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Children of the Sun cover art

Children of the Sun

René Rother · Devolver Digital · 2024-04-09

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

On a deadly road trip into darkness, control the path of a single bullet and unleash a fury of vengeance on the sinister cult that ruined your life in this tactical puzzle-shooter.

4
playing now
93%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Children of the Sun is a 2024 action-puzzle video game developed by René Rother and published by Devolver Digital. In each level, the player character are tasked to eliminate all enemies using one sniper rifle bullet, but players can reaim the bullet each time after it strikes its target. The game was released for Windows in April 2024.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 248 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 46k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,286 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.40-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.04 at 2game (2025-11-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 47 of 84 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42042020242026Week of 2024-04-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-11 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.042024-04-092026-08-242024-04-09 — best price $12.792024-06-17 — best price $11.992024-07-12 — best price $14.992024-08-05 — best price $11.992024-09-09 — best price $10.232024-09-29 — best price $14.992024-10-26 — best price $14.992024-11-25 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $7.672025-01-16 — best price $14.992025-01-31 — best price $8.992025-02-14 — best price $8.992025-02-27 — best price $9.892025-03-19 — best price $8.992025-04-04 — best price $7.672025-04-18 — best price $7.492025-04-30 — best price $7.672025-05-29 — best price $7.492025-06-28 — best price $6.402025-07-24 — best price $7.492025-09-01 — best price $14.992025-09-15 — best price $14.992025-10-02 — best price $14.992025-10-24 — best price $7.492025-12-04 — best price $12.592026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-05 — best price $5.992026-03-05 — best price $5.992026-04-05 — best price $14.992026-04-23 — best price $5.992026-04-30 — best price $5.342026-05-05 — best price $5.342026-05-12 — best price $13.342026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-06-13 — best price $12.792026-07-21 — best price $14.992026-08-17 — best price $6.402026-08-24 — best price $6.40
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7472026-06-01 — 74 pageviews2026-06-04 — 30 pageviews2026-06-07 — 23 pageviews2026-06-10 — 26 pageviews2026-06-13 — 31 pageviews2026-06-16 — 24 pageviews2026-06-19 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 20 pageviews2026-06-25 — 21 pageviews2026-06-28 — 26 pageviews2026-07-01 — 23 pageviews2026-07-04 — 32 pageviews2026-07-07 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 19 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-19 — 32 pageviews2026-07-22 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 20 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 25 pageviews2026-08-09 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 21 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-18 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 11 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
95.2%
earned "A Vulture"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,76317%21

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DDarkIndieActionArcadePuzzleShooterAssassinStrategyStylized

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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