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Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.

Nine Sols is a metroidvania, souls-like and difficult game developed and published by RedCandleGames.
Released on May 28th 2024 is available on Windows and MacOS in 14 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Spanish - Spain and Polish.

It has received 28,896 reviews of which 27,488 were positive and 1,408 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Nine Sols into these genres:

Metroidvania Souls-like Difficult Action 2D Platformer Hand-drawn Atmospheric Adventure Story Rich Cats Indie Gore Dark Fantasy Sci-fi Mythology Singleplayer Martial Arts Action-Adventure Comic Book

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64bit
  • Processor: AMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 15 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 10.13
  • Processor: M1 Air
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: M1
  • Storage: 15 GB available space

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March 2025
One of the greatest games I have ever played and the fact its an indie game blows my mind. Beautiful style with insanely fluent combat and a very compelling story. They hit it out of the park with this game and I am grateful I got to experience it. If you loved hollow knight, loved sekiro, or love difficult games with rewarding combat then this game is 10000% for you. Worth every penny so do yourself a favor and play!
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Feb. 2025
Nine Sols | Perfect Game Review (100% Completion at 35.0 Hours) I thought Nine Sols was a chill platformer—turns out it’s a rage-fueled masterpiece. Sekiro was my first souls game, and Hollow Knight was my introduction to Metroidvanias—so, naturally, Nine Sols was the next step. Like many others, I was drawn in by the brutal, fast-paced combat. I came for the satisfying parries, stayed for its gut-wrenching story of betrayal and sacrifice. Gameplay: Parrying feels downright divine, and the talisman detonation mechanic? Absolute perfection—blow enemies to bits and look cool doing it, until they return the favour (looking at you, Eigong) ★★★★★ Graphics: Gorgeous, haunting, and you’ll probably die trying to admire the scenery (The same thing can be said about Lady Ethereal…) ★★★★★ Sound: Beautiful music but the serene melodies are a trap; the clash of swords and your groans of failure are the real soundtrack ★★★★★ Story: A well-written but tragic tale of revenge, secrets, and god-like cats who need therapy just as much as you do after finishing this emotional rollercoaster ★★★★★ Replayability: Two endings and plenty of exploration, but sadly no “New Game Plus” or extra content ★★★☆☆ Final Thoughts: By the end, you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll probably smash a controller—but it’s all worth it. Would I recommend Nine Sols ? Only if you’re okay with a game that’s gorgeous, punishing, and completely worth the pain. Overall Rating: 9/10, but my controller disagrees.
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Dec. 2024
Listen, I play Dota 2. I play League of Legends. I'm a moba degen through and through. If I cant grind for hundreds of hours to get marginally better at a game and crush other players, I'm not interested. I don't often play games you're supposed to experience once and be done with it. Its just not my cup of tea, whether that's right or wrong. For some reason though I decided to give this game a chance. Hell, I was honestly thinking of refunding the game before the 2 hr mark and getting right back to Dota 2 queue. Please keep in mind all of what I just said, when I say that this game is so goddamn fire. Its just fucking great man. The first half is, I dunno... probably like a 8/10? Great quality, no doubt, but probably not worth the price tag. But the second half, and particularly the last quarter of the game just comes in swinging so, SO hard. It just builds so flawlessly (and MAN the final boss is probably my single favorite boss in any game now. Just... oml its so good). Def bumps the game up to a 9/10 for me. The combat is awesome, probably just below Sekiro in terms of quality? All of the bosses are good, and hard. You won't be first trying anything, to say the least. The game becomes fluid once you get a hold of things, as well as satisfying. Learning boss/enemy patterns feels wonderful. Visuals are on point, some 3D elements mixed in that look great, otherwise everything is hand drawn, with manga panel type things every now and then. Uh, pretty gruesome/dark at times, like some really crazy parts, nothing the average person can't stomach tho, but maybe you like that. Idk. Overall plot/story/world is easy to get immersed in, well designed, and interesting, things make much more sense once you have all the information. Exploration is rewarded heavily (I imagine the game is very hard with limited exploration) and fun due to all the little secrets hidden. Level design is excellent, everything is interconnected and makes you use your noggin to get around. Characters are lovable/hate-able and vibrant, and ngl I cried towards the end for some alien cat things which I didn't expect. I really just can't get enough of it, wish there was a sequel/dlc. And just to clarify, you WILL be getting your ass beat during the entire course of this game. Like, hours on a single boss/area level of ass beating. You are warned. This is all just a long winded way of saying that if a moba degen is bothering to write a review about how good this Metroidvania, action platforming, story rich, 2D game about alien cat things is, YOU NEED TO PLAY IT!
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Nov. 2024
Hollow Knight and Sekiro made love and this was the outcome. Definitely the best indie game of the year. If you enjoy metroidvanias, parry based combat, and difficulty this is the game you have been looking for. Lady Ethereal took me into deep waters and drowned me into submission.
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Nov. 2024
The biggest snub in Indie Game of the Year. One of the best games OVERALL for 2024. The fact it wasn't Indie GOTY or GOTY is disrespectful. 10/10, one of the most beautiful games I have ever played.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Nine Sols is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

Nine Sols is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.

Nine Sols received 27,488 positive votes out of a total of 28,896 achieving an impressive rating of 9.31.
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Nine Sols was developed and published by RedCandleGames.

Nine Sols is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Nine Sols is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Nine Sols is not playable on Linux.

Nine Sols is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Nine Sols. Explore additional content available for Nine Sols on Steam.

Nine Sols does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Nine Sols does not support Steam Remote Play.

Nine Sols 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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