contrasting with the story writing the game definitely impresses here. Again, Art Deco and mad science does lead to comparisions with the first Bioshock. And I'm inclined to say: Close To The Sun actually wins the race here. Yes, it doesn't have as much content, but what it has is absolutely drop-dead gorgeous! A ridicuously impressive amount of detail and sheer beauty await in this game, and despite the weak story you still want to always go on just to see the next level. They're varried enough design wise and usually open up with a grand and impressive view of an open space, followed by you taking in the details of the smaller rooms and sections as you explore. Sadly here aswell there are some levels that feel a bit rushed towards the end. Plus some of the sections are just very underlit. Yeah, I know, dark and spooky, oh so scary, but why put all the work into those amazing sceneries when you can't really take them in? Finally they are missing a bit of those grand sceneries out of the windows that Bioshock had. Still, every now and then I keep coming back to this game simply playing through my favourite chapters and enjoying the world. So to wrap it all up: Don't buy this game if you expect any kind of interesting story (or the action elements of a Bioshock). You will just be disappointed. However, if you enjoy Art Deco and just want to walk a bit through a beautifully crafted, atmoshperic world for a few hours this game might tickle your interest. It's on sale often enough and for five bucks you can't do much wrong. And still one wonders what could have been if they just had a better writer and weren't so rushed towards the end...

April 2025

i dont finish but i play until the half of the game, i watch on youtube the final, is a good game but is a walking simulator, max of 3 hour to beat, i think is a wasted of IP , they could do a bioshock game on the ship and will be awesome, printing money, but the gun play must be good has bioshock. goona leave a positive review. 6,5/10

April 2025

Close to the Sun is a first-person narrative exploration game that delves into the inferences of reality. The game presents an imposing and unique setting, and it manages to give some tense and surprising moments. It has a remarkable attention to detail, absorbing soundtrack, and a fine voice acting. The story is intriguing and expressive, while also providing some light puzzles. The sound design is definite and exceptional, and the atmosphere is eerie and unsettling. Close to the Sun delivers a satisfying experience that is engaging over the course of its brief runtime.

Feb. 2025

I bought this game because I liked the Bioshock-Vibes it gave. For the most part it was a nice atmospheric walking-sim with a little bit of Story to go through, although there have been a few scenes that got extremly frustrating and the Ending left something to be desired. For a Steam-Sale it's a pretty nice game, but I guess there are better walking-sims out there.

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Close To The Sun is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Close To The Sun is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Close To The Sun received 858 positive votes out of a total of 1,161 achieving a rating of 7.10.

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Close To The Sun was developed by Storm in a Teacup and published by Wired Productions.

Close To The Sun is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Close To The Sun is not playable on MacOS.

Close To The Sun is not playable on Linux.

Close To The Sun is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Close To The Sun. Explore additional content available for Close To The Sun on Steam.

Close To The Sun does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

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