9 Years of Shadows (2023)

Halberd Studios

Android · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · iOS

2.98 from 45 ratings

503 members have it in their collection · 3 playing now · 312 backlogged · 56 wish listed

How long? Main story 20h · with extras 18h · 100% 12h (from 5 logged playthroughs)

9 Years of Shadows is an emotionally-driven Metroidvania, enhanced by healing music that tells the story of Europa, a young woman of noble birth tasked with ending the curse that plagues her people and restoring color to all lands.
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Release dates

  • Mar 27, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 09, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
  • Nov 21, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Android, iOS
  • Jul 31, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S

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Community All Reviews Statuses

shinespark

Status shinespark Oct 8, 2022

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Checked out the demo for this, it's a Symphony of the Night clone with colorful art direction and some Mega Man X influence. The upgrades on offer were incredibly rote (double jump, charged attack), and a number of visual and input bugs made the demo feel quite unfinished, but I did really enjoy jump cancelling the traditional Alucard backdash to …

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Checked out the demo for this, it's a Symphony of the Night clone with colorful art direction and some Mega Man X influence. The upgrades on offer were incredibly rote (double jump, charged attack), and a number of visual and input bugs made the demo feel quite unfinished, but I did really enjoy jump cancelling the traditional Alucard backdash to zoom backwards across rooms at nonsense speed.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Aug 28, 2022

Me 20 seconds into the trailer: Oh 🤩, nice anime opening, kind of Saint Seiya meets Sailor Moon, I'm intrigued.
Me 35 seconds into the trails: Oh 😕, a 2D metroidvania with retro pixel art graphics..

I hate when games do this...

BTW, something I noticed about myself is that I a sucker for a good "magical girl" transformation sequence. …

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Me 20 seconds into the trailer: Oh 🤩, nice anime opening, kind of Saint Seiya meets Sailor Moon, I'm intrigued.
Me 35 seconds into the trails: Oh 😕, a 2D metroidvania with retro pixel art graphics..

I hate when games do this...

BTW, something I noticed about myself is that I a sucker for a good "magical girl" transformation sequence. That was a big part of why I liked Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth (known in Latinamerica as "Las guerreras mágicas"), Cyber Team in Akihabara, and my favourite part of Senran Kagura :P

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