10 Upcoming 'Souls Like' Games To Play After Dark Souls 3

4. Perish

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Anthony Richard

Like so many PC games, procedural generation and permadeath are the order of the day in Perish, making it tread the line between Souls-like and the roguelike-like (maybe it's time to come up with better names for these genres before they all just become an infinite regress of 'likes').

The gorgeous autumnal visuals deceive the gruelling gameplay of Perish, which claims to be inspired by Dark Souls as you dodge around your enemies and/or circle them with your shield held up to your eyelids, waiting for that perfect opening to strike.

It's Souls meets Spelunky/Binding of Isaac, as you can complete a run of the game in an hour, but get to face a new challenge each time as the world procedurally regenerates. Perish is a unique combination of chaotic randomness on the grand scale but precise, pattern-based gameplay in the combat, and will be available on PC, Mac and Linux later in the year.

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