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Nine Sols

94% positive of 40,528 Steam reviews

To finish: 19 h
To 100%: 33 h
Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by RedCandleGames.

About the game

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.

Tagged by players

Metroidvania
Souls-like
Difficult
Cats
Martial Arts
Mythology
Hand-drawn
Platformer
Dark Fantasy
Comic Book
Sci-fi
Story Rich

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Overwhelmingly Positive

What players say

Recommended
peak sols for a reason. extremely tight design and i would say that the length is perfect too. linux had some issues getting my controller to work but it was quickly fixed after a quick protonDB search.
64 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Wonderful game! This is my first Metroidvania game. I never touched a Metroidvania before because I don't like contact damage. However, when I found out that this game doesn't have contact damage, I decided to give it a try, and I'm so glad I did! I enjoyed it so much that I fell in love with the game. It's just like how *Lies of P* made me fall in love with Soulslike games. Now, I'm thinking I should give other…
42 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
its an okish 5/10 game brought down by some poor-ish game design, meant to be challenging but ultimately just pads the games difficulty. Add this to randomly unresponsive controls, and odd button mapping, I don't think it's a bad game but it's not one I can recommend. To break down what I mean about, Hit boxes are awful in this game, the hit box of attacks are larger than some of the attacks, the hit box on your…
31 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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