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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

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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

User reviews & Ratings

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Dec. 2025

Beastly TL;DR: A masterpiece that unfortunately isn't for everyone due to brutal themes and a truly unhinged difficulty spike. Nine Sols felt custom-built for my tastes, and is probably my favorite game that I played in 2025. The hand-drawn art style, music, story, and gameplay are all phenomenally impressive, especially considering that the studio that produced it has never made a game in this genre before. Despite all that, I would only recommend this amazing game to a small subset of gamers. You are Yi, a small cat-like humanoid who wakes unexpectedly among a colony of humans untold years after his murder. Found in a cave by a young orphan, Yi has spent the last two years among the apemen, and clearly knows more than he is sharing. As things grow terribly grim at a biennial festival, Yi springs into action, beginning a quest for revenge and justice. I enjoyed the story, and won't spoil it, but it's a science-fiction slow burn that gives its characters space to grow, and presents real consequences for the few decisions you're able to make as a player. The gameplay is a unique blend of standard search-action (Metroidvania) exploration and completely novel melee combat that most closely resembles that of Sekiro , but with important differences. Like that famously difficult From Software title, the focus here is on parrying enemies’ attacks (blocking just as an attack lands) and countering, but because there is no stamina bar to break and due to bosses leaving so few openings, the action tends to be much more reactive, focusing almost exclusively on parrying and countering instead of keeping offensive pressure on the bosses. There is a skill tree and a swappable bonus system like in Hollow Knight , so there are opportunities for different builds, but they are all going to be centered around Yi’s parrying mechanic, which builds Qi as he successfully defends, then lets you spend Qi to plant damaging taliamans on your enemy. I could not be more into this system, but I can't see anyone who absolutely hates parrying enjoying this game. The other, even bigger hurdle to enjoyment of this game is the difficulty. There are a few parts, typically at boss fights, where the difficulty can suddenly get much higher. That's true of many games, and to be expected for a game that emulates Sekiro, but overall I thought the difficulty was really well-balanced; challenging, and requiring some practice on bosses, but it struck me as more approachable than its inspiration. Then I got to the final boss. At the time of writing I am 47 years old, and have been enamored of videogames since my father brought home a new Atari 2600 in the early 1980s. Sekiro is one of my favorite titles of all time, and I completed its insanely hard Mortal Journey boss gauntlet, as well as many difficult action challenges in other games over the decades. This is all to put it into perspective when I say that the final boss of this game is insanely difficult, and a massive spike in difficulty over even the second-hardest boss. I spent multiple hours a day over three days banging my head against that final wall: learning moves, developing counters, searching for opportunities to sneak in just a little more damage. In the end beating them felt like a massive accomplishment, but even I felt the sudden and profound change to be a bit cruel. I knew it would mean that I couldn't freely recommend this game to any but the most dedicated of action fans. There is a Story Mode difficulty that can be swapped to at any time, but if you like playing things at the developer-intended challenge level you are in for a punishing end with Nine Sols. I deeply enjoyed Nine Sols, and if you love those tough-as-nails fights where you immediately know why you died, and the rush of exhilaration that comes with conquering a difficult challenge, this game may well become one of your new favorites too. For anyone who either isn’t into mastering the parry timing of enemies, or who gets frustrated when attempting a boss over and over, this title is probably not going to be appropriate. That qualification is unfortunate, because this game is a legitimate work of art, and I’d love for it to find a broader audience.

Oct. 2025

My Nine Sols experience: Reach boss Die a lot Learn parry timing Finally reach phase 2 Die even more Punch monitor (Optional) Learn parry timing Realize boss has a phase 3 Punch monitor (Not optional) Learn parry timing Win Dopamine released Repeat cycle 10/10 gameplay loop, would break many more monitors.

Sept. 2025

parry enemy attack. parry projectile attack. parry unparry attack. parry your student loan. parry your love. parry your family. This game teach me how to parry everything in my life. Truly recommended!

Sept. 2025

First 40 hours - nice game with beautiful graphics and story, Last 10 hours - last boss

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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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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