I booted this up thinking “oh cool, Berserk vibes.”
Two hours later I’m walking around like I’m auditioning to replace Guts.

This game understands one thing very clearly:
DRIP > EVERYTHING.
Every armor set? Gas.
Every weapon? Screenshot-worthy.
I spent more time in the equipment menu than in some boss fights. Fashion Souls? Nah. This is Fashion Berserk.

The kill finishers??
Bro. The slow-mo brutality. The blood. The “you are NOT surviving this” energy.
Every time one triggered I leaned back like I personally directed the animation.

The anime/comic + dark fantasy art style mix actually works insanely well.
It feels gritty but stylish. Edgy but not cringe.
Like someone said: “What if Berserk but playable… and slightly unhinged.”

Combat is clean, boss designs slap, and some of those fights absolutely humbled me.
Respectfully. Violently.

Also those little emoji mug things you collect?
Why are they so cute in a world this depressing.
Why do I love them.
Why did I 100% them.

From start to finish I had fun.
Challenging, stylish, bloody, and way more polished than people give it credit for.

If you like Berserk, dark fantasy, big weapons, and finishing enemies like you owe them money — play this.

Khazan is not just an amazing souls-like, it's just simply an amazing game.

Combat is well thought out and extremely fun. It actually encourages you to stunlock enemies, which took a while for me to figure out, but once you get the hang of it, you can string together attacks almost endlessly. Your stamina is the only thing holding you back, and there's ways of keeping that going as well, with perfect blocks and dodges.

It even has a dodge attack, which is an attack with i-frames, and It's as awesome as it sounds.

World building is amazing. I've read a few criticisms on it from other reviews, but I couldn't disagree more. Graphics and performance are both top notch. Areas are a little hazed-over and grey, but still highly detailed and nice to look at. Levels are complex and well-designed, with plenty of doors that open from the other side and ladders that need to be kicked. It keeps things pretty tight though, so you never feel hopelessly lost.

Make no mistake though, even though you can string together lots of attacks, this game is on the harder side of souls-likes. The elites and bosses are tanky and come at you hard and fast, and your timing has to be spot-on, or you'll eat a lot of attacks. But once you get the hang of it, and it all starts to "click", it is an extremely satisfying experience.

The only problem I really have with the game is it has "Nioh" style loot, which means there's tons of it and you have a limited inventory, and also the upgrade system for equipment is kinda overly-complicated, but these are very minor complaints of course.

What an awesome game. My new favorite souls-like. Sorry Nioh. 9/10

I think Khazan has a lot of problems. The levels are very basic, with very few standing out at all and most of them just blending into one in my memory. The enemy variety is very bad, with the same enemies being reused over and over again across the entire game, I also think that the story is very generic, and while it wasn't bad, the story isn't what hooked me.

However, the combat and boss design of the game more than makes up for it. For the most part all of the bosses have great designs and movesets which complements the games in depth combat system which makes the bosses incredibly fun to fight.

If your someone who plays souls games for the bosses and combat, then this game is worth a try. 7.2/10