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
- 73% of 4,432
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 60% of 48 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 9
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 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
73% of 4,432 reviews are positive · 60% of 48 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.
Screenshots and trailer
Eldest Souls system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- 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
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 50
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Verified
- 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
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian.
Tags
- Pixel Graphics
- Souls-like
- Dark Fantasy
- Action RPG
- Singleplayer
- Difficult
- Indie
- Hack and Slash
- Isometric
- Action
- Lore-Rich
- Boss Rush
- Fantasy
- Adventure
- Medieval
- Anime
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)
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