Children of the Sun (2024)

Burning with anger, The girl wages a one-woman war against the cult, taking them down cultist by cultist, bullet by bullet, until she reaches her true target: the leader. Along the way she will unravel the dark truth about this mysterious order and the atrocities committed by them in the name of their master.

Shooter Puzzle Strategy Indie ActionPC (Microsoft Windows)

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Grave, contemporary, plot-driven and unpretentious.

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character-ledplot-driven
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VG247Kelsey RaynorApr 20245/5 stars
Children of the Sun is a short but special game that is definitely bang for your buck.
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Game InformerDiego Nicolás ArgüelloApr 20249/10
Children of the Sun is a prime example of an experience born from a straightforward premise and then iterated for the right amount of time before it loses its charm. On occasion, the central mechanic can't keep up with itself – I missed more than a few finicky shots that should have landed, forcing a retry. But once you successfully execute a strategy and finish a level, the satisfaction is unmatched. You then seek to replicate the feeling during subsequent hunts, completely alienated from the messiness of your actions as you chase a higher score.
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Hardcore GamerJordan HelmApr 20244.5/5
While many will feel it's one or two chapters short of a truly fleshed-out and fully-realized vision, Children of the Sun's short but lavish flair for the hyper-violent is one of both visual and audible delight throughout. With what might be one of the most interesting and quick-to-convince takes on shooter mechanics in many a year, developer Rene Rother's knack for the look and feel of such an onslaught allows both art-style and gameplay alike to boldly glisten. As divisive the in-game graphics and general presentation might wind up being. But it's in no small part thanks to composer Aidan Baker's treatment of sound on top that only emboldens Rother's vision more so as one of both depth and replayability. An easy-to-understand pitch that comes with just as easy a recommendation, Children of the Sun is a blistering but brilliant take on shooting as a puzzle to be solved.
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IGNLuke ReillyApr 20247/10
This slick and shrewd supernatural sniping game is packed with satisfying spatial problems to solve (and shoot), but it's not significantly satisfying after the first time around.
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PC GamerTom SykesApr 202471/100
A killer puzzle game that tests your skill and your patience.
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About the game

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Developer: René Rother
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Released: April 9, 2024
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person
Engine: Unity
Time to beat: 4 h rushed · 5 h main story · 5 h completionist

IGDB rating 7.7/10 from 18 ratings.

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