Imp of the Sun is an adventure developed by Sunwolf Entertainment, released 24 March 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Imp of the Sun is
Imp of the Sun is an adventure game developed by Sunwolf Entertainment and released in 2022. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Stolen by the Four Keepers centuries ago and hidden in the distant corners of the Empire, life cannot go on without the Sun’s power. With its dying spark the Sun creates Nin, sending him on an adventure to bring back the light and restore balance to the Empire.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Imp of the Sun holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 11 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Imp of the Sun launched on 24 March 2022, within three weeks of Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and Gran Turismo 7. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Gran Turismo 7.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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