The WhatsNext verdict
For Players looking for a compact, demanding first-person melee action game with a dark fantasy setting: Close-range combat, skill-based challenge, and character progression drive a focused journey through a city of ancient secrets. Tradeoff: Its short single-player campaign and demanding combat offer less room for relaxed or open-ended play.
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Elderborn is a Metal Action Fantasy Slasher with brutal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, the barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. The player becomes a merciless slayer who will uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom, and forge their own destiny. This ambitious indie game, five years in the making, combines old-school single-player feel, a classic heroic story, and modern level of skill-based challenge. All this and more creates an action-packed, lore-filled, engaging adventure that will last 8-10 hours in a single play-through.
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