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This is a community for discussion, news, and memes pertaining to the video game sub-genre "soulslike".

Given Lemmy's size, the definition of soulslike may be treated relatively loosely. While games like the numerous FromSoft titles, the recent Star Wars Jedi games, Lies of P, Nioh and similar games should be the focus, games that incorporate soulslike elements - like Hollow Knight and Blasphemous, for example - may also be discussed here.

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Hey guys! As a little thank you to the community and in light of the current ongoing Steam Summer Sale, I would like to give a little back to the community: I'm giving away a number of soulslikes and soulslike-adjacent titles. I'm not made of money, so sadly, I can't give away the "best" titles there are (Edit: They're getting better by the hour now ๐Ÿ˜‚), but there should be something interesting in the mix here. :D

I'm giving away copies of:

  • Hollow Knight
  • Blasphemous
  • Nioh: Complete Edition
  • Mortal Shell
  • Thymesia
  • The Surge 2
  • Elden Ring (thanks to Demigodrick ๐Ÿ’œ)
  • Dust: An Elysian Tail (thanks to p3e7 ๐Ÿ’œ)
  • Half a copy of Lies of P (more at the bottom of the post)
  • or if that doesn't work: 4 more copies of Blasphemous and 1 more copy of Hollow Knight (thanks to OakTree ๐Ÿ’œ)

Requirements:

  • Post a comment here. Ideally, you'll include which of these titles you already have, so you don't get a duplicate in case you are pulled as a winner.

  • You need to be from the EU. Because of regional pricing differences affecting which countries can be sent Steam gits to (needs to be within a 10% price difference between the two countries), I cannot send you a gift if the difference in pricing is too big. Gift cards would be a solution, but I don't have that much money :]

  • You need to be subscribed to the community at the time of entering the giveaway (no minimum amount of time being subscribed). You don't need to be a Lemmy.Zip user either. However, your account needs to have been created before 20th June 2025.

  • You need to have a Steam account (duh) and be fine with adding me on Steam, so I can gift the game to you. From my research, a 3-day period of us being friends is not required here since I'm not gifting a gift card but a game.

The giveaway will be open for ~~48 hours~~ how many hours it is until Friday (lol) from when the post is live on 30th June 2025 to 10 pm CET on ~~2nd~~ 4th July.

The giveaway will be handled by Zippy Bot ie. the winners will be pulled automatically. This means that at the end of the giveaway, I will lock the thread and Zippy will pull ~~six~~ ~~seven~~ ~~eight~~ 9-13 random entries as winners. The ~~six~~ ~~seven~~ ~~eight~~ 9-13 winners will be given the games from top to bottom in order of messages received. Wishes for certain games will be taken into consideration where possible.

Should the order I get you pulled as a winner coincide with a game you already own, we might be able to do some switcheroos with the other winners - we'll have to see when it's time.

This is the first time I'm doing a giveaway like this, so please don't rip my head off if something goes wrong - I'll do my best. :D

Ninja Edit: An informal request of mine would be that if you're pulled as a winner, that you consider making a post about the game you won. It can be your experience with the game, why you like it/don't like it etc. It helps contribute a little to the community and people would likely be interested in different perspectives outside my own lol. No pressure tho :]

Another edit: I've set the last day of entry to 4th July on Friday, so we can do manual edits and adjustments if something goes wrong

Yet another update: @Demigodrick@lemmy.zip was kind enough to throw in a copy of Elden Ring to give away too, so there's 7 people winning something here. :)

Tired of these edits yet?: @p3e7@lemmy.zip was also kind enough to add a different game to the mix: Dust: An Elysian Tail. Thank you!

ediiiiiiiiit: @TheOakTree@beehaw.org came in clutch and donated another 16โ‚ฌ for the giveaway. Theoretically it's meant for half of a copy of Lies of P, if someone wants to chip in that is, or for several more copies of Blasphemous and Hollow Knight. I'll give this a day or two to see if someone wants to pay the other half - otherwise, there'll be a couple more winners in the end. :D Thank you, oh mighty Oak Tree ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Thank you for being part of the community and enjoy your week!

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[โ€“] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Really cool idea! :]

[โ€“] underscore_@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

Such generosity thanks yes please count me in for any of these

[โ€“] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago
[โ€“] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Iโ€™ll play the lottery. I am not from EU but from a cheaper region

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Which storefront do you use for Steam?

[โ€“] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What do you mean by storefront? I log in to Steam app

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I meant which country's Steam storefront you use. You say it's a different one from the EU store - which is it? Depending on which one it is, it might not be possible to send you a gift via Steam

[โ€“] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

It wouldn't be possible to send you the gift via Steam, sadly. But should you pulled as a winner, I'll see if I can find a different way of getting you something. Can't make any promises tho

[โ€“] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for organising this!

Owned titles: hollow knight. Hoping for Dust, it looks like my sort of game.

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Gotcha! Thanks for entering

[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Just bumping for visibility to those who sort by New Comments/hot/active. I have everything being given away already, so don't count me for the drawing. ๐Ÿ˜Š

[โ€“] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I love seeing lemmy game giveaways :) I am not entering the giveaway, but Hollow Knight, Blasphemous, and Elden Ring are all so good!

