Soulstone Survivors

Item: Soulstone Survivors
Rating: 88
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-19

Summary

Addictive, deep, and highly replayable gameplay loop
Deep character customization options and diverse builds
Active developers constantly improve the game
Generally good performance, improving over time
Repetitive gameplay loop becomes tedious over time
Excessive visual clutter obscures the gameplay

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 69%
Unhelpful reviews: 30%
Protest reviews: 0%

88%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
12%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3255
Negative points: 1267
Gameplay points: 408
Perf. points: 128
Rec. points: 833
Misc points: 115

Point	Description	Importance
Addictive, deep, and replayable gameplay Description The game is highly enjoyable and addictive, often compared favorably to Vampire Survivors and other genre staples. Reviewers praise its engaging gameplay loop, extensive content, and satisfying progression systems. It stands out due to its depth, replayability, and overall polish. Importance 96%	The game is highly enjoyable and addictive, often compared favorably to Vampire Survivors and other genre staples. Reviewers praise its engaging gameplay loop, extensive content, and satisfying progression systems. It stands out due to its depth, replayability, and overall polish.	96%
Deep character customization and builds Description The game features deep character customization through extensive skill trees, runes, and unique abilities. Players can create diverse builds and tailor their playstyles, with meta-progression systems that reward experimentation and long-term engagement. The skill system allows for incredible synergy between abilities. Importance 17%	The game features deep character customization through extensive skill trees, runes, and unique abilities. Players can create diverse builds and tailor their playstyles, with meta-progression systems that reward experimentation and long-term engagement. The skill system allows for incredible synergy between abilities.	17%
Appealing graphics and visual effects Description The game features visually appealing graphics, with a unique art style and impressive visual effects. The UI remains readable despite the overwhelming number of effects on screen. The game has a very colorful aesthetic. Importance 9%	The game features visually appealing graphics, with a unique art style and impressive visual effects. The UI remains readable despite the overwhelming number of effects on screen. The game has a very colorful aesthetic.	9%
Active and responsive developers Description The developers are highly responsive and actively incorporate community feedback into the game's development. They are praised for their transparency, dedication, and commitment to improving the game based on player suggestions. The game is an early access success story. Importance 7%	The developers are highly responsive and actively incorporate community feedback into the game's development. They are praised for their transparency, dedication, and commitment to improving the game based on player suggestions. The game is an early access success story.	7%
Excellent and engaging soundtrack Description The game features a great soundtrack that enhances the overall experience and enjoyment. The music dynamically shifts in response to boss fights and high-intensity moments. The soundtrack is excellent and gives energy. Importance 6%	The game features a great soundtrack that enhances the overall experience and enjoyment. The music dynamically shifts in response to boss fights and high-intensity moments. The soundtrack is excellent and gives energy.	6%
Diverse and unique character roster Description The game offers a wide array of characters, each with unique abilities, weapons, and progression systems. This variety significantly enhances replayability, as each character provides a distinct gameplay experience. Unlocking new heroes makes the game even more interesting and can improve gameplay. Importance 5%	The game offers a wide array of characters, each with unique abilities, weapons, and progression systems. This variety significantly enhances replayability, as each character provides a distinct gameplay experience. Unlocking new heroes makes the game even more interesting and can improve gameplay.	5%
Rewarding meta-progression system Description The game features a rewarding meta-progression system that provides a constant sense of growth and improvement. Players earn resources to unlock new characters, passive skill trees, and weapons, making each run feel substantial. The meta-upgrades feel impactful. Importance 5%	The game features a rewarding meta-progression system that provides a constant sense of growth and improvement. Players earn resources to unlock new characters, passive skill trees, and weapons, making each run feel substantial. The meta-upgrades feel impactful.	5%
Fast-paced and engaging combat Description The game features fast-paced, action-packed gameplay with a focus on dodging enemy attacks and unleashing devastating abilities. Unlike many games in the VS genre, enemies actively shoot back, requiring constant movement, shooting, and dodging. The game is a top-tier bullet hell/wave defender with extensive build options. Importance 5%	The game features fast-paced, action-packed gameplay with a focus on dodging enemy attacks and unleashing devastating abilities. Unlike many games in the VS genre, enemies actively shoot back, requiring constant movement, shooting, and dodging. The game is a top-tier bullet hell/wave defender with extensive build options.	5%
Experimentation with builds encouraged Description The game allows for a wide variety of character builds, with no single 'best build' dominating the meta. Players can create absurdly powerful builds and reliably play the style they want. Experimenting with new builds and synergies is enjoyable. Importance 3%	The game allows for a wide variety of character builds, with no single 'best build' dominating the meta. Players can create absurdly powerful builds and reliably play the style they want. Experimenting with new builds and synergies is enjoyable.	3%
Unique and challenging boss fights Description The game features unique and challenging boss fights that test a build’s strengths and weaknesses. Bosses have unique entrances, attacks, and visual effects that add an epic touch to each encounter. The game rewards quickly defeating bosses instead of requiring a set amount of time to fight. Importance 3%	The game features unique and challenging boss fights that test a build’s strengths and weaknesses. Bosses have unique entrances, attacks, and visual effects that add an epic touch to each encounter. The game rewards quickly defeating bosses instead of requiring a set amount of time to fight.	3%
Customizable settings and accessibility Description The game offers a high degree of customization in its settings, allowing players to adjust visual effects, UI elements, and other options to optimize performance and reduce on-screen clutter. The game has accessibility controls. The game has quality of life improvements. Importance 3%	The game offers a high degree of customization in its settings, allowing players to adjust visual effects, UI elements, and other options to optimize performance and reduce on-screen clutter. The game has accessibility controls. The game has quality of life improvements.	3%
Excellent bullet-hell experience Description The game is one of the best bullet-hell games available. The game is a good bullet heaven. The game is a fantastic take on the bullet heaven genre. Importance 2%	The game is one of the best bullet-hell games available. The game is a good bullet heaven. The game is a fantastic take on the bullet heaven genre.	2%