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2001PlayStation

You explore a twisting, gloomy first-person labyrinth full of dangers and secrets as a knight. Its appeal lies in the dense atmosphere and the demanding, slowly learned melee combat.

  • Interconnected level design
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Dread and tension
  • Lots to discover
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Shadow Tower: Abyss

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2003PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about King's Field: The Ancient City: dread and tension, melee combat with weapons or fists as well as interconnected level design.

In Shadow Tower Abyss you delve into a gloomy tower full of monsters, where every fight and every step can be dangerous. It demands patience and careful play and rewards you with an oppressive atmosphere that strongly echoes the King's Field series.

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Shadow Tower

Challenging difficulty

You climb a grim first-person tower full of monsters and winding floors, where every fight with heavy weapons demands patience. Often seen as a precursor to the Souls series, it rewards you for feeling your way through its mapless corridors with hard-won discoveries.

Lunacid

Lots to discover

Lunacid is a first-person dungeon crawler in the spirit of King's Field and Shadow Tower, set in a dark, interconnected world full of secrets. Its deliberately crude retro look, free exploration and varied weapons and spells create an eerie, nostalgic atmosphere.

Dark Souls: Remastered

Lots to discover

The genre-defining Soulslike: a bleak, intricately interconnected world of punishing combat, hidden paths and bosses that demand patience and precise timing. The remaster adds sharper visuals and includes the Artorias of the Abyss expansion.

Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance

Fantasy setting

A 90s first-person melee hack and slash where you fight through gloomy castles full of monsters with sword and spells, hunting for keys and secrets. Light RPG elements and a retro Build-engine feel.

Blade of Darkness

Challenging difficulty

A punishing fantasy action game with weighty, combo-based melee combat and four playable heroes, often seen as an early forerunner of Soulslike games. You carve a gory path through grim levels to stop the forces of Chaos.

Demon's Souls

Challenging difficulty

This remake of the genre-founding classic sends you through fog-shrouded, bleak fantasy realms full of merciless enemies and punishing bosses. Modern visuals and fluid combat make the birth of the Soulslike feel fresh again.

Veil of Darkness

Dread and tension

A 1993 gothic horror adventure with real-time isometric action: you hunt vampires in a cursed valley ruled by a count, exploring, fighting and solving puzzles to stop him.

Revenant

Fantasy setting

A 1999 action RPG in which you play Locke, a resurrected warrior who fights monsters, collects magic and explores dark catacombs to rescue a warlord's kidnapped daughter. Combat is real-time from an isometric view with manually executed attack combos.

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