Developer and writer Pink Candle Video games has revealed that Metroidvania motion platformer 9 Sols has reached an enormous gross sales milestone, with the sport additionally celebrating its first anniversary.
Launched on Might twenty ninth final yr, 9 Sols has, based on a Steam submit, reached 800,000 copies since its launch. That quantity counts throughout all platforms, too, so it contains not solely the sport’s preliminary PC launch, but additionally November’s console ports.
Pink Candle additionally features a timeline of 9 Sols’ achievements within the submit, revealing that by the six-week mark, the sport had reached 6,000 Steam critiques and earned itself an Overwhelmingly Optimistic score (which, throughout all critiques, it nonetheless holds at time of writing).
For those who’re not accustomed to 9 Sols, it is a 2D motion platformer with heavy Metroidvania components created by Taiwanese studio Pink Candle Video games, finest recognized for controversial horror journey recreation Devotion.
The sport revolves round Yi, who should search out the titular 9 Sols as a way to take their Sol Seals. His true motivations are unclear on the outset of the sport, however change into clearer because the plot progresses.
Yi additionally befriends a younger human baby by the title of Shuanshuan at the beginning of 9 Sols, and it is his relationship with Shuanshuan that informs his character improvement and divulges extra in regards to the world through which the sport takes place.
Whereas 9 Sols is a Metroidvania, which may not be one of the best angle with which to strategy it; you’ll be able to consider it extra as a semi-linear platformer that takes affect from Sekiro than as a Hole Knight-style sprawling and interconnected expertise.
If you would like to present 9 Sols a go (and I might suggest you accomplish that), you’ll be able to test it out proper now on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Swap. It is effectively price your time.
