10 Awesome Video Games That Owe Their Success To Dark Souls

6. Necropolis

Dark Souls meets The Binding of Isaac, Necropolis merges roguelike, role-playing and hack-and-slash elements, emphasising multiplayer and methodical gameplay. The procedural generation and dungeon crawling aspects give the game a unique sense of personality, which when combined with the cartoonish visuals and humour discern the experience. That said, the game is very much a successor to the legacy of the Souls series.

For one thing – while the combat is quick, and somewhat repetitive – the larger enemies require particular patience, timing and planning. The environments are especially reminiscent of Dark Souls 2 – despite their random construction – providing a decent amount of variation without seeming overly complicated. Visually, the game isn’t quite as interesting, but the greater variation creates a nice sense of spatial arrangement, complete with a moody, depressive atmosphere.