Solar System Simulator

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Solar System Simulator is a single player open world simulation game with fantasy and science fiction themes. It was developed by WPCons and was released on March 22, 2024. It received positive reviews from players.

Explore, create, and simulate the cosmos with an interactive space sandbox!

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80%Audience ScoreBased on 1,180 reviews

graphics31 positive mentions

monetization74 negative mentions

Realistic physics and gravity simulation providing a scientifically accurate experience.
Extensive customization options allowing creation and editing of stars, planets, galaxies, and more.
Impressive graphics for a mobile game, with detailed planetary surfaces and celestial body textures.

Frequent and intrusive ads significantly disrupt gameplay and user experience.
Numerous bugs and glitches including save/load failures, crashing, lag, and orbital instabilities.
Limited realism in some mechanics such as planetary collisions, tidal locking, and lighting effects.

monetization
88 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
16%
84%
The game's monetization heavily relies on frequent and intrusive ads, often appearing every few seconds or with most user interactions, which significantly disrupts gameplay. Many users express frustration with the overwhelming volume of ads, unskippable formats, and ads persisting even after purchasing a no-ads option. While the game itself is praised, its excessive advertising is a major point of criticism, with numerous calls for reduced ad frequency or a clear premium, ad-free version.
- “I loved it because it was so realistic. Fun fact: you can change the background to anything, and I was making an exo star system. It was so fun! The best part is there's no ads, it is completely adless. Thank you!”
- “The game is amazing with no ads. Also, can you add more slots for cloud saves because I want to make more galaxies and save them? Oh, and more backgrounds and a life percentage would be really cool. Not forcing you, amazing game!”
- “This game is a solar system simulator, and the game is fun with no ads, no WiFi needed, and 100% free.”
- “I wanna love it and I understand you gotta make something, but come on devs. Click make a planet = ad, click edit parameters of that planet = ad, every single click is an ad. The graphics and physics are amazing; the things killing it are ads. I haven't even got to make our solar system yet and I've watched an hour of ads.”
- “Some of these ads last more than a minute, and have no indication of whether they're over or how long you have left.”
- “You can't even play for a single minute without ads.”
graphics
52 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
28%
12%
The game's graphics are generally praised as realistic, stunning, and comparable to popular space simulators like Universe Sandbox, though some users find them lacking in detail during planet collisions or certain effects. However, the high graphical demand causes lag and performance issues on many devices, with calls for better optimization and adjustable graphics settings to accommodate lower-end phones. Overall, visuals are a strong point but hampered by technical and feature limitations.
- “The game is absolutely stunning, with great graphics for planet building and other features.”
- “The graphics are chef's kiss and the best space sim for mobile.”
- “My goodness, the best, best, best game I ever played in space—astonishing graphics.”
- “It's trash horrible graphics, bad simulator of the solar system. Don't get it at all costs; nobody in their right mind on earth should get this.”
- “It's constantly running at a low frame rate no matter how much I attempt to change the graphics.”
- “It's really laggy even though the graphics are realistic.”
stability
33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from frequent bugs, glitches, and freezes, especially when speeding up time or interacting with objects, leading to occasional crashes and unresponsiveness. While some users find it enjoyable and a promising mobile universe simulator, its stability issues—including freezing during saves, loading, and gameplay—significantly impact the experience. Overall, the game is seen as buggy but shows potential if these stability problems are addressed.
- “I might uninstall this game because when I try to click on an object, it doesn't respond, and when I try to save, it glitches and can't save.”
- “The app is pretty good for mobile, but whenever I make a black hole or speed things up a bit too much, the whole game freezes, and I have to restart it.”
- “Whenever I land on a planet, my game freezes.”
atmosphere
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
63%
16%
Players appreciate the game's detailed system creation and planetary landing experiences, praising its graphics and scientific potential. However, many desire deeper atmosphere customization—such as altering gas composition, adding magnetic fields, biomass, and dynamic weather effects—and improved visual fidelity, as current atmospheric and distant planet textures can be glitchy or laggy. Suggestions also highlight the need for terraforming features, more realistic collisions, enhanced lighting, and additional celestial bodies to enrich the immersive space atmosphere.
- “Make it so you can add biomass, plants, and species to every terrestrial planet with clouds, water, and atmosphere.”
- “This is an overall great game with good potential. Suggestions include re-entry/vapor trails when objects enter a planet's atmosphere, custom cloud textures and animated clouds, and adding features like magnetic fields and gas composition customization in atmospheres.”
- “Fantastic game, I'm in love with system creation and landing on other objects. The level of detail and quality is amazing. Suggestions include adding terraforming events triggered by magnetic fields, proper temperatures, water, and atmospheres with changeable elements.”
