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

  • HubertManne
    2•1 day ago

    I think it was the breathtaking nature of the story and world. I mean the way the heights triggered agrophobia is a nod to how incredible it is. What kept me playing is also why I could handle the difficulty which was there is a lot of resources to play the game. There is only one difficulty but I sorta think they don’t fix some things to enable an easy mode. My method of play was sorcery to start, with combined sorcery and incantation just abut where I maxed sorcery. So respected it down which was a loss for sorcery but you were able to do incantations at that point at top level and the sorcery drop was not huge. Then with bosses it was searching youtube for cheese X boss combined with overleveling.

    • DruidOPMEnglish
      1•1 day ago

      Cool! I like that most soulslikes allow for really custom builds - you make the game yours and play how it suits you.

      Never heard of agrophobia actually? Do you mean agoraphobia? Interesting read!

      • HubertManne
        2•1 day ago

        yeah I spelt that wrong. I mean it triggers my fear of heights. I could barely get through so many places like the towers and the frenzy flame place. Like even places with ledges I hated having combat on. Like the regular rampart areas with heights where you can’t see the bottom. oof or the invisible bridges but I did learn the lava and bloodflame are great for those if you don’t want to use a stone.