Thymesia Reviews

You know you made an awesome game when developers come out of the woodwork to copy you so here's yet another Soulslike.

Thymesia is a game that show’s the developer’s potential, but doesn’t reach the heights of its opening promise. While the combat is fast paced and fun, it is marred by hitbox and timing issues, and the story and lore lack depth to draw you into the mystery of Thymesia.

All in all, Thymesia does a good job scratching that Soulslike itch but providing rewarding, robust combat and memorable boss fights. While it doesn’t nail everything, what it does right elevates it towards the top of the subgenre. And considering the game was made by a team of seven people, that is no small feat. I would love to see what Overborder can do with a larger support team and bigger budget. Thymesia is the real deal.

There are many ways to customise your character in Thymesia, but you must consider talent points as they become a very limited resource after level twenty-five. Fortunately, you can reset talents if you pick something you feel doesn’t fit your playstyle. This comes at no cost to the player and can be done at any time at a rest point.

Thymesia is a Soulslike that rewards aggression and precision; more methodical or sword and board players might want to look elsewhere.

Thymesia is a great souls-like game in a gloomy, gorgeous setting that leaves a little bit more to be desired in terms of performance.

A game with a lot of ambition and underwhelming execution. A bit rough around the edges yet incredibly engaging if you can get past the initial setbacks.

Thymesia has some refreshing ideas to set it apart among a packed field of Souls-like games. Sadly, many of these mechanics don't mesh well with the action or are completely useless. Exploration also feels generally unrewarding.

Thymesia isn’t all bad. I genuinely enjoy its aesthetic and music and the art style is a fun take on a gothic kingdom, if not a little too derivative of Bloodborne and Elden Ring. The music fits the world near perfectly and I’m legitimately sad that I’ll likely never see or hear more from this world. Even the basic combat against trash mobs is satisfying, but only because it doesn’t rely on more than half of the game’s combat mechanics. While Thymesia feels a bit better than the recent Dolmen, it’s still not saying much. I hope that this game gets a little more love from the dev team in the months to come. I think Thymesia has so much potential. Unfortunately The game’s terrible parry system, lack of variety in its weapons, and incredibly frustrating feather stun move compound into a game that I struggled to enjoy, despite my best efforts.

An era of plague and unease fills the kingdom of Hermes as alchemy falls by the wayside. What’s similar to the Bloodborne affliction of the same namesake lies in the sudden deterioration and torment of the ordinary populace, transforming them into various mutations as their blood is irreparably tainted. Perhaps the sole savior of this fallen kingdom is a raven-masked alchemist named Corvus whose answer to the plague can forever change the outcome of this one great kingdom. Corvus' adventure throughout the kingdom of Hermes may be one to recover his memories, but to players that have seen so many Soulslikes before, Thymesia comes as a welcome memory.

It is, in general, less vague than your average Dark Souls. You’re not likely to be checking out the descriptions of weapons to find some lore about the world. But Thymesia is a great game. It takes some getting used to, and the combat can feel a bit clunky at first, but once you’ve got the hang of it, you’ll be zipping around the screen dealing damage to every enemy in your way and hoping that you dodged in time to avoid them doing the same to you. This game can be wholeheartedly recommended for those who enjoy soulsborne games and would like a good one that wasn’t made by FromSoftware.

All in all, Thymesia is quite a good Soulslike. Aside from some attacks homing in on you a little too well, only things like a lack of voice acting and uneven boss difficulty truly let it down. It’s not as polished or as epic as any of FromSoftware’s releases, but that’s to be expected given the budget price and the fact that this is the first title from developer Over Border Studio. So, keep your expectations in check, and you’re bound to have a good time.

Drawing from Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Thymesia creates a Souls-like experience that iterates on what's most important about From's beloved titles.

Thymesia does more than enough to make its way out of the shadow of Bloodborne. It offers some fun levels to go around killing enemies in, and the combat is fast-paced, responsive, and most importantly, a lot of fun. Even its skill tree has some great ideas. This might not be the game for those who don’t like a challenge, but for those who do, Thymesia is excellent.

Thymesia has all the ingredients necessary to make for a solid indie Soulslike experience, but it falls short due to messy implementation of mechanics, bland level design, weak lore and issues with difficulty balancing. There are some really neat ideas here, for sure, with the game's plague weapons providing lots of variety in how you go about dealing with your enemies, but unnecessary and awkward elements such as an overly tricky deflection system and dodge mechanics that need tightening up sully the overall combat experience. With a little more TLC this could have been a banger, but as things stand it's a fairly average effort that's hard to recommend if you're not a huge fan of the genre.

Dark Souls and its FromSoftware brethren have long had a reputation for punishing difficulty. Of course, that perception is only partially true. FromSoftware games brilliantly build in mechanisms for player improvement. None of the games have a difficulty slider, but there are character classes and builds that can stand in for easy mode. Failing that, there’s good old grinding for XP and gaining eventual strength. Sekiro is perhaps the exception. In that game, nothing takes the place of pure timing and skill. When you play Thymesia, you’ll be thinking about Sekiro. And Bloodborne.

A satisfying soulslike action game that delivers quick and rewarding combat that is held back only by its attempts of trying a little too hard to be like other games. Though a relatively short experience, definitely one to try for any fans of the genre.

Thymesia isn’t shy about its influences, an admittance that helps and harms the title when inevitably compared to its legendary brethren. But any Soulslike fan who is willing to look past the budgetary shortcomings will find this modest monster masher a fine way to spend a gloomy weekend. While Thymesia is certainly lacking in some key departments, the solid control, satisfying combat, moody atmosphere, and compelling challenge are still well worth crowing about.

Thymesia may boast more Bloodborne influence than its peers, but it fails to transcend its mediocre combat, appalling lack of enemy variety, and dearth of content.

Over the years we’ve had many attempts to recapture the magic that FromSoft’s genre defining Dark Souls started way back in 2009 with Demon Souls. Some like Nioh 2 and Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin are great, whilst games like Dolmen were not so great. Could Thymesia fill that Yharnham shaped hole that exists in my Steam library?

I really am a lover of the Soulsborne genre. Possibly one of the newest and most definitive game genres around, the style mixes intense challenge with rewarding gameplay, cryptic and dense plot and lore, and larger-than-life themes. Many games, both indie and big budget, have stepped up to the plate to challenge the big dogs (Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Nioh to name a few) and failed. Some have succeded to carve out a niche audience for themselves, such as The Surge and recently Stranger of P...

Thymesia is the newest Souls-like to enter the arena, boasting flashy combat, a grim world and the ability to wield disease to your benefit. How far does it manage to go with these concepts and is Thymesia a fitting tribute to the hallowed halls of Souls-likes? Yes.. and no. Here's the review for Thymesia: a game plagued by it's own potential.

Thymesia understands the core of what makes the action genre so satisfying but fails to meaningfully execute on its ideas and world.

Thymesia is one of the best Souls-likes to enter the genre in years and is worth your time, attention, and occasional rage moment.