A challenging action RPG known for deliberate combat, intricate level design, and atmospheric storytelling through world details rather than exposition.
- Developer: FromSoftware (Director: Hidetaka Miyazaki)
- Release year: 2011 (Prepare to Die Edition 2012; Remastered 2018)
- Genre: Action RPG
- Core mechanics: Stamina-based combat, bonfires as checkpoints, risk-reward souls system, interconnected world
- Reception: Critically acclaimed; influential in establishing the "soulslike" subgenre