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On a deadly road trip into darkness, control the path of a single bullet and unleash a fury of vengeance on the sinister cult that ruined your life in this tactical puzzle-shooter.

Children of the Sun is a action, strategy and arcade game developed by René Rother and published by Devolver Digital.
Released on April 09th 2024 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 1,723 reviews of which 1,613 were positive and 110 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 5.29€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Children of the Sun into these genres:

Action Strategy Arcade Shooter Real Time Tactics Psychedelic Third-Person Shooter Stylized 3D Indie Assassin Third Person Puzzle Dark Atmospheric Singleplayer Female Protagonist Tactical Sniper Horror

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System requirements

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Windows

OS: Windows 10 x64 Bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500k / AMD FX-4350
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon R9 270X
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 4 GB available space
Additional Notes: Low Quality setting, in 720p, producing 30 FPS

User reviews & Ratings

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Nov. 2024

Pretty fun game. It's short and to the point. You're out for revenge and you have the power to control the direction of your bullet as if flies through the air to take down your targets one by one as you track down the leader of a cult. It's fairly short and easy to finish in only a few hours and get all achievements in. As you go through the levels some enemies will start wearing body armor and others using strange powers to block your bullets unless you hit them in the right manner. Most of the challenge I'd say comes from just trying to find every enemy you need to kill in each level. Thankfully you can mark them once you find them so you can know their positions the next time you try. The only downsides I'd say it once you finish it once you don't really have much of a reason to play it again unless you wish to try to increase your high score in each level to rank up on the leader boards but sadly the people at the tops of those leader boards have such massive numbers that I'm guessing they somehow cheated. But maybe I'm wrong, I don't know. But still it's a pretty fun and decent game that doesn't over stay its welcome. Would recommend buying whenever it's discounted.

Nov. 2024

This game hits hard with its presentation and art, and it is fantastic, obscure, abstract headshot puzzle. I loved how devs included not just gameplay, but also small playable intermissions that deepened a story a bit. This game might turn of some by its style but if you like solving puzzles this game won't dissapoint, gradual progression is neat and solving challanges is amazing, try not to use online guide and you will have a blast picking your brain with it! Loved it! 5 headshots out of 5

Sept. 2024

Control a zig-zagging magic bullet into the heads of evil cultist. Children of the Sun is more of a puzzle game than a shooter, but that's a good thing. I love the dark mess up story, the game is loaded with distortion and style. Levels got more fun as more mechanics got unlocked. Took me about 4 hours to beat, I enjoyed the entire time.

Sept. 2024

such a strong personality on this game. really melds a bunch of different artistic sensibilities into an anarchic hodgepodge that makes for an intense audiovisual experience that i can't help but smile when i observe it. the gameplay is rather simple in premise, but in execution, is a satisfying sequence of executions that you feel like a true marksman for being able to finesse. i shan't divulge any more, please go in as blind as you can and just experience it for what it is, but damn this is a good game.

Sept. 2024

I randomly saw Children of the Sun in the store and impulsively bought it to test it out, and I really had a lot of fun with the game! It's a short 3-4 hour experience that really does everything with the rather simple concept it's presenting, and each level has a new unique idea behind it, which I really enjoyed. In Children of the Sun, you play as a sniper trying to eradicate a cult with just one bullet per level. This starts rather simple but the game adds complexity to how you can control the bullet over time, so that it becomes a fast-paced puzzle where you have to take into account which enemies to target in which order and how to reach the next one from each enemy you hit, without there only being only one solution to each level. For me, this game really felt like something you could 'master' and improve your understanding in and it's a lot of fun and you feel very cool doing it the whole time. There are ranked boards per level for people who want to improve their scores, and a short story that gives the game a clearer direction, which I found intriguing enough to keep me playing, but wasn't too drawn out, which I honestly really appreciated. What really stands out about Children of the Sun is the vibe. The music, sound effects, VFX, animations, color schemes, fonts and other visual elements create such a fun, distinctive style that makes the game ten times more engaging than it already is. It's really *such* a blast to play through the levels. There isn't that much negative to say about the game - I occasionally found actually *finding* the enemies in a level a bit annoying; I wished the game would have been a tiny bit longer, maybe with some less complex and intense levels in between the last levels; and if you are prone to motion sickness this game is probably going to be very bad for you; but that is about it in terms of issues I had with the game. One thing I really liked is that the tougher enemies that the game introduces aren't just harder to kill for the sake of making the game harder to beat, they actually change how you have to think about the level and where to move your bullet to, and for me, they added more fun and didn't feel frustrating to beat which is a first for me because I usually think it's really annoying if an enemy has an amor set or a shield, just so that it takes longer to beat them. Children of the Sun isn't really the type of genre I am usually into, so for me personally it probably won't be a game that I would list along my favourite games, or anything like that, but it's still one I had a lot of fun with, and one I would absolutely recommend other people to also play!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Children of the Sun is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

Children of the Sun is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.

Children of the Sun received 1,613 positive votes out of a total of 1,723 achieving a rating of 8.90.

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Children of the Sun was developed by René Rother and published by Devolver Digital.

Children of the Sun is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Children of the Sun is not playable on MacOS.

Children of the Sun is not playable on Linux.

Children of the Sun is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Children of the Sun. Explore additional content available for Children of the Sun on Steam.

Children of the Sun does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Children of the Sun does not support Steam Remote Play.

Children of the Sun is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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