Dark Souls-inspired games tend toward grim and gritty aesthetics, but it doesn’t have to be that way. As 2024’s Another Crab’s Treasure proved, sometimes a colorful game with a cute animal as a protagonist can make a surprisingly good fit for the Soulslike genre. Now, a newly announced game is taking a similar tack, this time with a sword-wielding mouse in the lead, and Nintendo 64-inspired art and gameplay thrown into the mix.
Finite Reflection, developer of the cult hit minimalist Soulslike Void Sols, just announced Mouseward, a very different take on the genre that looks just as promising as its last release. This time around, the developer is ditching the abstract style of Void Sols for a cute, low-poly look that brings to mind old-school collectathon platformers. And after getting an early look at its demo (available now on Itch.io), I’m convinced it could turn out even better than the last game.
