Edit: Please note that being subscribed to the community is a hard requirement to enter! Your comment will not be counted as an entry if you aren’t subscribed.

Hey guys! As another little thank you to the community, I would like to give back to the community: I’m giving away a number of soulslikes and soulslike-adjacent titles (PC).

Here is what you can win (a choice of one per tier):

Tier 1 (1x winner):

  • Lies of P (code)
  • Enotria (code)
  • Hollow Knight (code)
  • Remnant 2 (code)

Tier 2 (2x winners):

  • The Surge 1 & 2 Dual Pack (code)
  • TUNIC (code)
  • Code Vein Deluxe Edition (code)
  • Ashen (code)
  • Steel Rising (code)
  • Nioh 1: Complete Edition (code)

Tier 3 (3x winners):

  • Blasphemous (code)
  • Blasphemous 2 (code)
  • Death’s Door (code)
  • Curse of the Dead Gods (Steam Gift)
  • Tails of Iron (Steam Gift)
  • Eldest Souls (Steam Gift)

All of these games are amazing and worth an entry if you haven’t played one of them for sure! Lies of P is definitely the standout here since it’s a very quality soulslike that can compete with the big FromSoft titles easily.

The giveaway will be open from when the post is live on 17th July 2026 to Wednesday 22nd July 10 pm CET.

What you need to do to participate:

  • Post a comment here. It can be anything you want. Have you heard of the games? Why would you like to play them? Anything, really.

  • You need to be subscribed to the community at the time of entering the giveaway (no minimum amount of time being subscribed).

  • You don’t need to be a Lemmy.Zip user. However, your account needs to have been created a day before this giveaway goes live (ie. on 16th July, roughly 24h ago).

  • You need to have a Steam account and be fine with adding me on Steam, so I can gift the game to you. Alternatively, you need to keep an eye on your DMs, so I can send you a key where applicable.

  • After the giveaway ends, ie. around 10 pm CET on 22nd July, please check the post again and be in your DMs if you’re pulled as a winner.

  • No regional restrictions.

Here’s how the giveaway works:

The giveaway will be handled by Zippy Bot ie. the winners will be pulled automatically. This means that at the end of the giveaway, I will lock the thread and Zippy will pull six random entries as winners. The six winners will be given a choice of a game from the specific category their name is pulled for (from top to bottom in order of names pulled).

Should you have your name pulled for a category in which you already have all the games, where applicable, you may get a game from another category, granted it is from a lower-tier category.

That should be all. Good luck to everyone!

  • Druid@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    The winners have been pulled and will now be contacted. Thank you everyone for participating and have fun with your games!

  • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    3 months ago

    If I can I always play souls likes as a woman. I’m perfectly comfortable as a man, but dark souls 2 stole my gender.

    Mind you, I didn’t know until I googled “coffin that shaves your facial hair” as before this I was playing as Mr cleans evil twin but from that point forward it’s buff bald ladies first, followed by elderly ladies if I sl1 the game or its equivalent.

      • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        Nah there’s a coffin in the game dark souls 2 that changes the player characters gender. I didn’t know that’s what it did until it was already done. I could have swapped back, but I thought it was fun. Played a girl since. With armour on the aesthetics are normally the same anybow.

        Had no idea the female player model was quicker though. That is awesome

  • Vegan_Joe@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    13·
    3 months ago

    I’ve wanted to play souls-like, but still haven’t jumped into the genre. Definitely throwing my name in the ring for this one.

  • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    Nice way to know some new games. I never heard of Eldest Souls, looks nice.

    • Druid@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Not all of them are soulslikes in the strictest sense, but we apply the term loosely here in this community and allow for games to be discussed that “only” incorporate a couple soulslike mechanics here and there. From what I got, Eldest Soul is kind of a roguelike soulslike?

  • crazyduck@lemmy.zip
    10·
    3 months ago

    I can heartily recommend hollow knight, I’ve spent many an hour playing that game, it has enormous depth and lore and the art-style is really unique :)

    • Druid@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      HK really is a gem among indie games. There’s a lot of amazing indies, but HK really stands out to me. They could have easily charged 40-70€ for Silksong and it still would have sold as well as it did. The fact that they stuck with a 20€ price tag is just such a chad move

  • Davel23@fedia.io
    10·
    3 months ago

    Hope this doesn’t sound too greedy but I already have most of the games in tiers 2 and 3, so tier 1 is all I’m really interested in.

