soulslike

comparative more soulslike · superlative most soulslike

1. Alternative letter-case form of Soulslike.

   Unbarring a door, then, should be a reward for successful exploration — kinda like in Bloodborne and other soulslike games.

   2023 October 7, Ash Parrish, “Assassin's Creed Mirage goes back to basics — and ends up basic”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2023

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   Lords of the Fallen is yet another entry in the action-RPG soulslike craze, complete with an unsettling fantasy setting, other players invading your game for some co-op or PvP goodness, and, of course, lots of dying.

   2023 October 12, Travis Northup, “Lords of the Fallen Review”, in IGN, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023

plural Soulslikes

1. video gamesA subgenre of action role-playing video games influenced by the Dark Souls trilogy, characterized by high difficulty, trial-and-error progression, esoteric enemy movesets, environmental storytelling, and complex lore.

   Amid the tsunami of Soulslikes, Deck13's The Surge stands out as the one game to take the genre in a new direction.

   2018 April, “The Surge 2 gets tooled up”, in PlayStation Official Magazine, UK, page 11

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   And that's what you ultimately want from a soulslike. Challenge, struggle, and ultimate triumph. And in that sense, "Hollow Knight" is a soulslike.

   2020 April 28, James Hamilton, “Hollow Knight Video Game Review”, in TechNews, Illinois Institute of Technology, page 13

   Beyond its cuteness, what makes Tails of Iron stand out from other Soulslikes is how forgiving it can feel – relatively, anyway.

   2021 October, Chris Wallace, “When We Made...Tails of Iron”, in MCV Develop, page 64

   Synonyms: Soulsborne