Dolmen (PC) Steam Key

Dolmen is a third-person action RPG from Massive Work Studio that wears its Souls-like influences on its sleeve, probably on both sleeves, and also on its chest. Set in a bleak sci-fi universe, you are dropped onto an alien planet called Revion Prime to harvest a rare crystal called Dolmen, which has reality-bending properties. The premise has genuine intrigue, and the atmosphere flirts with the kind of cosmic horror that fans of Dead Space or early Dark Souls lore will recognize immediately. On paper, this is exactly the game I want to exist: melee-and-ranged hybrid combat, energy management that gates your gun use, a grim alien world with secrets buried in environmental storytelling. The bones are there. The combat system is the most interesting thing Dolmen brings to the Souls formula. You manage two separate resource bars, one for stamina and one for energy, and energy powers your ranged attacks and elemental buffs on melee weapons. Switching between modes mid-fight adds a layer of tactical decision-making that feels genuinely fresh for about the first ten hours. There are several weapon classes including swords, hammers, and twin blades, each with different move sets, and a handful of armor sets that encourage build experimentation. If you are the kind of player who likes theorycrafting a build and then stress-testing it against bosses, there is a real game hiding in here. The problem is everything surrounding that core. Enemy variety runs dry fast. You will fight reskinned versions of the same three or four creature archetypes across multiple biomes, and the level design rarely rewards exploration with anything beyond a crafting material or a dead end. The world, despite its promising aesthetic, does not tell its story through its spaces the way FromSoftware games do. Item descriptions are sparse and inconsistent. The writing that does exist lacks the compression and texture that makes lore-hunting satisfying. For someone who re-reads item tooltips looking for narrative payoff, Dolmen is a frustrating near-miss. Performance on PC is uneven. Load times are long, framerate can stutter in dense areas, and the camera has a habit of betraying you in tight corridors, which in a game where one mistake costs you your souls-equivalent, is genuinely punishing in the wrong way. The game also shipped without the quality-of-life features Souls veterans now take for granted: messaging systems, meaningful NPC questlines, co-op that feels functional rather than bolted-on. At 60 percent positive Steam reviews and a Metacritic in the mid-50s, the community verdict lines up with what you find at the controller. Dolmen is a game for Souls enthusiasts who have exhausted the genre's heavier hitters and want something different enough to stay curious. If you can tolerate rough edges and thin storytelling in exchange for a unique energy-management combat hook and a sci-fi skin on familiar systems, you will find a few dozen hours of uneven but occasionally rewarding play. Everyone else, especially players who care about narrative depth or polished exploration, should adjust expectations sharply downward before launching. Monika, Scout Team