    • Druid@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      It seems to be an acquired taste and a little more “budget-y” to put it nicely compared to your average AAA title. But I think @GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip mentioned that they liked the game quite a bit? :)

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      I enjoyed it, but it’s a lower budget AA game so you gotta take it for what it is and be able to tolerate some jank. I liked the setting, the art direction, the music. Environment design is great and level design is good too. Combat can be a bit clunky but it has some interesting ideas at least with the element system, status ailments that have both positive and negative effects, active skills and hot-swappable loadouts.

      I’d rather a flawed game with interesting ideas and charm than a competent but bland game that is okay at everything but doesn’t excel at anything and doesn’t do anything too interesting. But I think my jank tolerance is pretty high compared to most people so YMMV.

    • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip
      3·
      3 months ago

      Enotria is not a bad game, but combat is a bit clunky at times. (Not a smooth ride like Lies of P or Khazan). Still, I finished it and had a good time with it. A souls vet such as yourself would certainly have no major problems with it, I think. :)

      Also, did you finish the Lies of P DLC? Did you enjoy it?

  • lazyhazy@lemmy.zip
    6·
    3 months ago

    Only game I’ve played listed here is Hollow Knight, but I did finish it (well, I got about 110%).

  • arockinyourshoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    3 months ago

    Now here’s a slew of games to add to my wishlist, I don’t think I own a single one of these.

    I have been going through with completing all the soulsborne games, and I’ve been having a great time, so I can only presume that I’d like most soul-adjacents too

    • Druid@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Many are acquired tastes if you’re used to the polish FromSoft put into their games. But a lot of them can hold their own amongst their peers.

      What’s next on your list?

      • arockinyourshoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        I’m on my ng+ runs for DS3, leaving me with just DS2 and Sekiro after the fact. I’ve not decided which one will be tackled next yet

  • hakase@lemmy.zip
    71·
    3 months ago

    Thanks so much - what a kind thing to do!

    I’ve really been looking forward to playing Lies of P and Tunic, so I’ll be super stoked if I get either of them! :D

  • M.int@lemmy.zip
    5·
    3 months ago
    Game What is it? Heard of it? Notes
    Lies of P 3rd Person Action ☑️ (played) This game is fantastic. It really feels like a Souls game.
    Enotria: The Last Song 3rd Person Action ☑️
    Hollow Knight 2D Metroidvania ☑️ (I own it) For years I’ve planned to play it soon™
    Remnant 2 3rd Person Shooter (co-op focus) ☑️
    The Surge 1 & 2 Dual Pack 3rd Person Action ☑️
    TUNIC Isometric top-down, Puzzle ☑️ !!! This one is intriguing … I will at some point definitely play it.
    Code Vein Deluxe Edition 3rd Person Action (~Anime) ☑️
    Ashen 3rd Person Action (co-op) ✖️
    Steelrising 3rd Person Action ✖️
    Nioh 1: Complete Edition 3rd Person Action ☑️ I will probably play a Nioh game at some point. I think, I heard 2 is a better starting point (?).
    Blasphemous Metroidvania ☑️
    Blasphemous 2 Metroidvania ☑️
    Death’s Door Isometric Platformer/Action ☑️ I really like the graphics in this one.
    Curse of the Dead Gods Action Roguelike, Isometric ✖️ This one reads more like Hades than a Souls-like. But it apparently has stamina and parrying.
    Tails of Iron 2D Action ✖️ Not a Metroidvania
    Eldest Souls Isometric, Boss-Rush ✖️
    • Druid@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Wow, didn’t expect a full table for this. This should be quite handy for people, thank you!

      TUNIC is really charming. I played it for a couple hours, and it really feels like a perfect blend of Zelda and Dark Souls.

      Yea, Nioh 2 is quite a bit better than Nioh 1, but it’s also more expensive :P It’s still a solid game.

      • M.int@lemmy.zip
        2·
        3 months ago

        Thanks.

        Oh, I also totally forgot to thank you for doing this again!

        I hope people get games they enjoy :)

        Lies of P, which I got in the last giveaway, I enjoyed immensely!