Children of the Sun is an indie developed by René Rother, released 9 April 2024 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Children of the Sun is
Children of the Sun is an indie game developed by René Rother and released in 2024. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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. In this tactical third-person puzzle-shooter you assume control of one bullet, guiding it through increasingly complex and challenging levels to kill cultists, trigger traps, and reshape the environment. Every shot counts and ruthless precision is rewarded. Taking down the cult is deeply satisfying; doing it with style even more so.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 21 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Children of the Sun holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2500k / AMD FX-4350, 8 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon R9 270X. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Children of the Sun launched on 9 April 2024, within three weeks of Stellar Blade, Dragon's Dogma II, Minishoot' Adventures and Rise of the Ronin. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Stellar Blade, Dragon's Dogma II, Minishoot' Adventures, Rise of the Ronin.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Children of the Sun yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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