We Have to Stop Calling Every Game Souls-Like @theescapist
We Have to Stop Calling Every Game Souls-Like  @theescapist
Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Dark Souls formula has become so popular and influential, that it's inspired other developers to create their own versions of souls-inspired games. Titles such as Lords of the Fallen and Lies of P have contributed to what we know as the Souls-like genre and it's not slowing down anytime soon. However, the growth of the genre has caused gamers and journalists to give the souls-like tag to games where it doesn't belong. Stellar Blade has been the most recent and we discuss why it's dangerous to call it a souls-like, when it's not.

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We Have to Stop Calling Every Game 'Souls-Like'

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