10 Souls-Like Games You Probably Never Played

Severance: Blade of Darkness

Rebel Act Studios’ 2001 action adventure title was fairly underrated back in the day with its mix of brutal combat and medieval fantasy. Its perspective and atmosphere beg comparisons to the Souls series, though movement and combat weren’t governed by a stamina meter. Interestingly enough, the player could not only use button combinations for special attacks but also dismember enemies and use their limbs as weapons. Four playable characters of different classes, namely the knight, dwarf, barbarian and amazon, helped mix things up with their own unique abilities, equipment and weapons.