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Nine Sols (2024)

Red Candle Games

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

4.24 from 229 ratings

965 members have it in their collection · 45 playing now · 424 backlogged · 223 wish listed

How long? Main story 17h · with extras 29h · 100% 27h (from 27 logged playthroughs)

Nine Sols is a hand-drawn 2D action-platformer set in a science fiction world influenced by Asian fantasy and Taoist imagery. The game follows a vengeful protagonist on a quest to defeat the nine Sols, the rulers of a ruined realm once inhabited by an ancient alien civilization. Gameplay focuses on exploration, story progression, and combat built around timed deflection mechanics.
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Details

Developers
Red Candle Games
Publishers
Red Candle Games
Genres
Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie, Platform
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Science fiction
Events
Gamescom Asia Primetime 2024, Taipei Game Show 2024
Steam
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Release dates

  • May 29, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 26, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
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Rating distribution

5 stars
114
4 stars
75
3 stars
24
2 stars
14
1 star
2
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killerstar

Status killerstar Jan 11, 2025

Ji was such a great boss, probably my favourite right along Lady Ethereal. I love the mechanic of choosing the attack. Very neat, fast and challenging fight. I love being able to stay in the air with a combination of double jumps, parrying the barrage of throwing knives and exploding talismans.

Now starting Eigong and fuck, it's hard. I don't …

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Ji was such a great boss, probably my favourite right along Lady Ethereal. I love the mechanic of choosing the attack. Very neat, fast and challenging fight. I love being able to stay in the air with a combination of double jumps, parrying the barrage of throwing knives and exploding talismans.

Now starting Eigong and fuck, it's hard. I don't like that you don't seem to be able to parry her talisman attack even with the unbounded counter. A bit inconsistent. The timing of the attacks also feel weird. There's something different in her animation or her sprites that is tripping me up.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jan 10, 2025

Game design idea: if you finish a boss phase without taking damage, the boss drops a unique item. After collecting some number of those items, you can put them on a pedestal at the entrance of the arena to skip that phase entirely.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jan 9, 2025

Now we're talking.

Jiequan was pretty fun. He's got a bunch of different attacks necessitating a variety of counters.

And now I'm with Lady Ethereal, which is awesome. I love the dance and how it rewards perfect parries. Each attack has it's own rhythm but they all work. I also love the setting and the character. It's a strong departure …

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Now we're talking.

Jiequan was pretty fun. He's got a bunch of different attacks necessitating a variety of counters.

And now I'm with Lady Ethereal, which is awesome. I love the dance and how it rewards perfect parries. Each attack has it's own rhythm but they all work. I also love the setting and the character. It's a strong departure from the rest of the game, but it works. It's so lovely and also so dark and terrifying.

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Bluespade

Status Bluespade Jan 8, 2025

After like 8 hours, I beat the final boss! What an incredible, beautiful game. 8 hours fighting one single boss, and I had FUN the whole time. It never got frustrating, and I've never been that kind of player. Beating Melania and the final boss of Elden Ring dlc were mostly chores to me, but this was actually a blast. …

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After like 8 hours, I beat the final boss! What an incredible, beautiful game. 8 hours fighting one single boss, and I had FUN the whole time. It never got frustrating, and I've never been that kind of player. Beating Melania and the final boss of Elden Ring dlc were mostly chores to me, but this was actually a blast. I think I legitimately like the combat better than Sekiro... which I think is my favorite game from Fromsoft, my favorite studio. That doesn't mean I like this game more than Sekiro overall, though... I actually might? I need to think on that. This would definitely have been my Gane of the Year if I'd finished it on time. I can't wait to see where Red Candle continues to go from here.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jan 8, 2025

Yey! Fast travel 🎉

Although I can't understand why can't I travel between nodes. Instead I need to travel to the central node and then to another node from there. Which is the same in practice and gameplay terms, but with one more loading screen.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jan 7, 2025

This character was tailor-made for the furries with a mind control kink that played this game. They're both having a field day.

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Bluespade

Status Bluespade Jan 6, 2025

Man, what a game. I've hit the final boss (no spoilers) and I'm gonna put it down for right now because I don't want to spend the rest of the day learning to beat it, lol. But I rated Nine Sols at number 7 of my Game of the Year ranking just like a week ago. Already, without seeing the …

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Man, what a game. I've hit the final boss (no spoilers) and I'm gonna put it down for right now because I don't want to spend the rest of the day learning to beat it, lol. But I rated Nine Sols at number 7 of my Game of the Year ranking just like a week ago. Already, without seeing the full ending, I could easily bump it up to at least number 3. Also looking forward to the boss rush mode after I beat it, and that's something I usually don't care about.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jan 6, 2025

@BMO, how did you beat this boss?

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I had to use a controller with back buttons and map the X to the left one. Otherwise, how can you charge the heavy attack while also jumping, blocking or dashing?

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jan 4, 2025

And sometimes the game is fucking awesome. Killing the boss with just a sliver of health, parrying every attack.

So satisfying.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jan 4, 2025

This game is brutal. Every small mistake is a death sentence thanks to high damage, knockback and no iframes after damage. So if there's more than one or two enemies, you're in trouble. And if there are falling platofrms and environmental damage, then it's time to eat shit.

But I still like the overall feel of the combat. The parry …

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This game is brutal. Every small mistake is a death sentence thanks to high damage, knockback and no iframes after damage. So if there's more than one or two enemies, you're in trouble. And if there are falling platofrms and environmental damage, then it's time to eat shit.

But I still like the overall feel of the combat. The parry window feels rather generous, and the dance of parry to load on energy and then use the that energy feels good.

What I really don't like is the need to kill the enemy that killed you to get your shmeos back. It's a very annoying and mean-spirited ramp up of the usual reinforcement loop of failure. If you die, it's likely that a new tough enemy killed you, or it was in a dangerous area with many enemies. So it's very likely that you will die again before killing the enemy. At least other systems have some leeway in that you can run there and secure your stuff before trying to deal with the enemies; not here. This system also ensures that the best strategy if you're very low on health is to just kill yourself vie environmental damage to ensure an easier corpse run.

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Bluespade

Status Bluespade Jan 1, 2025

Lol, of course I get the double jump RIGHT after the boss it would have been most helpful for. Kinda wish all the modern metroidvanias would stop holding back double jump til late game.

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Bluespade

Status Bluespade Jan 1, 2025

The Lady Ethereal boss was absolutely insane. I think it took me an hour and a half of trying, usually in 1 to 2 minute intervals. Really amazing fight though, a lot of fun despite it's difficulty. And the visuals and music were great, really reminded me of Madoka Magica.

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DucksOnQuack

Status DucksOnQuack Jan 1, 2025

First game I beat in the new Yi-r that is 2025. I didn't know there was a true ending for this. I was wondering where the third phase was and I felt robbed.

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