Nine Sols
- Developer
- Red Candle Games
- Publisher
- Red Candle Games
- Released
- 29 May 2024
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £24.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, macOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: platform , hack and slash beat em up , adventure , indie
Nine Sols is a hand-drawn 2D action-platformer set in a science fiction world influenced by Asian fantasy and Taoist imagery. The game follows a vengeful protagonist on a quest to defeat the nine Sols, the rulers of a ruined realm once inhabited by an ancient alien civilization. Gameplay focuses on exploration, story progression, and combat built around timed deflection mechanics.
Best gaming PC for Nine Sols in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Nine Sols today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Red Candle Games on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64bit | Windows 10 64bit |
| CPU | AMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460 | AMD Ryzen 3 | Intel i5 Skylake |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370 | Nvidia GTX 970 | AMD RX 570 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 15 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Nine Sols?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD Ryzen 3 | Intel i5 Skylake and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GTX 970 | AMD RX 570, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.