Callum is a seasoned gaming managing editor for a number of publications and a gamer who will always try to shine a spotlight on indie games before giving AAA titles the time of day. He loves nothing ...

Kerem is a writer and video editor with five years of experience under his belt. When he's not writing or editing, you can find him playing yet another Soulslike game, installing Elder Scrolls: Skyrim ...

FromSoftware’s Dark Souls released in 2011 was a spiritual successor to their previous endeavor “Demon’s Souls”. It took the world by storm birthing a new kind of action RPG which everyone has come to ...

Code Vein transforms the Souls-like experience with anime aesthetics and a post-apocalyptic setting filled with gothic ruins and vampiric creatures. You awaken as a Revenant, a hunter seeking blood to ...

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GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The souls-like genre has become the flavor-of-the-industry in recent ...

FromSoftware’s own masterpiece, Elden Ring, is arguably the easiest entry point into Soulsborne—paradoxically. Its vast open world enables exploration paths and overleveled farming, Raid summons, and ...

Tunic, inspired by Zelda, offers souls-like elements and exploration, appealing to fans of Dark Souls. Lunacid, a dungeon-crawler with immersive ambiance, may attract Dark Souls fans seeking ...

When I heard that a small group of former Call of Duty, Halo, Destiny, and Apex Legends had got together to make a new game, my thoughts immediately rushed to the project being a fast-paced, ...

As I played through a demo of Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, a fast and furious new action RPG, I felt a small yearning. I’m still waiting for the Soulslike genre to have its Spelunky moment. In 1980, ...