Memoirium

This game is relatively short but sweet, and overall worth your time if you're intrigued by the vibes it presents of "souls-like crossed with liminal dream spaces." It's got a competently engaging core gameplay loop, decent stylistic visual variety within the very limited low-poly graphics, competent audio design and soundtrack, and a story that, while a bit more impenetrable than most of its peers, evokes interesting bittersweet vibes.

While fun at first, the longer I played this game I started noticing many problems that were plaguing what could have been an exellent experience. Some of these grudges of mine include: Majority of the armour and masks being completely useless unless you wish to get your ass kicked harder and the entirety of the Depths area being one of the worst experiences I've ever had in a video game, period. If these problems are attended to, I'll change my review, but until then only 75% of this game is worth playing through.

Combat was great, music was good, the level design was pretty cool too nothing to hate here.

I usually don't write reviews or 100% games, but this game is a shining example of a gem. If you're into the Soulslike genre, I'd 100% recommend playing this. The combat, build variety, world, music, bosses, and enemies—top to bottom, this game is perfect. The only downside is that it ended and I had to watch the credits roll.

I like this one because it feels like DS1 with some fun Sekiro parry mechanics and a really neat world.

I wish I didn`t buy it on sale.

[table] [tr] [td]✅ Challenging and methodical Souls-like combat[/td] [td]❌ Messy and unorganised progression system[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]✅ Beautiful dungeons full of secrets and mystery [/td] [td]❌ A plethora of minor combat frustrations [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]✅ Large arsenal of weapons, tools and magical abilities to uncover[/td] [td]❌ Severe lack of enemy variety [/td] [/tr] [/table] [url=https://checkpointgaming.net/reviews/2026/08/memoirium-review-restless-dreams/] Read the full review on Checkpoint Gaming[/url] It’s undeniable that Souls is one of the most influential series ever when it comes to modern game design. Few titles hold the feat of creating an entire genre, and almost none stem from the 21st century. The last seventeen years have spawned hundreds of Souls-likes, although in my eyes, nothing has dethroned the incredible beauty of FromSoft’s Dark Souls trilogy. Despite an impossible barrier to overcome, it’s amazing just how frequently you’ll see Souls’ rules of combat, enemy and world design across this industry. Big IP’s like Star Wars have blatantly pinched the blueprints. Meanwhile indie darlings such as Hollow Knight or Mina the Hollower mix the core ingredients with other genres, for a whole new concoction. Yet perhaps the most fascinating are the games that shamelessly borrow their favourite aspects of Souls, whilst trying to push certain ideas even further. Lies of P is the closest anyone’s gotten to FromSoft’s crown for me, thanks to evolving the action combat of their later titles to a whole new level of spectacle. Memoirium similarly falls into this third camp, although it stands out by drawing a lot more from the earlier Souls titles. The dreamlike quality of a nonsensical world that somehow remains coherent, alongside a far more mysterious presence. However, the fondest old flame is the slow, methodical combat with a real sense of weight; a feature that’s been increasingly absent from FromSoft since Bloodborne and Dark Souls III dialled up the speed. The beautiful low-poly graphics enhance this retro feel by giving the world a rich, colourful look. The limited art style also makes it abundantly clear that this is no Souls killer, but a much smaller passion project. Beyond the reduced scale, cracks in the glass will show as one encounters limited enemy variety, awkward progression and other minor clutter. Yet that’s the heart of Memoirium, a Souls-like that’s transparent about its lineage, yet willing to revive some more forgotten elements while still bringing its own flair. While Memoirium doesn’t quite stand as tall as other souls-likes, there’s more than enough individuality on this canvas to make it worth your time. ut there is a solid core here that will definitely strike the heart of the right players.