Satisfying combat and good bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The [b]COMBAT[/b] just feels great and there are a couple of different weapon sets to try out.”
Steam review · 245 h played ↗
Lords of the Fallen
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 69%Mixed · 69%CI Games2023Souls-like · RPG · Action
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A Dark Souls-style soulslike with great art, huge gear variety and a neat two-realm idea, but held back by repetitive enemies, confusing levels and buggy co-op. Skip if you want tight FromSoft-level combat.
Great for
Soulslike fans and co-op duos who want lots of gear and builds, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Repetitive enemies, ganks and confusing level design make the second half a slog; co-op bugs can ruin it.
What players love
Great art direction and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Visually the game is stunning.”
Steam review · 39 h played ↗
Umbral dual-realm mechanic adds depth
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The dual realm mechanic, seamless world shifting, and exploration of both add fresh ideas”
Steam review · 92.2 h played ↗
Huge weapon, armor and build variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The weapon and armor collection in this game is so good. Especially the armor design, they really really nailed it!”
Steam review · 91.4 h played ↗
Seamless co-op with free Friend's Pass
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The co-op is probably its biggest selling point for me. Even better, only one person needs to own the game, since the other player can join using the free Friend's Pass.”
Steam review · 20.4 h played ↗
Devs turned the game around with patches
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Instead of abandoning the game after its disastrous launch, they showed real passion for their project through a major relaunch with many improvements and ongoing support.”
Steam review · 351.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Buggy co-op and friend pass limits
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Shared progression is borked when using the friend pass.”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗
Confusing level design and navigation
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“most of the time your running around in circles with no idea where your supposed to go next.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Bugs and game-breaking glitches persist
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Never seen a game bug so much. Lost my XP so many times due to bugs.”
Steam review · 23.5 h played ↗
Low enemy variety and reused bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Since the first 3 hours of the game the game has introduced exactly... 4 new enemy varieties. Two of which are bosses they later use as regular encounter fodder.”
Steam review · 14.5 h played ↗
Poor performance and stuttering
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Atrocious stuttering. ABSOLUTELY UNBEARABLE.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Cheap enemy placement and ganks
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Everywhere there are enemies in hiding or pushing you off edges, you get sniped through the smallest cracks from sharpshooters or magic casters”
Steam review · 25.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support45 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64bit
Processorintel i5 8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory12 GB RAM
Graphics6GBs VRAM | NVIDIA GTX-1060 | AMD Radeon RX 590
Storage45 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64bit
Processorintel i7 8700 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
Graphics8GBs VRAM | NVIDIA RTX-2080 | AMD Radeon RX 6700
Storage45 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64bit
Processorintel i5 8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory12 GB RAM
Graphics6GBs VRAM | NVIDIA GTX-1060 | AMD Radeon RX 590
Storage45 GB available space
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