- “Everything is perfect except there's a glitch that makes me really frustrated: when looking at a far planet from another planet's night sky view (land) and zoomed in, its texture seems to be glitched, bugged, and noisy while the planet has an atmosphere. This makes me unable to see it, which literally destroys the concept and idea of night sky viewing and zooming on other planets far away. I hope this can be fixed.”
- “When I look at a planet's thick atmosphere, it gets so laggy that I have to leave the game and come back.”
- “Actually collisions cause asteroid collisions, they won't form a ring. Another problem is that Earth has no humans; Uranus and Neptune don't have the same sky, which is incorrect. Also, Casius doesn't even exist, and the moon's surface looks like a planet without atmosphere, which is kind of weird in real life.”
music
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
46%
27%
Users appreciate the existing main menu music but strongly desire background music and sound effects during gameplay to enhance immersion. They suggest features like customizable soundtracks with looping audio files and saving preferences, noting that adding music would significantly improve the overall experience.
- “Their universe soundtrack is great.”
- “This is by far the best universe sandbox I've tried on Android, however I have some suggestions: how about adding some background music?”
- “The app is pretty cool, not gonna lie. I would recommend adding music and sound effects because the only music is on the starting screen.”
- “Also, it would be nice to add music so it can't be too quiet. The main menu has music, so why not include it in the main game?”
- “But needs a soundtrack.”
- “Please add game music and sound, please.”
optimization
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
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Users find the game visually impressive with detailed systems but note optimization issues causing occasional lag, crashes, and object deloading at distances. While performance is generally acceptable and improving, there is room for better customization and settings to enhance smoothness and stability. Overall, optimization is good but could benefit from further refinement.
- “Fantastic game, I'm in love with system creation and how I can land on other objects. While it could be more optimized, the level of detail and quality is amazing.”
- “Nice Universe Sandbox 2-like game, it's very fun to play by colliding planets around. The only problem though is the optimization, it's a little bit choppy to play but still playable; I hope you can fix it and I love the visuals.”
- “The game gives very, very excellent performance.”
- “Hello, it's not about bugs or anything but for improvement like supernova colors, it's just white and then just expands. Also, I don't know why it deloads when I go farther from the object (probably for optimization), but there should be a setting that allows you to not deload when at a distance. Also, you can change how many AU or LY it is needed to delay the objects.”
- “Nice Universe Sandbox 2-like game, it's very fun to play and colliding planets around, the only problem though is the optimization. It's a little bit choppy to play but still playable. I hope you can fix it and I love the visuals.”
- “Good game, but could use some more optimizations.”
gameplay
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay features detailed and realistic mechanics that many find enjoyable, but it is significantly hindered by frequent unskippable ads, lag issues, confusing controls, and frustrating collisions. Additionally, some players experience device overheating and desire improvements like better input options for mass or size. Overall, while the core mechanics are praised, technical and user experience problems detract from the gameplay.
- “This game is very good in the way that it has good mechanics and very fun features.”
- “I like it especially because it's so detailed in game mechanics and so realistic.”
- “The game heated up my device, the option buttons were too small, very confusing and frustrating gameplay, and a bunch of ads.”
- “You should also add a mechanic where you type the amount of mass or size; it is very frustrating to get the mass or size correct.”
- “Chopped gameplay collisions to make moons don't work; Roche limit is gone, and all the ads require you to go to Google Play to skip, then it restarts your game.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story includes an automatic plot element centered around the ship, but users feel it could be enhanced by adding more missions to increase engagement.
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The emotional aspect of the game evokes a strong sense of sadness and discomfort, with players feeling upset and on the verge of tears due to certain unsettling visuals.
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's humor is praised for its realistic and entertaining physics, which contribute to a genuinely funny and enjoyable experience.
- “This game has incredibly funny and realistic physics that add to the overall experience.”

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Solar System Simulator is a open world simulation game with fantasy and science fiction themes.

Solar System Simulator is available on PC, Mac OS, Phone, Windows and others.

Solar System Simulator was released on March 22, 2024.

Solar System Simulator was developed by WPCons.

Solar System Simulator has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Solar System Simulator for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Solar System Simulator is a single player game.

Similar games include SpaceEngine, Universe Sandbox, Black Hole Simulator, Pocket Galaxy - Space Sandbox, Universe Sandbox and others.

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