Legacy of Kain: Defiance
A port of Legacy of Kain: Defiance, enhanced with up-rendering, rewind, quick save, and custom video filters.
Legacy of Kain: Defiance is an adventure, released 16 September 2025 on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.
What Legacy of Kain: Defiance is
Legacy of Kain: Defiance was released in 2025. It was published by Crystal Dynamics. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Defiance continues from where Soul Reaver 2 ended. In Soul Reaver 2, Kain saved Raziel's life by drawing the Soul Reaver from him – Raziel was meant to enter the blade and become its soul-devouring spectral half. This causes a paradox that changes time for the worse and separates Kain and Raziel. Kain's part of the game follows him seeking Moebius the Time Streamer, a time-travelling mystic, for answers to where Raziel is, how he has changed time, and later following a lead Moebius gives him to explore a Vampire citadel. During his quest, Kain finds and completes a broken talisman of a Vampire construct known as the Balance Emblem. Kain discovers murals during his quest, dictating an…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Legacy of Kain series
Legacy of Kain: Defiance is the 14th of 17 entries we hold in the Legacy of Kain series. The next entry was The Tomb Raider & Soul Reaver Remastered Bundle in 2025.
What it launched against
Legacy of Kain: Defiance launched on 16 September 2025, within three weeks of Ghost of Yotei, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Silent Hill f. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ghost of Yotei, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f.
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