Candid Bay Productions

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.

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 forest
The canyon
The fort at night

Those who shape your fate.

Su'til

Sunborne Warrior

Su'til

Su'til is a warrior from an ancient civilization with an enigmatic connection to Earth. She harnesses energy from the plasma of the sun that is destroying everything else.

Kigi

The Messenger

Kigi

Kigi is Su'til's Messenger and handler who strives for a low-tech lifestyle for her people to avoid the destruction technology can bring in the wrong hands.

Zeff

Private · Fort Soldier

Zeff

Zeff is the first soldier you meet outside the fort. He is resourceful and values protecting the fort over making friends.

Williams

Lieutenant · Fort Commander

Williams

Fort commander Tasha Williams has dedicated her life to protecting the stragglers despite a nebulous connection to the local solarium.

Kaskal

Scientist · Til'amaru Leader

Kaskal

Kaskal is a brilliant scientist and leader of the Til'amaru evolution initiative tasked with void exploration for continuing expansion and progress through his creation of the sunborne.

Olga

Nuclear Science Lead

Olga

Dr. Olga Reznikov was a progenitor of the solarium project and serves as the nuclear science lead at the local solarium, inspired by her ancestors' experience during the Chernobyl disaster.

A pivotal moment
Branching Narrative

Every choice.

The people you trust, the alliances you build, and the things you're willing to do all shape a story 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
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Scenes & Moments

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

— Su'til, The Solarium

Screenshots

The world in stills.

Aircraft flying over the post-apocalyptic landscape in The Solarium
Dark corridor inside the solarium facility
Su'til standing in the irradiated forest
Interior of the military fort shelter
Greenhouse growing crops under artificial light
Zeff and Williams at the fort
Bear attack encounter in the Wilds
Su'til and Kigi together
Inside the abandoned factory
Characters crossing the frozen tundra
Exterior of the factory ruins
Returning to the fort at dusk
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Begin your story.

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