Though FromSoftware's "Soulsborne" action RPGs like the Dark Souls games, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring have always offered co-op summoning as an option for players, the studio's offerings have by and large been single-player experiences that you progress through on your own. For the first time, though, that's changed with Elden Ring Nightreign — a new roguelike spinoff of the 2022 title in which multiplayer is a core component of the game.
Indeed, Nightreign is built from the ground up to be a co-op experience, with its dynamic map and its eight major "Nightlord" boss fights designed to be explored and challenged in groups of three. However, FromSoftware isn't blind to the fact that some players either don't have friends to play with, don't want to matchmake with randoms, want to be able to play while their internet is down, or would simply prefer to cleanse the Night from the Lands Between on their own. So, alongside the standard three-player option for Expeditions, there's a single-player mode, too.
