Nine Sols

Nine Sols
Developer(s)Red Candle Games
Publisher(s)Red Candle Games
Director(s)Shih-Wei Yang
Producer(s)Shih-Wei Yang
Artist(s)
  • Hans Chen
  • Pege Ho
Composer(s)
  • FFXX
  • Im Baek Hun
  • Troy Lin
  • Shih-Wei Yang
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows, macOS
  • WW: May 29, 2024
Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X/S
  • WW: November 26, 2024
Genre(s)Action, platform, Metroidvania
Mode(s)Single-player

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." In gameplay, combat emphasizes the player deflecting attacks from enemies to build up energy to perform special attacks. It features a hand-drawn animation style. The game was released on Microsoft Windows and macOS on May 29, 2024, which was followed by home console ports on November 26. On the same day, a major patch was released, introducing a boss rush style gamemode called "battle memories".