The very definition of the genre is strange, but it’s true: Rene Rother is making a third-person puzzle shooter, and it’s available to try.

According to Children of the Sun’s Steam page, where all the characters are written in all caps for some reason, “Burning with rage, 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 uncover the dark truth about this mysterious order and the atrocities they have committed in the name of their master. In this tactical third-person puzzle shooter, you take control of a bullet and guide 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 is even more so.

Tactical sniping, puzzle solving, and light stealth collide in Children of the Sun to create a third-person shooter like no other. You have only a single bullet to complete each level, but you can re-aim on impact, bend around obstacles, accelerate to break through armor, and more to make that one crucial shot really count. Immerse yourself in a dark, twisted tale of revenge as you hunt down the nefarious cult. Children of the Sun pairs its unique one-bullet action with a gripping, mysterious storyline that unfolds as you exact revenge on the people who made your life hell and relentlessly pursue the enigmatic leader.

Children of the Sun is deadly replayable by design. There are multiple solutions to each level, encouraging creativity and experimentation, with a satisfying scoring system that rewards accuracy and efficiency. Then check out the online leaderboards to see how you stack up against your friends and the rest of the world,” the Steam page reads.

Children of the Sun has already received a demo with seven stages, which can be found on Steam. The full game will be released for PC later this year. No news about console versions.

Source: Gematsu