There’s a dinosaur soulslike launching on Steam this week where you’re a spinosaurus swinging a greatsword with your mouth who just might be able to parry the meteor
Dinoblade, a new soulslike action game, is launching on Steam this week. The game features an inventive and humorous premise where players take control of a spinosaurus wielding a massive greatsword using only its mouth. The core concept plays on the prehistoric extinction event with a comedic twist—imagining that dinosaurs might have survived the catastrophic meteor impact had they possessed the ability to parry the incoming strike.
Blending demanding third-person action combat mechanics with the soulslike genre’s signature challenging difficulty, Dinoblade delivers a tongue-in-cheek take on both paleontological history and contemporary gaming trends. The game’s self-aware approach to scientific accuracy—described as “probably paleontologically accurate” in apparent irony—reflects the broader cultural proliferation of soulslike games in recent years. The genre has achieved mainstream status, spawning increasingly creative and unconventional interpretations of the formula, even as absurdist as a dinosaur engaged in sword combat.