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Ramming Speed!
Hi SHUMP fans, It's been awhile since we've revisited any of our older games, but here we are again with a small, but important update which improves the performance of Solar Wind on lower-end machines, and those with i…
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Solar Wind
Also known as Solar Wind, solar wind, solar-wind
Blast your way through a galaxy of planets in this fast paced, side scrolling shoot 'em up. Fight in deep space, fly through asteroid belts, and battle across moons as you take on the alien menace.
Last update
2 Jun 2026
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Browse past updates and patch notes for this game.
- December 2018
- It's Christmas time, let's blast everything in sight!Hi All, In keeping with our commitment to update our games to keep them fresh and challenging, we've released the latest update to our side-scrolling shooter, Solar Wind. So, what's new? Added 3 new stages, to bring the…
- August 2018
- New build, new look, new ways to die!Hi All, We've been working on an update for Solar Wind for a few weeks now, and we're very pleased with the results. Not only have we added 4 new levels, we've added 4 new bosses to go with them, tweaked 5 other bosses,…
- May 2018
- Happy Star Wars Day!Hi All, In celebration of Star Wars day, it felt right here at JimJams towers that we should launch an update for Solar Wind. Along with the usual tweaks and peaks we've added some more content, and improved the continu…
- Quick update.Hi All, We've launched a small update today which fixes a few small issues, adds some additional soundtracks to various stages, as well as some internal changes paving the way for future stages. Enjoy, The JimJams Games…
- April 2018
- Update 3Hi All, We're continuing to work on developing Solar Wind, and following feedback, we've addressed a number of issues and tweaked various gameplay elements. 1) Updated 3rd Stage and added a 12th Stage. 2) Added text pro…
- It's good to achieveHi All, As we continue to work through our list of early access commitments, we're reached another milestone, and have added the much requested first round of achievements. For this update, we've added 23, which many mo…
- Fuel, give me more Fuel!Hi again, We've uploaded a quick update today following feedback from players. Some of you found that fuel disappeared too quickly or was too difficult to collect. So, we've considered the feedback and have added more w…
- Solar Wind launches on SteamHi All, We're very pleased to announce that after a delay of several months, Solar Wind launches to the public as an EA release. We've chosen EA as we know that there are a lot of you who love this genre and by releasin…
- January 2018
- Solar Wind - Launch News.Hi All, After a very hectic Christmas and New Year, we at JimJamsGames have decided that in order to release the best EA version of Solar Wind to the public, we need another few weeks to tweak the game and work a little…
- Solar Wind - Launch News.Hi All, After a very hectic Christmas and New Year, we at JimJamsGames have decided that in order to release the best EA version of Solar Wind to the public, we need another few weeks to tweak the game and work a little…
- December 2017
- Solar Wind - Coming Soon.We're very pleased to annouce that our next retro styled game, Solar Wind will be coming to Steam as an early access release around 20th December 2017. Like our other games, Solar Wind reflects our love of the classics,…
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