Xbox Game Pass adds hand-drawn platformer Nine Sols today
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Nine Sols joins Xbox Game Pass today, taking subscribers on a platforming adventure through its beautiful hand-drawn Taopunk world to defeat the Nine Sols.
Published 26 Nov 2024
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Subscribers can dive into the Nine Sols achievements on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC soon, as the 2D action-platforming game Nine Sols joins Xbox Game Pass today for Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers, leaving our list of upcoming Game Pass games.
Hand-drawn 2D platformer Nine Sols joins Xbox Game Pass today
- Developer: Red Candle Games
- Xbox Game Pass Tiers: Ultimate and PC
- Genre: Action-platformer
Blending Eastern mythology, philosophy, and cyberpunk themes, Red Candle Games has created a "Taopunk" world to explore in Nine Sols. Playing as Yi, you must traverse the forsaken world of New Kunlun via 2D platforming in search of its nine rulers, the Sols. It's an action-packed adventure too, equipping you with skills to charge, deflect, and strike your enemies in combat inspired by games like Sekiro and Hollow Knight.
Red Candle Games describes Nine Sols as a game that "blends the philosophical depth of Eastern traditions, the richness of mythology, and the futuristic edge of cyberpunk." On the combat side, it's a "deflection-heavy 2D action game" that parrying fans will feel right at home playing.
If you've been exploring the unforgiving world of Stalker 2 — which we loved in our Stalker 2 review — Nine Sols could be a wonderful change of pace to take the edge off. Sure, it's a fast-paced action-platformer, but that art style is beautiful, and worlds apart from The Zone's gritty atmosphere.
If you're looking for other worlds to jump, slide, climb, and sprint through, check out our list of the best Xbox platformers.
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Written by Tom West
Tom has been playing video games since he was old enough to hold a controller, experimenting with a number of systems until he eventually fell in love with Xbox. With a passion for the platform, he decided to make a career out of it, and now happily spends his days writing about that which he loves. If he’s not hunting for Xbox achievements, you’ll likely find him somewhere in The Elder Scrolls Online or fighting for survival in Battlefield.