Most people active here probably know of the FS catalogue. Given Lemmy’s population, the term soulslike may be applied to games quite liberally, so games like Hollow Knight, Nine Sols, Blasphemous and similar games, which incorporate soulslike elements, would all fall under the same umbrella term.

What are your must-plays? What surprised you? What is a sleeper hit you feel like people don’t talk about enough?

Let us know!

Edit: I do know that the games in the thumbnail aren’t soulslikes in the traditional sense; however, they show some elements that are often associated with soulslikes, so they serve more as a conversation starter to think outside the box and the rigid ideas of what a soulslike truly is and can be

  • @formergijoe
    5•2 days ago

    Absolver was interesting to me. It was the game the Sifu devs made before Sifu, and is a marital arts souls-like. It had an interesting mechanic where you could change the attack pattern of your weapon so your light light heavy could be entirely different than someone else’s. The attack pattern mechanic was too daunting for me, so I bounced off of it, but I don’t hear it talked about as often with other souls-likes enough.

    • DruidOPMEnglish
      3•1 day ago

      Aah, I didn’t know that Absolver was the predecessor to Sifu - interesting! The game did look intriguing when I looked at footage a couple years ago.