The First Berserker: Khazan
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ActionAdventureRPGSouls-likeDifficultHack and SlashAction RPGAnime

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Game description

The First Berserker: Khazan is a hardcore action role-playing game. The player will become Khazan, the great general of the Pell Los Empire, who overcame death, and sets out to reveal the incidents that led to his downfall and seek vengeance on his enemies.

Basic info

DeveloperNeople
PublisherNEXON
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateMar 27, 2025
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64bit 22H2
ProcessorIntel Core i3-6300 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory12 GB
GraphicsGeForce GTX 970 or Radeon RX 580 or Arc A580
Storage70 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 456 reviews from the past 1 year

84.6/ 100
Top 40%

Steam rating: Very Positive (85%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 25, 2026)

Hard but fair is the common verdict on this soulslike, which scores 84.6, top 40% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

108 reviews praise the challenging difficulty, and some call it brutally hard but fair, with boss patterns that feel satisfying to learn. 47 admire the visuals and art style, and some describe a gritty comic book look with impressive boss designs. 44 say they enjoy it and recommend it, and a few call the flow of combat and skill builds a highlight. Gameplay ranks 63rd of 1396, and Visuals & Sound ranks 555th of 1249.

👎 Where it falls short

85 reviews find the content repetitive, with recycled enemies and the same castles and caves, and some note side quests that reuse story locations and bosses. 36 call the story predictable or forgettable, and some find the characters underdeveloped. 30 criticize the difficulty in boss fights, citing long health bars and a frustrating stamina system, and a few note that the original Normal setting is now called Challenging. Story & World ranks 983rd of 1096, and Content Volume ranks 1034th of 1351.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“side quests are copy-paste of story locations and bosses” · 85 reviews
“anime comic dark fantasy art style gritty stylish and polished” · 47 reviews
“very good game, recommended” · 44 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 90% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +3.88 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Negative “unnatural enemy delays make parrying stressful, UI is awkward and unintuitive” · 6 reviews

Progression 21% · Difficulty 63% · Onboarding 8% · Freedom 14% · Strategy 34%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 49% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Story +0.68 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Negative “Story and NPC design mediocre and inconsistent” · 36 reviews

Characters 11% · World 21%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 42% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -2.34 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “side quests are copy-paste of story locations and bosses” · 85 reviews

Volume 16% · Replayability 7%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 51% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.09 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “anime comic dark fantasy art style gritty stylish and polished” · 47 reviews
Negative “gray monotonous visuals cause discomfort throughout most of the game” · 4 reviews

Audio 18%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 0% of reviews mention this.

Playing together — · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 17% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.20 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “elemental bosses much harder, stance bar regenerates inconsistently like cheating” · 9 reviews
Positive “rare exception among soulslikes, excellent balance” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 7% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Performance +0.20 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Positive “runs stable at high framerates with good optimization” · 3 reviews
Negative “performance is completely ruining the experience” · 7 reviews

Stability 6% · Developer support 7%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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