I'm a simple man. I load up the Steam Next Fest demo charts, I CTRL+F search for "Soul" to pull up anything tagged as a Soulslike, and I inject all of the results straight into my eyeballs. Imagine my horror when this ironclad method turned up exactly one (1) game during this month's demo extravaganza, at least at the upper crust of results. Now imagine my relief when that one game turned out to be a whip-smart boss rush that, even as something closer to Zelda than a conventional Soulslike like Lies of P, kicks ass.
Rubinite is the latest Steam Next Fest find to crown my Steam wishlist, and while I won't say its Soulslike user tag is totally unearned, developer Cup Dog Games just calls it a dark fantasy boss rush action game, and that feels more accurate. Titan Souls meets Momodora, basically. You play as a small girl named Ruby – "a princess who has escaped from the Scarlet Kingdom" and is now tearing through monstrosities on a warpath back to that kingdom.
