Nine Nights

Li Hui

About this game

Nine Nights is a hardcore action-adventure game meticulously crafted by an indie team. Tailored exclusively for core gamers pursuing high-difficulty challenges and pure operational fun, it aims to recreate console-level hardcore action experiences on mobile devices, breaking the homogenized dilemma of "stat crushing" in traditional mobile games.
1. Ultimate Pure Hardcore Gameplay Innovation, Reshaping Mobile Action Gaming Experience

The game abandons the growth model relying on stat stacking in traditional mobile games, returning the core fun to the operation itself. Every block requires precise anticipation of attack timings, every dodge is a matter of life and death. Core mechanisms such as combo chaining and timed counters have undergone thousands of adjustments to create a smooth and in-depth combat feel. This pure design of "no auto-battle, no stat crushing" blazes a unique path in the mobile action game track, accurately meeting the core demand of hardcore gamers for "victory determined by skills". It provides a highly challenging new option for users tired of casual quick-fix games.

2. Ingenious Audio-Visual and Narrative Design, Creating an Immersive Adventure Atmosphere

Visually, the team has fully upgraded the rendering pipeline, achieving an overall improvement in graphics quality. Exquisite scene details, imposing boss models, and smooth action animations jointly construct a grand and mysterious linear exploration world. Narratively, it adopts a linear main storyline mode, piecing together the complete worldview through fragmented clues and scene details. Every exploration by the player may unlock new skills, making the adventure process both challenging and story-driven. This design that combines technical optimization with narrative depth demonstrates the indie team's ultimate pursuit of game quality.

3. In-Depth Mobile-Optimized Experience, Balancing Hardcore and Usability

As a hardcore action game, the team has fully considered the operational characteristics of mobile devices and made exclusive optimizations: perfectly adapts to touchscreen operation logic, optimizes touch judgment accuracy to make core operations such as combos and dodges more responsive; at the same time, fully supports external controllers to meet different players' operational habits. In addition, the early-to-mid-game difficulty curve optimized based on community feedback not only retains the challenge of hardcore games but also reduces the entry frustration of new players, achieving an experience balance of "hardcore yet not discouraging". The team will continue to listen to players' voices in the future, continuously polish the experience through version updates, and show the warmth and iterative vitality of indie games.

4. Premium Buy-to-Play Model with No In-App Purchases, Upholding Pure Gaming Original Intention

The game adopts a one-time purchase model with no in-app purchases whatsoever. After payment, players can enjoy the complete adventure journey. This business model abandons the bad orientation of "pay-to-win", allowing all players to stand on the same starting line and win only by operation and strategy, returning to the essence of game entertainment. This choice not only reflects the team's confidence in game quality but also injects pure creative dedication into the mobile game market.

Ratings and reviews

This has got to be one of the best games I've played this year. I LOVE the retro-inspired art style, and the combat only got better and more fluid the more abilities I unlocked. It's a pretty hard game, but mixed in-between all the combat are some pretty neat adventure puzzle elements too, like ropes to jump, walls to run, and polls to swing between (like in many early 2000s games). I can easily recommend this one :)

This game is masterpiece! Graphics are great, gameplay is awesome. Gameplay is very similar to Prince of Persia or God of War games. If you really into ninja sword fighting games you should definitely check this out. This game deserves attention.

It's a good game,but the main character doesn't have too many animations basically only a few moves and a decent physics engine would've been huge for this game

What’s new

Version 2.1 Updates:
-- Application icon update.
-- Difficulty optimization in the early and mid-game stages.