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Fort Solis 2023
Fort Solis is a 2023 horror adventure game developed by Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games and published by Dear Villagers. The game takes place in the year 2080, where engineer Jack Leary responds to an emergency alert at the Martian mining station Fort Solis. Players control Jack throughout most of the experience, exploring the station and manipulating objects within a third-person view. Certain parts of the game shift control to Jack’s colleague, Jessica Appleton.
The concept for Fort Solis originated during early 19 pandemic times, with developers aiming to bring cinematic streaming television aesthetics into interactive gameplay. The story seeks to mirror real-world concerns like global health crises and human fragility within hostile settings. Voice actors Roger Clark, Julia Brown, and Troy Baker performed motion capture and voiced the characters Jack, Jessica, and Wyatt Taylor respectively.
Fort Solis launched on PlayStation 5 and Windows in August 2023, followed by a macOS release in October. An Xbox Series X/S version was also released in December 2025. Critics offered varied responses to the game; while praising its sound design, visuals, and acting, they found fault with both the narrative and gameplay mechanics. Fallen Leaf collaborated with Studios Extraordinaires to create a television or film series based on Fort Solis.
Crew
- Director
- James Tinsdale
- Designer
- Piotr Kurkowski
- Programmer
- Simon Bratel
- Artist
- Mark Cushley
- Writer
- James Tinsdale
- Producer
- Max Barton
- Music
- Ted White
Details
- Developer
- Black Drakkar Games, Fallen Leaf
- Publisher
- Dear Villagers
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5, Windows, macOS, Xbox Series X/S
- Modes
- Single-player
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
