9 Years of Shadows

Name: 9 Years of Shadows
Rating: 6 (3286 reviews)

Developer: Halberd Studios

Publisher: Freedom Games

Mar 27, 2023

Visual

pixel
side scroll

Structure

ability gated
exploration
boss gated
fast travel
discrete levels
linear

Combat

combo combat
contact damage

Features

companion combat
equipment

Themes

fantasy

Summary

Fight to bring beautiful colors back to a hand-crafted world of darkness and discover the story of Europa, a young warrior, and her ghostly childhood companion, Apino.

Last updated August 17, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Steam
Nintendo
- Switch
PlayStation
- PS4
Xbox
- Series X|S
- One

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- boss gated
- companion combat
- fantasy
- discrete levels
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- Differences
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- boss gated
- equipment
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- discrete levels
- linear
- Differences
- Demo Available
- action
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- exploration
- pixel
- side scroll
- boss gated
- fast travel
- fantasy
- linear
- Differences
- interconnected map
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- Has Hub
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- Similarities
- pixel
- side scroll
- boss gated
- contact damage
- discrete levels
- linear
- Differences
- action
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- side scroll
- fast travel
- contact damage
- companion combat
- equipment
- fantasy
- Differences
- interconnected map
- hand drawn
- Semi-Linear
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- Similarities
- ability gated
- pixel
- side scroll
- boss gated
- discrete levels
- linear
- Differences
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18,428 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- side scroll
- boss gated
- fast travel
- companion combat
- equipment
- fantasy
- linear
- Differences
- interconnected map
- hand drawn
- difficulty options
- New Game+
- post apocalyptic
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- Souls-like
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- side scroll
- combo combat
- fantasy
- discrete levels
- linear
- Differences
- action
- Ranged Combat
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- ability gated
- exploration
- pixel
- side scroll
- fast travel
- combo combat
- equipment
- fantasy
- Differences
- Demo Available
- interconnected map
- non linear
- action
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90%

Very Positive

1,516 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- pixel
- side scroll
- boss gated
- fast travel
- contact damage
- equipment
- fantasy
- Differences
- interconnected map
- non linear
- multiple characters
- post apocalyptic

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