A Soulslike game is a type of action role-playing game known for being very challenging, having large worlds filled with enemies, and using the environment to tell stories, often in a dark fantasy setting. The Japanese company FromSoftware and its director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, are often credited with creating this type of game. They started with Demon’s Souls (2009) and later made the popular Dark Souls trilogy (2011–2016), which inspired the name “Soulslike.” Games from FromSoftware and similar titles are sometimes called “Soulsborne,” a combination of the words “Souls” and “Bloodborne” (2015).