Eldest Souls
Isometric action RPG centered on demanding boss fights
Fallen Flag Studio · Published by United Label, CI Games · Released Jul 29, 2021
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 3,390
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 17 in 30 days
- Players
- 2
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 3 years ago
- Mar 14, 2023
Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)
What is Eldest Souls?
Eldest Souls is a single-player action RPG set in a dark-fantasy Citadel. As a warrior hunting the Old Gods after they devastate the world, you explore its passages, meet NPCs, and fight bosses with a greatsword. Defeated gods grant powers you can combine into different combat builds.
For you if...
- +you enjoy learning attack patterns through repeated attempts
- +you like experimenting with different combat builds
- +you like piecing together cryptic dark-fantasy lore
Not for you if...
- −you want regular enemies between major fights
- −you prefer a gentler introduction to combat mechanics
- −you want to farm power when a boss blocks progress
What players say
76% of 3,390 reviews are positive · 88% of 17 in the last 30 days
Players praise the boss designs, combat, pixel art, and lore. Common complaints include early difficulty spikes, drawn-out fights, and hitboxes or collisions that make movement and dodging feel unreliable.
How many players finish Eldest Souls?
16% of Steam players have unlocked «First Among Equals», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Eldest Souls system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 660, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Eldest Souls?
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- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Processor: 2.8 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 660 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- 3.2 GHz Quad Core Processor
- Graphics
- GeForce 960 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Eldest Souls have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Eldest Souls run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 50
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian.
Does Eldest Souls use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Pixel Graphics
- Souls-like
- Dark Fantasy
- Action RPG
- Singleplayer
- Difficult
- Indie
- Hack and Slash
- Isometric
- Action
- Lore-Rich
- Boss Rush
- Fantasy
- Adventure
- Medieval
- Combat
Recent updates
- Mar 14, 2023 · 14/03/2023 Game Update (v-1.1.26)
- Dec 22, 2021 · 22/12/2021 Game Update (v 1.0.479)
- Oct 28, 2021 · 25% off your next dopamine fix
- Sep 3, 2021 · 03/09/2021 Game Update (v 1.0.472)
- Aug 18, 2021 · 18/08/2021 Game Update (v 1.0.469)
