Soulcalibur: Lost Swords cover art

Soulcalibur: Lost Swords

Soulcalibur: Lost Swords was a free-to-play fighting game distributed through PlayStation Network. The game is based on Soulcalibur V and uses the same weapon-based fighting system from previous games…

30 6 February 2014

Soulcalibur: Lost Swords is a fighting developed by Project Soul, released 6 February 2014 on PlayStation 3.

Verified Sources: IGDB

What Soulcalibur: Lost Swords is

Soulcalibur: Lost Swords is a fighting game developed by Project Soul and released in 2014. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Soulcalibur: Lost Swords was a free-to-play fighting game distributed through PlayStation Network. The game is based on Soulcalibur V and uses the same weapon-based fighting system from previous games; however, several of the gameplay mechanics are altered, simplified or otherwise removed. Similar to other free-to-play titles like Tekken Revolution, microtransactions are offered, some of which remove the playtime limit of the game. The game is also periodically updated with new content, including new events, items, and characters.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Soulcalibur: Lost Swords holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 39 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Soulcalibur: Lost Swords launched on 6 February 2014, within three weeks of The Last of Us: Left Behind, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us: Left Behind, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

Official trailer

Trailer thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Soulcalibur: Lost Swords — frequently asked questions

When did Soulcalibur: Lost Swords come out?
Soulcalibur: Lost Swords was released on 6 February 2014 for PlayStation 3.

If you like this

Games like Soulcalibur: Lost Swords

See all