Tonight at a glance
- Platforms
- Series X|S · PS4 · PC · PS5 · Mac · XONE +1
- Mode
- Single player
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- None
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- Action
- Fantasy
- Science fiction
- 2d
- metroidvania
- hand-drawn
- steam achievements
- steam cloud
- steam leaderboards
- soulslike
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
Production
- Players
- 86 / 100 · 88 players
- Critics
- 88 / 100 · 4 critics
- Developer
- Red Candle Games
- Publisher
- Red Candle Games
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