Druid, I am not in the EU, but if you PM me I'd be happy to PayPal you some funds to add a few copies of Blasphemous! I just picked it back up after dropping it the first time around (on switch), but I'm really enjoying it now.

(Or, if someone can go halfsies with me on Lies of P, I'd be willing to chip in for that instead)

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago

Wow, that's so generous of you! I'll message you

[โ€“] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Im from canada but if theres any way i could be eligible for any of the games i would greatly appreciate it. Except hollow knight, i just got the kingsoul today after 43 hours.

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Canada might be tough because the Euro value for some of the games is more than 10% less in Canadian Dollars, thus Steam likely prohibiting the transaction. We'll figure something out tho

[โ€“] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah i wouldn't have bothered if i hadn't seen a couple offered by others who i thought may not be from the EU. If it doesnt work out though thats all good, i think its great you're doing this though

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 hours ago

Can't make any promises - we'll give it a try tho

Appreciate it

[โ€“] cRazi_man@europe.pub 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I don't need a game, but thanks for doing this.

You claim you can't include "the best" games, and yet you have included Hollow Knight. I'm disgusted by the insinuation.

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

I'll have to edit the post for sure now since a copy of Elden Ring was thrown into the mix too :D

I'm with you on this. I also throughly enjoyed Blasphemous, and am looking forward to starting Blasphemous 2 soon. Dont need a game, just need more free time!

[โ€“] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

don't include me in the drawing, i just wanted to say this is awesome! best admins and best instance ever

good luck to everyone

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] Nelots@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not entering (don't care for Soulslikes nor am I from the EU), but I want to thank you and demigod for doing a giveaway. Anyone willing to do a giveaway, especially with things they're buying with their own money, is really cool.

Love how this message implies that that person's name is Demigod Rick

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

appreciate it ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

[โ€“] Omentree@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Thanks for doing this. I dont need a game, just cool to see stuff like this.

[โ€“] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The only game I don't already have in here is Nioh, and after seeing Iron Pineapple's recent video on the latest installment, I'd be delighted to be able to give it a try! ๐Ÿ˜Š

Also, huge thanks to @Druid and @Demigodrick for running this kind of stuff. โค๏ธ

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Appreciate you ๐Ÿ’œ

[โ€“] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

This givaway is not for me, but thank you for doing this! Good luck to everyone :)

[โ€“] Flickerby@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not from EU and don't have steam but cool to see these, good luck all else!

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[โ€“] p3e7@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Awesome! Great to see! Sadly my old account was purged yesterday with lemm.ee... Been here since the Reddit-API-Exodus a few years back.

If I might be elgible still, I'd love to get Elden Ring. Got the DLC for my birthday, but don't have the base game :D. Nioh or Mortal Shell would be great, too, since I got the other games already.

//edit:

Already got my reponse from Zippy :D

Unfortunately your account is too new enter this giveaway. I am a Bot. If you have...

Anyways, I'd like to add "Dust: An Elysian Tail" into the mix. I got a spare key in my inventory for aeons. And since Hollow Knight is on the list, another Metroidvania might fit into the mix.

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If there's a way for you to prove that you've had a lemm.ee account prior, we can probably still fit you in. Not right away, but by Friday at the latest.

And thanks for your contribution! Would you like me to add your game to the current 7?

[โ€“] p3e7@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow, great. This is my old account: https://lemmy.zip/u/p3e7@lemm.ee
And yes, please add Dust to the list.

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Awesome, we'll see what we can do

And thank you for your contribution!

[โ€“] errror@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for this giveaway, really nice idea :) I have non of the games and would be happy with any of them.

[โ€“] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good luck to everyone participating!

I have all of the games listed except Thymesia and Mortal Shell.

Though this account was created only yesterday, this is a mirror of my older lemm.ee account so I hope it qualifies? I can't exactly comment from the old one now.

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Normally, that would disqualify you from the giveaway since it's a hard restriction I have set for the giveaway when creating it - wouldn't be able to make adjustments now without re-doing the giveaway.

However, we might be able to manually add your account to the giveaway by Friday. Since I know you and can vouch for your prior existence and contributions on here (lol) plus lemm.ee's recent closure, we can make that exception. :)

I've extended the giveaway window to Friday to accommodate for that

[โ€“] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey, so I've been checking the other comments in the thread, and I have to tell you that I'm also using the Ukrainian storefront in Steam as I am physically in Ukraine. So you probably don't have to bother with adding me to giveaway, as I might not be able to receive the gift anyway even if I win.

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

No worries - we'll figure something out if you're pulled

I'm on the same boat, but I don't need another game, even though my hoarding evil me is telling different. I'm happy there're still these generous gestures to be seen here in fediverse. Good luck to everyone!

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[โ€“] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Edit: hey, that was a joke. Can you unsubscribe me or something? I have too much games already.

[โ€“] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Zu spรคt, mein lieber Herr Monk รœ

We'll just pull someone else should it come to that :D

Thanks for doing the giveaway. Could I have Hollow Knight, please?

[โ€“] hellhound1@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] Bassman27@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

May I have hollow knight please ๐Ÿ˜‡

Oh cool, I'm in.

I already own Hollow Knight, Blasphemous and Elden Ring.

Thanks and good luck y'all!

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