NineLives

About this game

"NineLives" is a pixelated action-platform shooter game with a Cassette Futurism aesthetic.

You'll step into the shoes of Vlad, a veteran courier, in a world devastated by nuclear warfare. The military AI, "Leviathan," awakens and eliminates its creator, Professor Steinberg, triggering a global nuclear conflict. You thought you could easily get a high salary to retire, but instead you faced the pursuit of gangsters and megacorporation assassins sent by "Leviathan". Use your close-quarters combat skills to deal with various forces in this city, fight the enemies and protect yourself, survive and discover the truth of the matter..

Strategic Combat:

While you may be an aging courier cat (man), your agility is still intact. You can consider mustering up the courage to hold a submachine gun and shoot at the enemy head-on, using various tactical actions/special abilities to avoid damage, or you can sneak up on the enemy and kill him with one blow. There are enough items and props for you to choose from, but please note Your weight-bearing capacity is limited.

Loot and Quests:

Multiple quest lines will lead you through the Liberty Port of "NineLives." Engage with characters from different factions as you gradually uncover legends about your own past and the pre-war world. Moreover, you'll find over 100 different items that can be acquired for trading or purchasing ammunition and weapons.

Expansive Exploration:

The game has hand-drawn pixelated main story levels, as well as procedurally generated random maps. In randomized maps, loot locations and layouts constantly change, providing multiple ways to complete missions. As your abilities improve, you will be able to open the entrance to new maps.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·22 Apr 2026Official

  Nine Lives Demo 1.0 Update Announcement

  Survivors:After half a year, I didn’t run away — I was just chased around in the real world by life’s “drones” for a while. The Demo 1.0 update is now officially live。1. Smoking is now enabled In-game. In real life, please follow the law, value your health, and avoid unnecessary lung suffering. All actions are fictional, war is neither fun nor cool — it only looks that way in a game. 2. Battlefield expansion completed The battlefield is longer, enemies are more numerous, happiness is reduced. New: massive drone swarms (busy and annoying) New: mines (not busy, but very serious) If you think the difficulty is unfair — that’s part of the design. 3. Camera filters added You can now experience your death in a more “cinematic” way. 4. Inventory tweaks (aka: we tried our best)UI layout reorganizedDrag & merge: currently has an “esoteric interaction layer bug”, works only onceNote: weapon combination still works (please understand this is just an inventory, not a life control system)5. Steam achievement system optimization Improved background performance — now it’s quieter. No longer silently consumes your CPU or patience. Thanks to everyone who didn’t uninstall the game over the past six months. We know it’s probably because you “forgot”, but we still appreciate it. —— “Nine Lives” Dev Team
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• Announcements·6 Oct 2025Official

  Announcement on Unity Security Vulnerability & Game Progress

  Recent News You Might Have Seen:Unity Runtime has had a long-standing 7-year-old security vulnerability (CVE-2025-59489). Sounds like a cyberwar scenario, right? Relax—this isn’t part of the game’s story, it’s just a “system update moment” in real life.Quick Explanation: In theory, this vulnerability could allow other programs on the same device to sneak small things into Unity games (like loading malicious libraries). Sounds like a “hacker siege,” but as long as you don’t actively click on suspicious, too-good-to-be-true links—that’s basic common sense!More importantly—Unity immediately released patched versions.Steam also applied safety measures on their platform.And I personally (the developer, sole employee, and sole victim 😅) upgraded to the secure Unity Editor version (2020.3.49f1) right away, and rebuilt the Demo to ensure a safe and reliable runtime environment.So, players, don’t worry.Your computers won’t get hit by my pixel bombs—I only blow up the in-game world.Current Progress Brief:Level design and storylines are steadily moving forward:The updated Demo has passed security checks.Core level scripts, AI behaviors, and performance timing are being remade.The full version is expected to launch next year (the timeline is slightly more reliable than the Doctor escaping the CIA safehouse 😎).🧩 Finally:I’ll continue monitoring Unity and Steam security advisories to make sure the game stays crazy and safe. Thanks for all your attention, feedback, and jokes—they work better than coffee. Remember: the cyberpunk world is dangerous, but you’re playing the safe version.Stay safe, stay curious. — Developer of “Nine Lives”
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• Announcements·10 Jun 2025Official

  🧠 „NineLives” Demo 0.9 is out:

  Changed a few things again.1. Maclean town and the Swiss mountains got a facelift. Note: If your parachute won’t open, that’s a new feature,please reset to default keys in settings or set your own bindings. 2. Save bug fixed. I know it was a feature, but it shouldn’t happen anymore.3. Wrote some new dialogue branches. Not much gameplay added (don’t hate us), but the story branches more — like a male Hakimi cat peeing standing up. This update isn’t big, but hopefully it’s sharper.Come back to play, and please keep telling us what’s still not terrible enough.🎤 “The Cold War isn’t over yet, Ghost-1.” Feedback welcome, I sneakily read the comments.
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• Patch Notes·27 Apr 2025Official

  Demo 0.8 Mini Update, and Other

  Nothing new to report Just a little optimization for the game... For the health of your machine, we've limited the frame rate to 60. Lag should be reduced when there are many enemies on screen. Added a few more icons to the main menu. This game will be participating in the MGN2025 Indie Game Carnival MGN Indie Game Carnival 4th, 2025.5.1 Steam Event Link: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/mgn2025 ACFUN Livestream Links: SteamParty's A-Station Livestream Link SteamParty's A-Station Livestream Link The stream will also be broadcasted on platforms like Kuaishou and others. May 1st, 8:00 PM (Beijing Time) – Indie Game Release Event May 2nd - May 6th, 8:00 PM (Beijing Time) – Indie Game Release Event Playthrough There will be offline events (but I’m broke and busy, so not attending, meow meow meow) May 1st - May 2nd, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Beijing Time) Fujian Xiamen, Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center, Ziyu Anime and Game Festival That’s all.
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• Patch Notes·31 Mar 2025Official

  Demo Version 0.7 Update & Recent Development Progress

  Complex Faction Relationships: I’ve managed to get this in, hoping it’ll work like Fallout: New Vegas (Everyone knows how hard it is to complete a game with such complex systems, but hey, what if it works? That’s how I comfort myself). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44711215/92d487f3a099a68b2db14bac052df468095a06bf.png UI Optimization — "Huge" Improvements: Dialogue and self-talk won’t get mixed up anymore. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44711215/739ec98c668236eae50b8584ecfa32309adab5c6.png Task System Overhaul: Now looks more like a standard quest log interface. Procedural & Time-limited Quests (in development): Yes, quests will be popping up like new items at the nearby fast-food joint—although probably just as uninspired. Faction Interactions: The game has several factions for you to befriend or stir up trouble with. Relationships are dynamic (sadly, no romantic relationships). Key Changes: Tab: Open the quest log to see how many unfinished tasks you’ve taken on. Q: Bullet time, giving you a moment to react because, let’s face it, the world is not very friendly to you. NineLives will participate in the MGN 2025 Indie Game Carnival, yes, the Steam online event! Also, there will be a live stream on ACFUN!
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