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Eldest Souls
Fast-paced and brutally challenging, Eldest Souls is a unique Soulslike experience. In a final act of vengeance, the Old Gods have unleashed a great Desolation upon the world. Mankind's only hope lies with a lone warrior… and his greatsword of pure Obsydian.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
45 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“Not bad but definitely need to fix boss collision, bosses pushing the player out of bounds, and character input registration. Feels sluggish to play and unrewarding when you win or lose. With how slow the player is and…”
“If you would like dark soul but do not like the farming, exploring or complicate character building, this could be perfect game form you. I have play many soul game in my gamer life. They are very fun and satisfy to…”
“A good dodging simulator with cool music. The story is short, the Bosses are fun, the hits are hard.”
28 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“Getting 100% was difficult. Tho a lot of cheese builds exist for the game, my hands hurt from repetitive controller strain. approximate amount of time to 100%: 40+ hours (skill dependent) Estimated achievement…”
9 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“Only for those who really and I mean REALLY like Boss Rush games that are also Brutally and unfairly difficult. I have defeated 5 out of the 9 bosses from the main story so this is more like a first impressions The…”
“I picked up this game specifically with the expectation that I would not have a positive outlook on it, since my least favorite part of the souls-like genre is the boss fights (I am much more about clawing my way…”
8 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“Got it for like 1€. Got all achievements. The Bad In my first run I ran a berserk build. The three bosses right after the tutorial boss are way too hard. Especially [spoiler]Eos[/spoiler] and [spoiler]Azikel[/spoiler]…”
“literally just a stereotyped souls-like with little to nothing of what makes a game a souls-like, next to no customization with a kind of shallow character building system, just slightly repetitive difficult fights.…”
“Really good souls like thats worth playing. Is kinda short though”
6 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“Only for those who really and I mean REALLY like Boss Rush games that are also Brutally and unfairly difficult. I have defeated 5 out of the 9 bosses from the main story so this is more like a first impressions The…”
“A good dodging simulator with cool music. The story is short, the Bosses are fun, the hits are hard.”
“The game was on sale for $2, so I thought "Meh. Why not. It looks a bit like Hyperlight Drifter". I knew that it was a Souls-like, but heck, people call Hollow Knight a Souls-like, and it has very little in common with…”
18 of the 85 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Only for those who really and I mean REALLY like Boss Rush games that are also Brutally and unfairly difficult. I have defeated 5 out of the 9 bosses from the main story so this is more like a first impressions The…”
“Got it for like 1€. Got all achievements. The Bad In my first run I ran a berserk build. The three bosses right after the tutorial boss are way too hard. Especially [spoiler]Eos[/spoiler] and [spoiler]Azikel[/spoiler]…”
“Not bad but definitely need to fix boss collision, bosses pushing the player out of bounds, and character input registration. Feels sluggish to play and unrewarding when you win or lose. With how slow the player is and…”
15 of the 85 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Only for those who really and I mean REALLY like Boss Rush games that are also Brutally and unfairly difficult. I have defeated 5 out of the 9 bosses from the main story so this is more like a first impressions The…”
“Got it for like 1€. Got all achievements. The Bad In my first run I ran a berserk build. The three bosses right after the tutorial boss are way too hard. Especially [spoiler]Eos[/spoiler] and [spoiler]Azikel[/spoiler]…”
“Bounced off this. Why show me the AOE after the move finishes and damage is dealt. Instant attacks, if the boss ain't doing anything and can throw an instant attack out then how am I meant to engage as I have to assume…”
7 of the 85 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“A good dodging simulator with cool music. The story is short, the Bosses are fun, the hits are hard.”
“I picked up this game specifically with the expectation that I would not have a positive outlook on it, since my least favorite part of the souls-like genre is the boss fights (I am much more about clawing my way…”
“Boss rush game with tight controls and reminiscent of bullet hell kind of side scrollers. It hits a similar kind of flow that I get from sekiro but sometimes there's just too much going on. Not a long game unless you're…”
5 of the 85 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a Boss Rush mode, with... "Story". There are some "quests" with "hidden" items scattered throughout the map. That's... About it. NG+ gets more and more punishing, difficulty ramp up etc. Bought it w/ -90% sale…”
“I have mixed feelings about this one. It is pretty fun but also frustrating for a number of reasons. The bosses are pretty cool but combat is clunky. I had a bug twice which froze my character while I was in the 2nd…”
“A simpler, boss rush version of a souls game. Bosses are fun to learn and fun to master. No hit achievements are generally enjoyable to go for. Overall good game, just missing some more engaging world building between…”
4 of the 85 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Got it for like 1€. Got all achievements. The Bad In my first run I ran a berserk build. The three bosses right after the tutorial boss are way too hard. Especially [spoiler]Eos[/spoiler] and [spoiler]Azikel[/spoiler]…”
“literally just a stereotyped souls-like with little to nothing of what makes a game a souls-like, next to no customization with a kind of shallow character building system, just slightly repetitive difficult fights.…”
“Like someone else stated, this game tries to be hard by making every boss tanks. You have to fight them for 5 min without making mistakes while being the weakest guy with a 2H wtf? After 100% it, I still believe they…”
Counted across 85 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 72.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I came for a small distraction, what I got was mild hatred towards floating isles. 10/10 would die to purple grabby hands again.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Died about 30 times on first enemy. Too difficult for me. Uninstalled. But would recommend if you like a brutal game! Harder than any dark souls gane you will play. Get it on sale for a dollar!”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“People who compare this to Dark Souls are out of their minds... Great graphic and sound are the only positives here. Don't be fooled, this is a bad boss gauntlet with nothing in between. Quests are usually giving a boring NPC a meaningless item that you found 15 meters away from…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Pixel Graphics · Souls-like · Dark Fantasy · Action RPG · Singleplayer · Difficult · Indie · Hack and Slash · Isometric · Action · Lore-Rich · Boss Rush (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Official site | https://fallenflagstudio.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Processor: 2.8 GHz Dual Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space