Solar Ash

Solar Ash may not get everything right, but its kinetic platforming and incredibly stylish presentation make its world a lot of fun to explore.

Solar Ash is an exhilarating action-adventure game with strong puzzles and flashy boss fights.

This glorious game about movement and adventure also feels like a rumination on something deeper and more personal.

Despite its strengths, Solar Ash fails to skate free from the gravity of its influences.

Solar Ash is a platforming playground that never loses steam, and it hides a memorable story of unfathomable tragedy.

Solar Ash plays as well as it looks with a strong story at the heart

This unquestionably beautiful game about saving a planet from an encroaching black hole boldly goes where few have remained awake

Solar Ash is a highly original open-plan platform game. A slim move set that rewards momentum is the perfect means of exploring its swirling, broken landscapes and executing its more exacting challenges. While some of its elements feel overly simple, that doesn’t detract hugely from a clinically focused and fresh experience.

An action-adventure that sees you topple big monsters with your rollerblades. It's stylish and oh-so-smooth when it gets in the flow, but is hampered by repetition.

It's not far from being a bit special, the kind of indie gem that everyone has to play, but it's unfortunately just not quite there.