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Nine Sols

RedCandleGames · 2024-05-28

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 26, 2024 (Xbox One), Nov 26, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 26, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 26, 2024 (PlayStation 4), May 29, 2024 (Mac), Nov 26, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

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 an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2024, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 45664 reviews).

602
playing now
94%
positive of 46k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72
twitch viewers (latest)
3.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
88/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (88 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (22k downloads)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (10,935 ratings)
86/100
opencritic · mighty · 94% recommend · from 53 critics
26h
to beat · rushed 19h · completionist 33h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

602 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Nine Sols is a 2024 action-platform game developed and published by Red Candle Games. The game is set in an Asian fantasy-inspired futuristic world which Red Candle Games describes as "taopunk", a combination of Taoism and cyberpunk, stating that they “had a clear goal of combining Taoism with cyberpunk, melding sci-fi elements with Eastern mythology." The game features its own hand-drawn animation style, and was released on Microsoft Windows and macOS on May 29, 2024, followed by home console ports on November 26. On the same day, a major patch was released, introducing a boss rush style game mode called "battle memories".

Trailer

Nine Sols trailer thumbnail

Nine Sols Official Release Date Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 602 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,369 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~921/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 926k–2.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 46,317 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-05-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 6 of 20 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.8k4.8k20242026Week of 2024-05-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4,846 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,212 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,329 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,036 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,222 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,646 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,096 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,104 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 891 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,088 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,748 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,161 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,221 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 878 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,488 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 997 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,285 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 732 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k2892026-09-15 12:00 — 491 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 623 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 412 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 624 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 906 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 470 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 373 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 653 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 479 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 552 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 622 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 441 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 339 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 980 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,071 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 703 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,261 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,033 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 838 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,310 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,327 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 759 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 602 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.3k385Jun 2024Aug 2026Jun 2024 — avg 2,325 · peak 6,493Jul 2024 — avg 998 · peak 1,801Aug 2024 — avg 802 · peak 1,478Sep 2024 — avg 1,347 · peak 3,386Oct 2024 — avg 776 · peak 1,598Nov 2024 — avg 847 · peak 2,427Dec 2024 — avg 1,640 · peak 3,168Jan 2025 — avg 1,452 · peak 3,359Feb 2025 — avg 744 · peak 1,361Mar 2025 — avg 822 · peak 1,880Apr 2025 — avg 617 · peak 1,099May 2025 — avg 1,441 · peak 4,214Jun 2025 — avg 814 · peak 1,818Jul 2025 — avg 890 · peak 1,787Aug 2025 — avg 534 · peak 928Sep 2025 — avg 385 · peak 1,204Oct 2025 — avg 975 · peak 2,611Nov 2025 — avg 633 · peak 1,482Dec 2025 — avg 782 · peak 1,647Jan 2026 — avg 920 · peak 1,825Feb 2026 — avg 592 · peak 1,012Mar 2026 — avg 614 · peak 1,419Apr 2026 — avg 569 · peak 1,093May 2026 — avg 1,507 · peak 4,436Jun 2026 — avg 961 · peak 1,820Jul 2026 — avg 1,165 · peak 2,085Aug 2026 — avg 829 · peak 1,688
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
56562026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 50 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 12 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 14 new positive2026-09-24: 14 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 16 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 15 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 26 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 19 new positive2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 22 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 32 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 34 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 56 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-07: 51 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 31 new positive2026-10-09: 33 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 32 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new negative2026-10-11: 29 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 35 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 20 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 29 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$11.992024-05-292026-10-142024-05-29 — best price $26.992024-07-09 — best price $29.992024-09-09 — best price $29.992024-11-04 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $20.992024-12-20 — best price $20.992025-03-13 — best price $20.992025-05-05 — best price $17.992025-06-20 — best price $20.992025-06-27 — best price $19.492025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $17.992025-12-18 — best price $17.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-05-11 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-24 — best price $14.992026-08-26 — best price $29.992026-09-09 — best price $29.992026-09-23 — best price $29.992026-10-07 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5412182026-06-03 — 437 pageviews2026-06-07 — 478 pageviews2026-06-11 — 375 pageviews2026-06-15 — 354 pageviews2026-06-19 — 308 pageviews2026-06-23 — 319 pageviews2026-06-27 — 383 pageviews2026-07-01 — 341 pageviews2026-07-05 — 378 pageviews2026-07-09 — 324 pageviews2026-07-13 — 275 pageviews2026-07-17 — 320 pageviews2026-07-21 — 344 pageviews2026-07-25 — 388 pageviews2026-07-29 — 359 pageviews2026-08-02 — 323 pageviews2026-08-06 — 310 pageviews2026-08-10 — 340 pageviews2026-08-14 — 263 pageviews2026-08-18 — 291 pageviews2026-08-22 — 238 pageviews2026-08-26 — 302 pageviews2026-08-30 — 347 pageviews2026-09-03 — 273 pageviews2026-09-07 — 327 pageviews2026-09-11 — 279 pageviews2026-09-15 — 282 pageviews2026-09-19 — 244 pageviews2026-09-23 — 273 pageviews2026-09-27 — 313 pageviews2026-10-01 — 238 pageviews2026-10-05 — 295 pageviews2026-10-09 — 218 pageviews2026-10-12 — 251 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

67562026-09-30 22:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 157 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 244 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 157 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 72 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
83.4%
earned "My Revenge Starts Here"
26.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Italian…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-05-29, latest 2025-05-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,11515%35
PS5 (PlayStation)10,10021%36
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)8,6046%35
PS4 (PlayStation)1,83721%36
Switch (Nintendo)3800%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCatsGoreIndieActionSci-fiAdventureDifficultHand-drawnPlatformer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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