Solarpunk

Solarpunk PC is a first-person survival sandbox with farming, crafting, automation, and base building across a world of floating islands. The current PC storefront name remains Solarpunk; no verified rebrand, replacement edition, or alternate official title was found on the active Steam and Epic Games listings.

Developed by Cyberwave and published by rokaplay, with Epic Games listing Mi'pu'mi Games in the development credits, Solarpunk focuses on creating a self-sufficient home rather than surviving through constant combat pressure. Its central appeal is the combination of renewable energy, sky-island exploration, personal airships, farming, and cooperative construction.

A peaceful survival loop in the sky

Solarpunk begins with the familiar survival-crafting fundamentals: gather materials, craft tools and gadgets, grow food, and expand a home base. The difference is the setting. Instead of building on a conventional wilderness map, you develop a settlement among floating islands and travel outward to find new resources.

The game uses a first-person perspective, making construction, gathering, farming, and exploration feel direct and hands-on. Progress comes from improving the way your island works, not from following a rigid combat campaign or chasing a conventional character-class system.

Food production is part of the regular resource cycle. You plant seeds, grow fruits and vegetables, and harvest them when mature. This gives farming a practical role in the survival loop while leaving room for players who mainly want to build and decorate.

Exploration is tied to the island network. Distant areas contain additional materials and opportunities, so expanding your reach is more than a visual change of scenery. It feeds back into crafting, construction, and the development of a more capable home base.

Renewable energy and automation

The defining system is Solarpunk's renewable energy network. Solar panels and wind-based generation produce electricity, while changing weather conditions affect how much power the system creates. That makes energy planning a genuine building consideration rather than a purely cosmetic theme.

Players can store electricity in batteries and distribute power through a wireless system. A well-planned base can therefore support production and automation without forcing every machine or activity into a manually managed routine.

Automation uses transport drones to gather resources and reduce repetitive work. The drones are especially important for players who want to move from basic survival toward a more organized, self-sufficient settlement.

This creates a useful progression rhythm: collect materials by hand, establish renewable power, add storage, and then automate selected tasks. The game is less about rushing through a technology tree and more about gradually improving the efficiency and character of your island.

Building, animals, and personal airships

Construction is deliberately flexible. Solarpunk offers a range of building materials, furniture, and decorative objects, allowing players to create a functional workshop, a compact farm, or a detailed home base. Freeform building is one of the game's main reasons to keep expanding after basic needs are covered.

Animals are presented through a coexistence system rather than a conventional exploitation loop. The official examples describe pigs finding truffles when treated well, while farming remains centered on growing food from planted seeds.

Every player can build a personal airship. These vehicles provide the main way to travel between nearby sky islands and search for additional resources, giving exploration a stronger identity than simply walking between adjacent zones.

The airships also reinforce the game's cooperative structure. Each player can develop their own vehicle and personal space while still contributing to shared construction and resource goals.

Solo play and online co-op

Solarpunk supports single-player and online co-op. In multiplayer, each participant has an individual inventory, which allows players to gather and manage their own materials instead of treating the entire group as one shared character.

That inventory structure supports different cooperative roles without imposing a fixed class system. One player can focus on farming, another on construction, and another on exploration or automation while everyone contributes to the same wider project.

Players can also decide whether to build together or create separate personal areas in the sky. This makes the game suitable for groups who want a shared settlement as well as friends who prefer working on parallel projects.

The format is best suited to small, coordinated groups that enjoy building toward shared goals. If you want a fast competitive survival game, a combat-heavy sandbox, or a campaign driven by scripted missions, Solarpunk's slower construction-focused structure may not be the right fit.

PC storefronts, controls, and localization

On PC, Solarpunk is currently listed under its original name on Steam and Epic Games Store. No verified Steam or Epic rebrand was identified, and the active listings do not present a separate definitive edition or legacy replacement.

Steam lists Steam Achievements, Family Sharing, and online cooperative play. Epic lists controller support, solo play, co-op, and online multiplayer. The PC versions use the Epic Games account system on Epic's storefront; no separate anti-cheat system is identified in the verified storefront information.

The game provides interface text in 14 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish from Spain, Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Storefront data lists no full audio localization.

Solarpunk is a paid base game rather than a free-to-play title. The current storefront information identifies the base game but does not list a DLC catalog, season pass, or paid expansion structure, so players should treat the available PC edition as the complete currently listed package rather than assuming additional content packs are included.

Who should play Solarpunk?

Solarpunk is a strong match for players who enjoy cozy survival crafting, creative construction, farming systems, and exploration without making combat the headline feature. Its strongest hooks are renewable power, resource automation, decorative building, and the visual novelty of a floating-island world.

It also suits players who like building projects with friends. The combination of personal inventories, individual airships, shared construction, and automated resource transport gives co-op groups several useful ways to divide tasks.

Players seeking a more dangerous and systems-heavy survival experience may prefer open-world survival adventures such as Valheim, which place greater emphasis on hostile biomes, combat preparation, and boss progression.

Those who want a harsher science-fiction survival structure can compare it with first-person expedition sandboxes like Icarus. Solarpunk is the more relaxed option, built around sustainable settlement development rather than environmental danger and mission pressure.

Similar PC games and genre context

Solarpunk occupies a middle ground between a farming simulator, a survival-crafting game, and a relaxed building sandbox. Its floating islands and renewable-energy theme distinguish it from standard wilderness survival games, while automation gives the progression a light management layer.

For a broader science-fiction exploration experience with base construction, crafting, vehicles, and cooperative play, spacefaring exploration sandboxes like No Man's Sky offer a useful comparison. Solarpunk is more intimate and settlement-focused, while No Man's Sky emphasizes a much wider universe and broader exploration systems.

The closest mechanical overlap is therefore not a single feature but the way Solarpunk combines gathering, construction, farming, transport, and long-term base improvement. Its identity comes from making those systems feel constructive and interconnected.

Solarpunk FAQ

What is Solarpunk on PC?

Solarpunk is a first-person survival and crafting sandbox set across floating islands. You gather resources, build a home, grow food, create renewable power, automate tasks, and explore distant islands using a personal airship.

Has Solarpunk been renamed or rebranded?

No verified rebrand was found. The current Steam and Epic Games listings use the name Solarpunk, with no separate definitive edition or replacement storefront name identified.

Does Solarpunk support multiplayer?

Yes. Solarpunk supports solo play and online co-op. Each player has an individual inventory and can build a personal airship, while the group can cooperate on shared construction and resource projects.

Does Solarpunk have controller support on PC?

Epic Games lists controller compatibility for the PC version. Steam lists single-player, online co-op, achievements, and Family Sharing, but the storefront information does not provide a separate detailed controller feature list.

What languages does Solarpunk support?

The interface is available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish from Spain, Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Full audio localization is not listed.

Does Solarpunk have DLC or a season pass?

The verified PC storefront listings identify a paid base game but do not list DLC packs, expansions, or a season pass. The currently listed package should therefore be understood as the available base edition.