I played (once again) 9 Souls-Like games you've never heard of

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Published 2021-07-25
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episode 9 of Steam Dumpster Diving with somehow, once again, even more "souls-likes" you (probably) haven't heard of
twitter: twitter.com/IronPineapple_
twitch: www.twitch.tv/iron_pineapple

Huge thank you to kevins_computer for creating the artwork: twitter.com/kevins_computer

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:00 Metamorphos
3:42 Death's Door
6:51 The Wind Road
10:45 Ender Lilies
12:18 Vigil: The Longest Night
13:37 Two Months
17:55 SgyuinBaldo
21:05 Eastern Exorcist
23:26 Spell Beats
25:41 Outro/Displate

also big thanks for help from:
Hugo Junstrand for the cool "steam dumpster diving" animation as well as the music in the intro: twitter.com/HugoJunstrand
Onua for creating the SFM pose of the knight in the thumbnail: twitter.com/Odynom
Grapfic for help with the thumbnail: twitter.com/Grapfic

games played (in order of appearance)
store.steampowered.com/app/1592260/Metamorphos/
store.steampowered.com/app/894020/Deaths_Door/
store.steampowered.com/app/1264670/The_Wind_Road/
store.steampowered.com/app/1369630/ENDER_LILIES_Qu…
store.steampowered.com/app/720560/Vigil_The_Longes…
store.steampowered.com/app/1513450/TWO_MONTHS/
store.steampowered.com/app/1558430/SgyuinBaldo/
store.steampowered.com/app/1120810/Eastern_Exorcis…
store.steampowered.com/app/1526500/Spell_Beats/

All Comments (21)
  • @AmirGameDev
    Holy Shit! It is an honor to be on your channel and it means a lot for what you said about our game Metamorphos! Our team worked really hard to push out a semi-quality game while doing classes and Covid! We were all joking that we would end up here but can't actually believe we did! Thank you! :)
  • @draylok3636
    Dark souls: You fight in cathedrals. Death's door: You fight cathedrals.
  • @mike42192
    "The deeper you get into the game, areas feel like they got less care and attention visually, and in level design" Woah, it is like Dark Souls!
  • @sosgrosil1085
    "This game can be a little too easy if you use all the tools available to you." The sound of all the bosses you can cheese with firebombs in dark souls 1 crying out in agony
  • @acerola179
    he just cant stop playing 9 souls-like games youve never heard of
  • Death's Door ended up being one of my favorite 'play it once to 100% and then uninstall' games ever. It is SO memorable visually - the colors, the theme, the characters, the levels - but just....not as enjoyable to actually play. The weapons and move set all feel samey all the time, but I will literally never forget the game. A great deal for the price point IMO.
  • @BonsaiPop
    That Tetris piece upgrade idea is in Ghostrunner too, it's a super great idea that really let's you be creative with how many upgrades you can equip.
  • "There is levelling, this is a soulslike" is the most "nobody knows what a soulslike is" thing I've ever heard
  • I’m a DigiPen alumni and I did my Master’s there. Thanks for featuring Metamorphos; a good friend of mine did the animations for that game. :D
  • @sutrox4933
    If you can roll in real life, is real life a Souls-Like?
  • @baberham9865
    Based Vaati revealing the true definition of a souls-like
  • @AlmyTheAlien
    Martial arts masters: "By cultivating your chi and mastering all aspects of-" Chicken drinkers: 9:40 "DRINK CHICKEN! SPIN FOREVER! BIG POWEEEER!!!"
  • @RawBerserker
    Megaman Battle Network was one of the first to do the whole Tetris style upgrade mechanics. Always loved that design, it puts limits in place but you still have the creativity to mix and match your build.
  • I broke Vigil: the Longest Night with the birb spell as well. But doesn't having that one spell that trivialises the whole game only make it more Souls-Like?
  • @nickp3949
    The funniest part about all of these is how many different ways you can say “you died” without copying the same one from another game. It’s hysterical.
  • @jeremysmith7832
    Dude, Ender Lillies is legitimately one of my favorite games in the last couple years, I absolutely adored it.
  • In Two Months, The Tetris-looking level up system is straight up the NaviCust system from Mega Man Battle Network 3-6 (some of the greatest games of all time, by the way). The Pyra Screen you picked up may indicate that the ultimate handheld you were building is a Dragonbox Pyra, a niche handheld gaming computer.