soulslike means A subgenre of action role-playing video games influenced by the Dark Souls trilogy, characterized by high difficulty, trial-and-error progression, esoteric enemy movesets, environmental storytelling, and complex lore. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
soulslike is pronounced /ˈsoʊlzlaɪk/.
Etymology
From Souls + -like, referencing the Demon's Souls and Dark Souls video game series, after the pattern of roguelike (“any of a genre of computer role playing games influenced by Rogue”).
noun
- A subgenre of action role-playing video games influenced by the Dark Souls trilogy, characterized by high difficulty, trial-and-error progression, esoteric enemy movesets, environmental storytelling, and complex lore.“Amid the tsunami of Soulslikes, Deck13's The Surge stands out as the one game to take the genre in a new direction.”