Marble Souls dares to ask what would happen if the bloke from Dark Souls got stuck in a physics-driven ball, and it's out this year

FromSoft games famously often devolve into rolling astir a large baddie. Marble Souls takes that a measurement further. Now, the rolling is the main event, not conscionable a broadside effect of you not wanting to extremity up pancaked connected the ground. You are a Dark Soulsy bloke successful a Dark Soulsy world, but trapped wrong a physics-driven shot and tasked with collecting mislaid souls. It looks cool.

Announced today, August 6th, by Mosa Lina publishers Stuffed Wombat, Marble Souls is acceptable for merchandise astatine immoderate constituent earlier 2026 is out. "Instead of overcoming enemies, you'll beryllium forging your mode done an interconnected unfastened world, upgrading your physics driven marble to suit your ain idiosyncratic playstyle," its devs wrote. "Mapping retired your surroundings, collecting utile instrumentality and learning the ins and outs of your marble are not casual but Marble Souls is much astir exploration and experimentation than rage-inducing progression loss."

As you go, you level up by collecting mislaid souls to upgrade your character's stats - which see the likes of accelerating, jumping, and rolling - and your marble itself. Rather than battling bosses, the situation looks to beryllium successful uncovering shortcuts and opening up caller routes to rotation down.

Is it a comic premise that could deterioration retired its invited if the marble tally isn't continually throwing up caller twists and environments to negotiate? Maybe, but it surely looks much thoughtfully-designed than a one-dimensional gag game. The euphony successful the trailer besides sounds cracking, the benignant of mournfully beauteous tunes you request erstwhile you're doing your champion content of a medieval hamster.

If you fancy keeping tabs connected Marble Souls arsenic it rolls towards release, you tin wishlist it connected Steam.