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Solis capsule

Solis

Solis a hand drawn adventure. The city of Solis never sleeps — and tonight, neither will you. Elixer, the company you've dedicated yourself to, has gathered its people for an end-of-year celebration with a staggering promise at its heart: eternal life.

$6.993 user reviews
Hand-drawnAdventureAtmospheric
Gibberish StudioMay 29, 2026

Solis scores 68/100 — better than 21% of Hand-drawn capsules (n=1,685).

3 user reviews · $6.99 · Released May 29, 2026 · By Gibberish Studio

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Solis scored 68/100 on Steam Analyzer — Solid for a Hand-drawn capsule. Top priority fix: [title_readability] Replace the soft neon glow effect with a bolder, higher-contrast white outline or solid letterform to ensure crisp legibility at 120x45 thumbnail size.

Capsule scores by dimension

  • Genre Clarity: 7/10 — Clear narrative adventure with sci-fi setting. The capsule establishes a futuristic cyberpunk city environment with the neon sign, industrial architecture, and styled character portrait, signaling a story-driven adventure game. At TINY size, the character silhouette and sci-fi aesthetic remain visible, though the specific genre blend (narrative adventure vs. action vs. puzzle) is not entirely explicit—viewers may assume story-focused indie adventure based on art style and composition. The hand-drawn art style and character focus reinforce the adventure genre expectation established by the game's description.
  • Title Readability: 6/10 — Readable at full size, struggles at tiny. The neon white 'SOLIS' title is positioned centrally with strong contrast against the darker background and reads clearly at full and small sizes. However, at TINY size (120x45), the letterforms lose definition and the title becomes a soft white blur that lacks crisp legibility—the neon glow effect, while stylish, contributes to this readability collapse. The placement within the composition is safe, but fine details of the font do not survive aggressive downscaling.
  • Contrast & Color: 7/10 — Strong warm-cool contrast, good silhouettes. The capsule uses a warm orange-brown cityscape background contrasted against cool neon white and blue accent lighting, creating good value separation against the Steam dark background #1b2838. The character on the right has a distinct warm-toned silhouette (red jacket, orange-brown skin tone) that reads clearly even at small size. In grayscale, the midtone cityscape competes slightly with the background, but the character and title maintain clear edge separation.
  • Uniqueness & Polish: 7/10 — Distinctive hand-drawn art, cohesive mood. The capsule demonstrates strong craft with intentional hand-drawn illustration style, consistent lighting design (neon glow, warm ambient), and a memorable cyberpunk-noir mood that feels premium and intentional. The character portrait on the right communicates a specific personality and narrative weight rather than generic scenery. Compared to benchmarks like The Invincible and Viewfinder, this sits comfortably in the 'solid indie' range with distinctive visual storytelling but not quite reaching the iconic hook level of top performers like DAVE THE DIVER or Hades II.
  • Brand Consistency: 7/10 — Consistent art style, recognizable character. The hand-drawn illustration style, color palette (warm oranges, cool neons, muted greens), and character design feel internally cohesive and would likely be recognizable across the 8 available screenshots. The neon signage motif and urban cyberpunk aesthetic create a signature visual identity. The rendering technique and art direction show no jarring inconsistencies, though without seeing the full game suite, individual character or symbol memorability cannot be fully assessed—the capsule suggests strong brand coherence rather than iconic singularity.
  • Composition: 7/10 — Strong focal point, good depth layering. The composition uses clear depth: busy neon-lit cityscape in the background, mid-ground architectural elements, and the character portrait anchoring the right side as the primary focal point. The title 'SOLIS' overlays the middle ground, creating hierarchy without overwhelming the character. At SMALL size, the character and title remain the clear focal points with the cityscape providing atmospheric support. The layout respects safe margins on most edges, though the character's right shoulder sits slightly close to the edge, risking minor crops on certain display ratios.

What works

  • Atmospheric cyberpunk setting. The neon-lit city background with warm industrial tones establishes mood and genre expectations immediately, supporting the narrative adventure positioning.
  • Strong character anchor. The character portrait on the right side is well-rendered, distinctive, and communicates personality and narrative weight, serving as a clear visual hook.
  • Color contrast effectiveness. The warm orange-brown cityscape and cool neon white/blue accents create good value separation against the dark Steam background, maintaining visibility at small sizes.
  • Hand-drawn premium feel. The illustration style conveys craft and intentionality, distinguishing the capsule from generic asset-heavy competitors in the indie adventure space.

What hurts the capsule

  • Neon title legibility collapse at tiny size. The glowing neon effect on 'SOLIS' causes letterforms to blur and lose definition at 120x45 thumbnail resolution, harming quick recognition.
  • Midtone background competes with Steam background. In grayscale analysis, the warm mid-brown cityscape sits close enough to the #1b2838 dark background that it risks muddy separation in low-attention scrolling scenarios.
  • Character edge proximity. The character portrait's right shoulder and hair sit close to the capsule's right edge, creating cropping vulnerability on non-standard display ratios.
  • Genre specificity is slightly ambiguous. While 'adventure' is clear, the visual balance between sci-fi narrative, puzzle, and action elements is not explicitly signaled—viewers cannot definitively distinguish this from visual novel or action-adventure.

Priority fixes

  1. [title_readability] Replace the soft neon glow effect with a bolder, higher-contrast white outline or solid letterform to ensure crisp legibility at 120x45 thumbnail size.
  2. [contrast_color] Increase the value gap between the mid-brown cityscape and the Steam background by darkening the city tones or adding a darker vignette border to improve silhouette separation at small scales.
  3. [composition] Shift the character portrait slightly left to create at least 8-10px safe margin from the right edge, reducing accidental crop risk on standard Steam display ratios.
  4. [genre_clarity] Consider adding a subtle UI element or environmental detail that explicitly signals the narrative adventure core (e.g., dialogue box hint, puzzle mechanic visual) to strengthen genre recognition at tiny size.

Store copy priority fixes

  1. [hook_strength] Fix the grammar in the short description to 'Solis is a hand-drawn adventure' and consider leading with the core tension: 'Uncover the truth behind a corporation promising eternal life—or stay complicit' to front-load the moral conflict.
  2. [uniqueness] Add a sentence explaining what makes the Gijs Milius sculpture art collaboration or the dusk-to-dawn temporal structure specifically meaningful to the story experience, not just who created it.
  3. [audience_targeting] Explicitly name the audience in the short or opening line: 'For fans of choice-driven narratives where decisions reshape the story,' to signal immediately who should care.
  4. [genre_clarity] Replace or clarify 'hand-drawn adventure' in the short description with a gameplay verb: 'explore, investigate, and uncover the truth' to signal agency and interaction, not just aesthetics.

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Steam app ID: 3382310 · Tags: Hand-drawn, Adventure, Atmospheric, Story Rich, Indie