Fit check
Is Red and the Deadly Sins worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Metroidvania players who want puzzles alongside exploration
- Fans of Dante-inspired settings who enjoy social and existential themes
- Players interested in symbolic adventures with cultural allusions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking elaborate visual presentation may find the intentionally minimalist design too restrained
- Players who prefer direct explanations may find the emphasis on allusions, memory shards, traps, bosses, and interpretation less suitable
- Players looking for a metroidvania centered only on conventional action rather than puzzles and thematic material
Our take on Red and the Deadly Sins
The game treats metroidvania exploration as a vehicle for interpreting Dante and connecting the underworld journey with Chinese philosophy. Puzzles, traps, bosses, memory shards, and the ending carry social and existential ideas instead of serving only as obstacles.
What is Red and the Deadly Sins?
Red and the Deadly Sins is a minimalist metroidvania inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy and Chinese philosophy.
Players guide Red, a nameless and faceless soldier with no known past, through an underworld inhabited by hostile souls and ancient sins. Acting on orders from the Soul Purging Committee, Red searches for these spirits and releases them. Puzzles, traps, bosses, and memory shards convey information about the ancient spirits and support the game’s social and existential themes. The game presents another interpretation of Dante’s journey through its setting, characters, and ending, combining cultural allusions with exploration. Its restrained visual style places emphasis on the ideas behind the journey, while an original soundtrack by independent songwriter Lamark Kane accompanies the experience.
How Red and the Deadly Sins plays
- 01Memory shard clues
- Memory shards reveal information about the ancient spirits and their histories.
- 02Dante-inspired setting
- The underworld journey combines ideas drawn from The Divine Comedy with Chinese philosophy.
- 03Soul release objective
- Red searches for lost souls and frees them as part of the Soul Purging Committee’s order.
- 04Original soundtrack
- Independent songwriter Lamark Kane provides the game’s soundtrack.
Red and the Deadly Sins compared to similar games
Sundered: Eldritch Edition is also a metroidvania, but its description focuses on chaotic action and an expanded edition containing previous updates and a new update. Red and the Deadly Sins instead emphasizes puzzles, memory shards, and an interpretation of The Divine Comedy within its underworld setting.
Red and the Deadly Sins: platforms & release
Is Red and the Deadly Sins worth it?
It is worth it if: metroidvania players who want puzzles alongside exploration. Skip it if: players seeking elaborate visual presentation may find the intentionally minimalist design too restrained.
Where can I download Red and the Deadly Sins?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Red and the Deadly Sins's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Red and the Deadly Sins on?
Windows only.
