Steelrising

Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 3/day in the week to Aug 23 → 3.86/day in the week after.

For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Poland over the last 30 days: the 21 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 12 places towards #1, and the 2,501 moves with no price cut behind them went 1 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.

Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.

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The best word I can use to describe SteelRising (which is the correct title even though Steel Rising sounds better) is unfortunate. Not making much of a splash upon release, this alternate history Soulslike was eclipsed within just a year by another game, becoming the game that appears in the footnotes of the Soulslike history. Not hated by any means, but not committed to memory compared to a certain other game. I'll cut to the chase with this comparison. Is Steelrising better than Lies Of P? No. Does that invalidate the game as a whole? Also no. The aesthetics of a revolutionary France are well realised, feeling like an accurate portrayal of the time period while still modifying it to fit the narrative. However, the choice of locales was somewhat uninspired, mostly being city streets, parks and a mining area. I understand that Paris isn't exactly a Mario game with all the diverse biomes that entails, but an area inside an opera house or a grand landmark would be effective for remembering the experience. The soundtrack is equally decent, with the few times the soundtrack pops up being impressive (the boss fights in particular being an appropriately orchestral delight). As for the game's mechanics, it leans more Bloodborne than Dark Souls, but with a new feature involving timing button presses after exhausting stamina to refill your bar at the cost of some status buildup. In principle, this is an interesting mechanic that encourages well-paced aggression. In practice though, the mechanic was barely noticeable as enemies are often not aggressive enough to make me run low on stamina. Perhaps my build (big bonk weapon build) factored into that somewhat, but even so, if your central differing mechanic is that easily ignored, that's not a positive. Boss fights are where a Soulslike either comes together or falls apart and Steelrising...kinda does both. The boss designs are fantastic, being unique concepts with creative twists on Soulslike classics. Unfortunately, the game's overall difficulty lets them down, with only 2 of the roughly 8 unique bosses scoring a kill on me. This issue is compounded with the final boss, who has a brilliant design, but is just too easy to pose a significant threat, creating a finale that was honestly, a bit disappointing. Speaking of the ending, the story is something I could very easily predict, but it was still well executed enough that I could enjoy the ride. Aegis herself is a great character and the supporting cast are interesting by themselves. The final 2 hours or so do have me feeling like they needed to quickly wrap things up after realising that deadlines were closer than they thought. Overall, if you're looking for the next Lies Of P or the next Bloodborne 2, Steelrising won't satisfy you enough to call it worthy. But if your expectations for this game were pretty low (like mine), you may end up pleasantly surprised. At its standard price, I can't recommend it, but if this game's out on a discount, it's worth a shot. It's good...just not revolutionary.