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Soulslinger

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48%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

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About Soulslinger

Soulslinger is a single player casual shooter game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Nether Lamp and was released on October 26, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Soulslinger is a challenging, fast paced runner with roguelike elements, in which you must reap your way through the Underworld! Dodge obstacles, eat pies, and get blessings to defeat threatening foes with the help of your powerful Soulvolver.

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77%Audience ScoreBased on 13 reviews
graphics2 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • The game is simple yet engaging, providing a fun experience for players.
  • The visuals are pleasing, featuring crisp and cute pixel art.
  • It offers a decent time-waster experience with some replay value through its endless mode and achievements.
  • The game lacks variety and replay value, with limited blessings, curses, and levels.
  • Gameplay can become monotonous and easy, trivializing challenges and boss fights.
  • There are technical issues and a lack of proper level design, making the experience feel repetitive and uninspired.

  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The gameplay is straightforward, featuring endless running with obstacles and enemies to defeat using a scythe and limited ammo for a gun. While it becomes progressively faster and introduces some unique mechanics like soulblasters and blessing cards, it lacks many elements typical of modern roguelikes, leading to a perception that the focus was more on visual aesthetics than on creating engaging gameplay. Overall, it has potential but feels somewhat shallow.

    • “The gameplay is pretty straightforward – you run for a while, and various obstacles and enemies pop up as you’re running. You can swing your scythe to destroy obstacles or hurt enemies, and use a gun to one-shot enemies, though ammo is limited.”
    • “The gameplay also speeds up a bit the further you progress, making it slightly harder.”
    • “Another issue is that the game claims to be a roguelike but lacks many of the mechanics commonly found in modern roguelikes.”
    • “The gameplay is pretty straightforward – you run for a while, and various obstacles and enemies pop up as you’re running, you can swing your scythe to destroy obstacles or hurt enemies, and use a gun to one-shot enemies, though ammo is limited.”
    • “Gameplay consists of running endlessly to the right, smashing barricades and shooting things.”

  • story

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game's story mode lacks depth and lore, offering no cohesive narrative or character development. Players can choose between two paths after defeating bosses, but the overall experience is marred by repetitive procedural generation that substitutes for meaningful level design and storytelling.

    • “In story mode, after beating a boss, you’re given an option to go one of the two paths.”
    • “There are also buffs that are more permanent, lasting for the duration of the story mode or endless mode.”
    • “There’s also no story or lore, none that are in the game.”
    • “The game features no proper level design or game/story flow/plot, as they opted to try to use samey repetitive procgen algorithms as a substitute for adding such content to the game, to avoid doing the important job of level/map design.”

  • replayability

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, -25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    Overall, the game has been criticized for its limited replayability, with users noting a lack of variety and challenge that diminishes the incentive to replay. While some find it relaxing and appreciate a small degree of replay value, many feel it falls short of expectations for those seeking more engaging content.

    • “More replay value, and people who are into that sort of thing would be satisfied.”
    • “It may not be as 'challenging' as advertised, but if you look at it the other way, it’s chill enough. That’s not to say it doesn’t have challenge at all, and there is a little bit of replay value.”
    • “The variety and replay value are lacking.”
    • “The replayability of the game is also quite lacking.”
    • “It may not be 'challenging' as advertised, but if you look at it the other way, it’s chill enough, and that’s not to say it doesn’t have challenge at all, and there is a little bit of replay value.”

  • graphics

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The graphics in Soulslinger are visually appealing, showcasing a distinct art style, but some players feel that the reliance on outdated retro pixel art detracts from the overall experience, suggesting a prioritization of aesthetics over gameplay quality.

    • “The visuals are pleasing, but the music is unremarkable.”
    • “In conclusion, Soulslinger has the potential to be a good game, but it seems the developers prioritized the development of their visually pleasing art style over creating engaging gameplay.”
    • “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel art as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”

  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The music in the game is generally considered unremarkable, leading some players to disable it in favor of their own playlists. While the overall gameplay is enjoyable, the soundtrack does not leave a lasting impression.

    • “The visuals are pleasing, but the music is unremarkable.”
    • “I straight up disabled it after a couple of rounds and started blaring music from other games.”
    • “It's a pretty good game, though the music is kind of lacking.”

  • grinding

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be frustrating, as level progression is slow and boss fights are perceived as sluggish and tedious, leading to a less engaging experience.

    • “The levels progress at a slow pace, and the boss fights also feel sluggish and tedious.”
    • “Grinding feels like a chore rather than an engaging part of the game.”
    • “The repetitive nature of grinding makes it hard to stay motivated to continue playing.”
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Soulslinger is a casual shooter game with fantasy theme. Common tags for Soulslinger include indie, linear, runner, pixel graphics, supernatural and others.

Soulslinger is available on PC and Windows.

Soulslinger was released on October 26, 2022.

Soulslinger was developed by Nether Lamp.

Soulslinger has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Soulslinger for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Soulslinger is a single player game.

Similar games include Gloom, Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, The Legend of Dark Witch, Forest of Strays, Foregone and others.