9 Years of Shadows
- Developer
- Halberd Studios
- Publisher
- Freedom Games
- Released
- 27 March 2023
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £6.19
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: platform , role playing rpg , adventure , indie
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.
Best gaming PC for 9 Years of Shadows in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for 9 Years of Shadows today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Freedom Games on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 | Windows 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-9100F | Intel Core i3-9100F |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | GT 730 | GT 730 |
| Storage | 0 GB | 0 GB |
| DirectX | — | — |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run 9 Years of Shadows?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i3-9100F and your GPU is at or above GT 730, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.