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9 Years of Shadows

by Halberd Studios

  • Released Mar 27, 2023
  • $19.99
  • 7 h to beat
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X|S

77%positive reviews

2,608 positive801 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Gorgeous pixel art and music

  • Solid metroidvania fun

Cons

  • Tedious boss fights

  • Little sequence breaking or backtracking

Mixed

  • Some call it a pretty solid metroidvania, others say it is not a good one

Media

Gameplay Trailer (YouTube)Kickstarter Trailer (YouTube)Gameplay Trailer (YouTube)Trailer (YouTube)Announcement Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

OS: Windows 10

Processor: Intel Core i3-9100F

Memory: 8 GB RAM

Graphics: GT 730

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9 Years of Shadows is an emotionally-driven Metroidvania, enhanced by healing music that tells the story of Europa, a young woman of noble birth tasked with ending the curse that plagues her people and restoring color to all lands.

A fateful night of sorrow and ancient magic changed the life of a…

Ratings

  • 62IGDB players18 ratings
  • 62Overall18 scores

Time to beat

  • 7 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 10 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 10 hCompletionist100%

Details

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Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English
Chinese (Simplified)
French
German
Japanese
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Spanish (Mexico)

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