{"id":445145,"date":"2025-11-08T17:11:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/devotion-developer-red-candle-games-reveals-2d-action-platformer-nine-sols\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T17:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:11:42","slug":"devotion-developer-red-candle-games-reveals-2d-action-platformer-nine-sols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/devotion-developer-red-candle-games-reveals-2d-action-platformer-nine-sols\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Developer Red Candle Games Reveals 2D Action Platformer, Nine Sols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/devotion-developer-red-candle-games-reveals-2d-action-platformer-nine-sols.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Red Candle Games is the team behind well-received horror games Devotion and Detention, but it teased a seemingly less spooky new project in March. The studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/03\/20\/are-the-devotion-creators-working-on-an-action-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released a brief clip<\/a> of a 2D action game labeled as a work in progress, and today we have a title and a hint at what the adventure\u00a0entails.<\/p>\n<p>The game is called Nine Sols, and Red Candle Games describes it on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redcandlegames\/status\/1471374534028767232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> as a \u201chand-drawn 2D action platformer with Sekiro-inspired deflection-focused combat.\u201d The game stars a vengeful hero on a journey to kill nine\u00a0rulers, called\u00a0Sols, of a forgotten realm inspired by Asian fantasy. This world was also home to an ancient alien race. The official art posted below reveals the protagonist\u2019s cat-like appearance\u00a0(which was obscured by a hat in the demo clip).<\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-center\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/devotion-developer-red-candle-games-reveals-2d-action-platformer-nine-sols-1.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/article>\n<p>Nine Sols doesn\u2019t have a release window or announced platforms, so it\u2019s probably a ways off. Still, given the quality of Red Candle Games&#8217;\u00a0horror titles, it\u2019s exciting to see the team tackle something outside of what&#8217;s become their usual wheelhouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, check out our review of Red Candle Games&#8217;\u00a0most recent release, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/review\/devotion\/devotion-review-an-exceptional-and-frightening-homecoming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devotion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/12\/16\/devotion-developer-red-candle-games-reveals-2d-action-platformer-nine-sols\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Candle Games is the team behind well-received horror games Devotion and Detention, but it teased a seemingly less spooky new project in March. The studio released a brief clip of a 2D action game labeled as a work in progress, and today we have a title and a hint at what the adventure\u00a0entails. The game is called Nine Sols, and Red Candle Games describes it on Twitter as a \u201chand-drawn 2D action platformer with Sekiro-inspired deflection-focused combat.\u201d The game stars a vengeful hero on a journey to kill nine\u00a0rulers, called\u00a0Sols, of a forgotten realm inspired by Asian fantasy. This world was also home to an ancient alien race. The official art posted below reveals the protagonist\u2019s cat-like appearance\u00a0(which was obscured by a hat in&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/devotion-developer-red-candle-games-reveals-2d-action-platformer-nine-sols\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":445146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Devotion Developer Red Candle Games Reveals 2D Action Platformer, Nine Sols | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Red Candle Games is the team behind well-received horror games Devotion and Detention, but it teased a seemingly less spooky new project in March. 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