In this paper, we use Riemann-Hilbert method to study the N-soliton solutions of the complex Sharma-Tasso-Olver(cSTO) equation. And then, based on analyzing the spectral problem of the Lax pair, the matrix Riemann-Hilbert problem for this integrable equation can be constructed, the N-soliton solutions about this system are given explicitly under the relationship of scattering matrix. At last, under the condition that some specifific parameter values are given, the three-dimensional diagram of the 2-soliton solution and the trajectory of the soliton solution will be simulated.