5 games you might be interested in if you can’t wait for No Man’s Sky

2. The Solus Project (2016)

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The Solus Project is a survival game at it's core which puts you in the shoes of a scientist in search of a habitable planet after Earth itself meets a very violent end. It starts with you crashing onto an alien planet which on the surface seems quite beautiful but has its own share of inhospitable weather conditions, strange geography and very peculiar cave systems that you must explore while crafting all that you need to stay alive.

The game quite definitely sets the mood early, giving the player a very tense and uncomfortable experience of not knowing what's happening around them. As you explore this new frontier at your own leisure, things soon start to go awry

This is a game that I first played a big chunk of when it was in pre-alpha, and it has come a long way since then. I remember being quite surprised when I started a new game after I got my final release copy, as it had ambient music now; something that adds even more to the beautifully made environments and the very subtle but interesting story.

Did I mention that the game also has native VR support for the HTC Vive and Occulus Rift? Although you can play this on a monitor, this would be phenomenally immersive on a VR headset and I would love to try this out for myself. I haven't played it till the end, but if you do, please send me a tweet for I'd be very interested to find out what happens.