Steelrising is a soulslike action RPG with a delightfully weird and off-kilter setting. It's Paris, 1789, aka the time of the French Revolution. Except, in this alternate history Louis XVI has successfully (and brutally) suppressed the revolution with his merciless mechanical army. Only Aegis, a marvel of engineering, can turn the tide and open King Louis's iron fist to free the people of France. In this strange timeline you take orders from Marie Antoinette and mingle with the likes of Maximilien Robespierre. And, breaking from traditional soulslike storytelling that has you glean the story from obscure environmental cues, you can affect the course of Steelrising's story with the choices you make, many of which play out through the game's branching dialogue. Outside Steelrising's more narrative elements, you'll traverse a murky Paris and fight a tough array of lethal automatons, carefully dodging and strategically timing your strikes for maximum effect as you watch your resources dwindle. It's classic soulslike stuff set in a brilliantly eccentric world.
