STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - 6 MAY, 2025 - Midjiwan, the award-winning independent studio behind The Battle of Polytopia has today released a new Solaris Special Skin, bringing fiery abilities in a setting full of magma and ashes.
The 4x strategy title The Battle of Polytopia features sixteen in-game tribes, each with unique abilities. Special skins provide new visual designs and abilities to existing tribes. With the game’s latest special skin - Solaris - players will start the game with the ability to burn surrounding terrain and turn water into solid lava. This is a total contrast to the usual ‘Polaris’ tribe whose frozen abilities include transferring water into ice.
The special skin will also unlock a suite of fiery new abilities in The Battle of Polytopia’s tech tree. As players progress through their gameplay run, new abilities such as Heatwork, Osteophagy, Geothermics, Magmaism, Explosives, and more can be unlocked. Players will also have access to burning hot units such as Solaris Giants which burn nearby tiles and new buildings such as fire turbines which generate extra population.
Christian Lövstedt, CEO of The Battle of Polytopia, commented: “The Polaris have long been loved for their frozen abilities but this latest skin option turns up the heat. We’re excited to see how players respond to this total shakeup of a fan-favourite tribe”
The release of Solaris follows the arrival of weekly challenges in March 2025, providing a weekly leaderboard for players to earn the top score.
Full abilities of the Solaris:
Turn water into solid lava and petrify enemies into ash.
Gather bones and minerals for population growth.
Build lava banks to generate stars.
Master Heatwork to build craters.
Master Geothermics to build turbines on volcanoes.
Surge through lava rivers with the Steam Wagons.
Petrify your enemies with Ash Archers.
Dominate the inferno with the mighty Ralmi
For visual assets see here
For YouTube trailer see here