Indie

Children of the Sun

92% positive of 2,026 Steam reviews

To finish: 4 h
To 100%: 5 h
Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by René Rother. Published by Devolver Digital.

About the game

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.

Tagged by players

Real Time Tactics
Assassins
Psychedelic
Sniper
Third-Person Shooter
Strategy
Shooter
Arcade
Action
Stylized
Puzzle
Female Protagonist

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Indie

Children of the Sun

92% positive of 2,026 Steam reviews

View on Steam

To finish: 4 h
To 100%: 5 h
Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by René Rother. Published by Devolver Digital.

About the game

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.

Tagged by players

Real Time Tactics
Assassins
Psychedelic
Sniper
Third-Person Shooter
Strategy
Shooter
Arcade
Action
Stylized
Puzzle
Female Protagonist

What players say

Recommended
I am giving Children of the Sun a cautious recommendation, but it comes with its caveats - spoilers for game mechanics and such ahead. It's a short puzzle-like game where you have to shoot all targets in a level to complete it. To do so, you can move around a fixed path (which reminded me of Killer 7, great game) to find the perfect angle, then shoot. After you hit a target, you can redirect the bullet to a…
2.7 h played when written. 9 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Neat and fun! A good few hours. This is a very stylish and weird game. You are from a weird holy-psychic evil cult, and after events unfolded, you have one simple mission: KILL THEM. There is a little lore, but it never gets much deeper than that. You're the anti-cultist, and you're killin' you some naughty cultists. But there's a twist. You have one gun, and one bullet, and with your psychic powers, you have to…
2.6 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
the game is 2 hours long and 45 minutes of that will be spent playing a level that spits on every cool thing the game does in favor of bashing your head against a wall until you find the exact angle and order of kills the game expects of you, with no real clear indicator of what that order is, and also several kills on moving targets that require you to get your timing perfect as well. But none of that in a fun way.…
2.3 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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