Certain games, whether they have indie, AA, or AAA budgets, will go on to become profoundly seminal for their respective gameplay genres, such as what Stardew Valley is for pixel-art farming sims, and what World of Warcraft is for open-world MMORPGs. It’s also becoming increasingly popular for games to not pigeonhole themselves into one particular genre, and instead bear as many influences from various genres and/or subgenres as possible.
There’s always an oversaturation of new games, and it can be difficult to find a diamond in the rough. That said, countless games have become viral sensations overnight or popularized due to the features they have in common with beloved classics, and one massive new RPG with a ton of explicit inspirations of its own is certainly scratching an itch for fans who find themselves at the intersection of Stardew Valley and World of Warcraft.
Per its Steam store page, the charm of SpiderWare’s Soulbound: Online is that it’s an amalgamation of a handful of different gameplay genres. Part bullet heaven/hell roguelite dungeon-crawler, part base-building/farming sim MMORPG, Soulbound: Online is a bountiful, catchall harvest.
At a glance, Soulbound: Online could perhaps best be described as marrying the...
