I will use what I view as public consensus along with my subjective judgement to decide if a game is "Souls-like".

You can see a pretty good definition on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulslike, but I will not necessarily stricly adhere to it. For example, "typically in a dark fantasy setting" does not mean that the game has to have a "dark fantasy" setting for this to resolve YES.

If FromSoftware only states that "a new game" is in development but do not e.g. reveal a trailer or any details about the gameplay, this would still resolve NO: even though it's possible that that will later be Souls-like, there would have been insufficient evidence as of the close date.

The game only has to be announced, not actually released.

Current list of games considered Souls-like:

- Elden Ring

- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

- Dark Souls III

- Bloodborne

- Dark Souls II

- Dark Souls

- Demon's Souls

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is not considered Souls-like.

A remaster, DLC expansion, etc. of an existing game would not count as YES. So, Dark Souls: Remastered, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree would not resolve YES.

Feel free to ask any clarifying questions if something seems particularly ambiguous.

• Update 2025-01-01 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Update from creator

  • When plotted alongside the considered Souls-like games, the latent distance of "Nightreign" is similar to that of Armored Core VI, which is not Souls-like.